31/01/2006

The feature debut of Lena Einhorn Nina’s Journey was the surprise winner at last night’s Swedish Oscar ceremony or Guldbagge Awards. Einholm’s Swedish-Polish co-production took two major awards for Best Film and Best Script away from the most nominated film Mouth to Mouth by Björn Runge which ended up with a Best Supporting Actor Award for Magnus Krepper.

Written by Lena Einholm and based on her own mother’s experience at the Warsaw Ghetto during WW2, Nina’s Journey had just won the Audience Award over the weekend at the Göteborg Film Festival and the recognition of Einholm’s talent by its peers at the Guldbagge ceremony held at Göteborg’s Opera will give a welcome push to the film’s potential international sales in Berlin, under the aegisof Non Stop Sales.
During last night’s very smooth event presided over by actress Lena Endre, another surprise came with the Guldbagge award for Best Director handed out to Ulf Malmros for his comedy God Save The King which also won Best Costume Design, while the public favourite and Swedish Oscar possible candidate for Best Foreign Language Film, Zozo [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Josef Fares had to do with a Prize for Best Cinematography for Aril Wretblad and Best Music for Adam Nordén.

The Swedish actress Maria Lundqvist who gives a stunning performance in the Finnish Oscar contender Mother of Mine, added the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress to her already long list of awards for the film, and Krister Henriksson won Best Actor for his role in the comedy Sex, Hope & Love.
The Dardenne brothers and their Cannes winner The Child [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
film profile] was preferred to Michael Haneke’s Hidden [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Margaret Menegoz
interview: Michael Haneke
film profile] for the Best Foreign Language Film of the year and Åse Kleveland, the head of the Swedish Film Institute who will leave the organisation next May, received the Ingmar Bergman award.

Full list of Guldbagge awards:

Best Picture
Nina’s Journey
Producer: Kaśka Krosny

Best Director
Ulf Malmros
For God Save the King

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Maria Lundqvist
for her role as Signe in Mother of Mine

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Krister Henriksson
for his role as Bertil in Sex, Hope & Love

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ghita Nørby
for her role as Lilly in Four Weeks in June

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Magnus Krepper
for his role as Morgan in Mouth to Mouth

Best Screenplay
Lena Einhorn
for her script for Nina’s Journey

Best Cinematography
Aril Wretblad
for his cinematography in Zozo [+see also:
trailer
film profile]

Best Foreign Language Film
The Child [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
film profile] by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Best Documentary Film
Prostitution Behind the Veil by Nahid Persson

Best Achievement
in the specialist categories film editing, set design, costumes, make-up, special effects and animation
Jaana Fomin
For God Save the King

Best Achievement in the specialist categories sound engineering, mixing and original score
Adam Nordén
For Zozo

Lifetime Achievement Award
Actress Anita Björk

The 2005 Ingmar Bergman Award
Åse Kleveland

The Gullspira Award for outstanding achiement in children's films
Director and animator Per Åhlin