Nominations for the 2021 Guldbagge Awards

At a press conference at Filmhuset in Stockholm today, the nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2021 were presented. Clara Sola was presented with nine nominations, followed by A Christmas Tale with eight nominations. Pleasure and The Emigrants received seven nominations each.

The Guldbagge Awards Gala is arranged by the Swedish Film Institute in collaboration with SVT and takes place at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 24, 2022, hosted by Gina Dirawi.

A jury of 30 members in four groups came to the following result for the nominations for the 2022 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden's national film awards. Special committees agreed on the nominations for the categories for Best Short Film, Best Documentary Film and Best Foreign Language Film. The nominations are listed in alphabetical order.

Best Film

Clara Sola
Produced by Nima Yousefi 

Pleasure 
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff, Eliza Jones and Markus Waltå  

Tigers / Tigrar 
Produced by Piodor Gustafsson 

The Emigrants / Utvandrarna 
Produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro 

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World / Världens vackraste pojke 
Produced by Stina Gardell 

Best Director

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén 
for Clara Sola 

Gorki Glaser-Müller 
for Children of the Enemy 

Ronnie Sandahl
for Tigers / Tigrar 

Ninja Thyberg
for Pleasure 

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Lisa Carlehed
for Kristina in The Emigrants / Utvandrarna 

Wendy Chinchilla Araya 
for Clara in Clara Sola   

Sofia Kappel
for Bella in Pleasure 

Cecilia Milocco
for Molly in Knocking / Knackningar 

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Mustapha Aarab
for John-John in JJ + E / Vinterviken  

Erik Enge
for Martin Bengtsson in Tigers / Tigrar 

Jonas Karlsson
for Tyko Jonsson in A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton 

Gustaf Skarsgård
for Karl-Oskar in The Emigrants / Utvandrarna 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sofia Helin
for Judit in The Emigrants / Utvandrarna 

Liv Mjönes
for Karin in Tigers / Tigrar 

Carla Sehn
for Beata in A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton 

Jennie Silfverhjelm
for Marianne Jonsson in A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Filip Berg
for Ruben in A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton 

Daniel Castañeda Rincón
for Santiago in Clara Sola 

Magnus Krepper
for Frank in JJ + E / Vinterviken 

Jonay Pineda Skallak
for Sluggo in JJ + E / Vinterviken

Best Screenplay

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and Maria Camila Arias 
for Clara Sola 

Manuel Concha
for Suedi 

Hogir Hirori
for Sabaya 

Janne Vierth
for The Ape Star / Apstjärnan 

Best Editing

Marie-Hélène Dozo
for Clara Sola 

Amalie Westerlin Tjellesen and Olivia Neergaard-Holm
for Pleasure 

Hanna Lejonqvist and Dino Jonsäter
for The Most Beautiful Boy in the World / Världens vackraste pojke 

Best Cinematography

Ellinor Hallin
for The Choir / Kören – en film om Tensta Gospel Choir 

Marek Septimus Wieser
for Tigers / Tigrar 

Sophie Winqvist Loggins
for Clara Sola 

Best Sound Design
Brian Dyrby and Kristoffer Salting
for The Most Beautiful Boy in the World / Världens vackraste pojke 

Thomas Jæger 
for Knocking / Knackningar

Erick Vargas Williams, Valène Leroy, Charles De Ville and Aline Gavroy
for Clara Sola 

Best Original Score

Anna von Hausswolff and Filip Leyman
for The Most Beautiful Boy in the World / Världens vackraste pojke

Lisa Nordström
for Children of the Enemy 

Johan Söderqvist
for The Emigrants / Utvandrarna 

Best Visual Effects

Alex Hansson and Torbjörn Olsson
for The Emigrants / Utvandrarna  

Martin Malmqvist
for A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton 

Ronald Grauer 
for Clara Sola 

Best Costume Design

Louize Nissen
for The Emigrants / Utvandrarna 

Ingrid Sjögren
for A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton 

Amanda Wing Yee Lee
for Pleasure 

Best Set Design

Elle Furudahl
for Knocking / Knackningar 

Michael Higgins
for A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton 

Paula Loos 
for Pleasure 

Best Makeup

Eros Codinas and Love Larson
for A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton 

Therese Sandersson
for Red Dot 

Erica Spetzig
for Pleasure 

Special jury groups for documentary films and short films have decided on the following nominations:

This year the number of nominated films in the category Best Documentary has increased from three to four films.

Best Short Film

Bad Lesbian
Director: Simone Norberg 

Man with Doves / Man med duvor 
Director: Lina Maria Mannheimer

You Are Always 20 / Du är alltid 20 
Director: Christer Wahlberg 

Best Documentary Film

Children of the Enemy 
Director: Gorki Glaser-Müller 

Lena 
Director: Isabel Andersson 

Sabaya 
Director: Hogir Hirori 

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World / Världens vackraste pojke 
Directors: Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri 

The jury group for Best Internation Feature Film has decided on the following nominations:
 
Best International Feature Film

The Father
Director: Florian Zeller 

Flee
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen 

Nomadland 
Director: Chloé Zhao 

More awards at the ceremony

The Award of Honour (Hedersguldbagge) will be presented, as well as the Gullspira (for extraordinary contributions in films for children).

Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge ("Golden Beetle") is the name of the Swedish Film Institute's award for achievements in film during the previous year. The award itself, in the form of a fantastical beetle, was designed by the artist Karl Axel Pehrson.

The Guldbagge Awards ceremony will be held in Stockholm on January 24, 2022. Swedish Television (SVT) will be broadcasting the event live.

About the nominations

15 Swedish feature length films are nominated, of which five documentaries. Three short films and three International films. In total 18 features and three short films. 

9 nominations: Clara Sola
8 nominations: A Christmas Tale / Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
7 nominations: Pleasure and The Emigrants / Utvandrarna
5 nominations: Tigers / Tigrar and The Most Beautiful Boy in the World / Världens vackraste pojke
3 nominations: Children of the Enemy, Knocking / Knackningar and JJ + E / Vinterviken
2 nominations: Sabaya

Read more about the films, the nominees and the jury groups at guldbaggen.se/english

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