Winners of the 2021 Guldbagge Awards

Photo: Pelle T Nilsson / Swedish Press Agency

Clara Sola was the big winner at the Guldbagge Awards gala, held in Stockholm tonight. The film by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén picked up five awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. A Christmas Tale by Hannes Holm and Pleasure by Ninja Thyberg won three awards each, the latter including Best Actress in a Leading Role for newcomer Sofia Kappel. Sabaya by Hogir Hirori won the Best Documentary award, while Man with Doves by Lina Maria Mannheimer picked up the award for Best Short Film.

The 57th Guldbagge Awards gala was hosted by actress and comedian Gina Dirawi and was broadcast live by Sveriges Television. The following Guldbagge Awards were handed out at the ceremony:

BEST FILM

Clara Sola 
produced by Nima Yousefi 
 

BEST DIRECTOR 

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén  
for Clara Sola

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE 

Sofia Kappel 
for Bella in Pleasure 


BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jonas Karlsson 
for Tyko Jonsson in A Christmas Tale 


BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jennie Silfverhjelm 
for Marianne Jonsson in A Christmas Tale


BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 

Jonay Pineda Skallak 
for Sluggo in JJ+E


BEST SCREENPLAY 

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and Maria Camila Arias  
for Clara Sola 
 

BEST EDITING 

Hanna Lejonqvist and Dino Jonsäter 
for The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sophie Winqvist Loggins 
for Clara Sola 


BEST SOUND DESIGN

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


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Lisa Nordström 
for Children of the Enemy  


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Alex Hansson and Torbjörn Olsson 
for The Emigrants 


BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Amanda Wing Yee Lee  
for Pleasure 


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Michael Higgins 
for A Christmas Tale  


BEST MAKEUP

Erica Spetzig 
for Pleasure 


BEST SHORT FILM

Man with Doves 
directed by Lina Maria Mannheimer 


BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Sabaya  
directed by Hogir Hirori 


BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Flee
directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen 


GULLSPIRA – for extraordinary contributions in films for children

Johan Hagelbäck, director, animator and screenwriter
The 2021 Gullspira Award is presented to a versatile filmmaker who has always worked for art to be free. Among meatballs and sour milk, this year's winner has created an innumerable amount of equally loving and anarchist films - always from the perspective of a child. This year's recipient of the Gullspira Award is Johan Hagelbäck.


THE AWARD OF HONOUR (HEDERSGULDBAGGEN)

Suzanne Osten, director and screenwriter
This year's recipient of the Award of Honour is a pioneer in the performing arts, a playful screenwriter and a groundbreaking film director. Our winner has, with curiosity and creative joy, and with humor and darkness, explored topics such as mental illness, exclusion and xenophobia. With a very own cinematic language, she has also taken on issues such as class, family relations and gender equality. For her bold and innovative efforts in Swedish film, this year's Award of Honour is awarded to Suzanne Osten.


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.