13/01/2009

Last night’s Swedish film awards, the Guldbagge awards’, held in Stockholm, was a triumphal evening for veteran filmmaker Jan Troell who won five awards for Everlasting Moments [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (including Best Film) and for Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: John Nordling
interview: Tomas Alfredson
film profile], equally rewarded in other categories.

Sweden’s veteran filmmaker Jan Troell might have been the unlucky winner at the Golden Globes for Best Foreign language film, but he was the big winner at home, unsurprisingly sweeping the floor in almost all categories where the film was nominated. The three exceptions where the costume drama didn’t make it to the final round, was in the Best Cinematography, Best Script and Best Actress in a Supporting Role categories, where Let the Right One In dominated. The arthouse -oriented vampire film is Sweden’s biggest export of 2008, with over 50 territories sold by Bavaria International Film Sales.

Another favourite on the international festival circuit, Ruben Östlund’s Involuntary [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Erik Hemmendorff
interview: Ruben Östlund
film profile] which was also nominated five times and had just been elected Best Film by the Swedish Film Critics, was totally ignored by the 2008 Guldbagge jury, as well as one of Sweden’s top films at the box office Patrick Age 1.5. The Guldbagge for Best Foreign Language Film went to Ang Lee forLust, Caution.

Full list of 2008 Guldbagge winners:

Best Picture
Everlasting Moments produced by Thomas Stenderup (Final Cut)

Best Director
Tomas Alfredson,Let the Right One In

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Maria Heiskanen, for her role as Maria Larsson inEverlasting Moments

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Mikael Persbrandt, for his role as Sigfrid Larsson in Everlasting Moments

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Lundqvist (Heaven’s Heart)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jesper Christensen, (Everlasting Moments)

Best Screenplay
John Ajvide Lindqvist, (Let the Right One In)

Best Cinematography (Including the George Eastman Award of SEK 50.000 )
Hoyte van Hoytema (Let the Right One In)

Best Foreign Language Film
Lust, Caution by Ang Lee

Best Short Film
Lies by Jonas Odell

Best Documentary Film
Maggie in Wonderland by Mark Hammarberg, Ester Martin Bergsmark, Beatrice Maggie Andersson

Best Composer
Matti Bye (Everlasting Moments)

Best Production designer
Eva Norén (Let the Right One In)

Best Sound
Per Sundström and his sound crew Jonas Jansson and Patrik Strömdahl (Let the Right One In)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Actress Harriet Andersson

Gullspira Award 2008 (for extraordinary contributions in children’s film)
Georg Riedel ‘For numerous tunes deepening film experiences, with a special place in the soul of Sweden’

Audience Award
Arn – the Kingdom at World’s End by Peter Flinth