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    Silver Shells to Amanda Kernell and Asta Kamma August

    The international success of Brace Your Heart and director Amanda Kernell continues as she receives the Silver Shell for Best Director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Swedish actress Asta Kamma August has also been awarded the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance for Hans Petter Moland’s Growth of the Soil.

  • Amanda Kernell’s BRACE YOUR HEART Competes in San Sebastián

    Amanda Kernell’s Brace Your Heart will have its European premiere in main competition at this year's San Sebastián International Film Festival, following the film’s recent world premiere in Toronto. Angelica Ruffier’s La Belle Année also features in the festival’s competitive section Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, while Jon Holmberg’s Super Charlie is screening at the festival in a Basque-dubbed version.

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  • Strong Swedish Presence in Toronto

    Amanda Kernell's Brace Your Heart and Lars Vega's debut feature Arne Goes To Space will celebrate their world premieres at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in the Platform and Discovery programmes, respectively.

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  • Adult Supervision Is Sweden’s Oscar Submission

    Alex Schulman’s Adult Supervision, starring Gustaf Skarsgård, Fares Fares and Linus Wahlgren, has been selected as Sweden’s official submission for the International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards, the Swedish Film Institute’s Oscar Committee announced today at Filmhuset in Stockholm.

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  • Sweden’s Oscar Submission: Three Finalists

    The Swedish Film Institute’s Oscar Committee has selected three finalists for Sweden’s official submission to the Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category: Adult Supervision by Alex Schulman, Brace Your Heart by Amanda Kernell and Bloody Men by Jens Sjögren.

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  • World Premiere in Toronto for Lars Vega’s Arne Goes To Space

    Lars Vega’s debut feature Arne Goes To Space will have its world premiere in the Discovery programme at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The selection marks a strong Swedish presence at one of the world’s leading film festivals, following yesterday’s announcement that Amanda Kernell’s Brace Your Heart has been selected for the Platform programme.

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