2021-01-25 07:24Press release

Winners of the 2020 Guldbagge Awards

Producer Tomas Michaelsson, actor/screenwriter Uje Brandelius and director Henrik Schyffert picked up three Guldbagge Awards for Run Uje Run. Photo: Pelle T Nilsson /Swedish Press AgencyProducer Tomas Michaelsson, actor/screenwriter Uje Brandelius and director Henrik Schyffert picked up three Guldbagge Awards for Run Uje Run. Photo: Pelle T Nilsson /Swedish Press Agency

Run Uje Run and Charter were the big winners at the Guldbagge Awards gala, held in Stockholm tonight, with three awards each. Run Uje Run won the award for Best Film, and Amanda Kernell was chosen as Best Director for Charter. Nathan Grossman’s I Am Greta, about Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, picked up the award for Best Documentary.

The following Guldbagge Awards were handed out at the ceremony:

Best Director

Amanda Kernell
for Charter

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Ane Dahl Torp
for Alice in Charter  


Best Actor in a Leading Role

Uje Brandelius
for Uje in Run Uje Run (Spring Uje spring)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Lena Endre
for Eva in My Father Marianne (Min pappa Marianne)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Ahmad Fadel
for Farid in Ghabe


Best Screenplay

Uje Brandelius
for Run Uje Run


Best Editing

Fredrik Morheden
for Breaking Surface

Best Cinematography

Sophia Olsson
for Charter

Best Sound/Sound Design

Fredrik Lantz
for The Other Side (Andra sidan)


Best Original Score

Ola Kvernberg
for Only the Devil Lives Without Hope

Best Visual Effects

Jelmen Palsterman and Tony Kock
for Breaking Surface
 

Best Costume Design

Kicki Ilander
for Nelly Rapp Monster Agent

Best Set Design

Linda Janson and Charlotte Alfredson
for The Jonsson Gang (Se upp för Jönssonligan)

Best Makeup

Hanna Holm LöfgrenEva von Bahr and Love Larson
for Nelly Rapp Monster Agent
 

Best Short Film

A Legacy of Horses
Directed by Annika Karlsson and Jessica Karlsson


Best Documentary Film

I am Greta (Greta)
Directed by Nathan Grossman

Best International Feature Film

For Sama
Directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts

The Award of Honour (Hedersguldbagge)

Sten Ljunggren, actor 

The Gullspira (for extraordinary contributions in films for children)

Jon Nohrstedt, producer

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


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