The nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2021 were presented during a press conference on december 16th at Swedish Film Institute in Stockholm.
The film Clara Sola has nine nominations, A Christmas Tale with eigth nominations, Pleasure and The Emigrants received seven nominations each.
The Guldbagge Awards Gala is arranged by the Swedish Film Institute in collaboration with Sweden Television (SVT). The gala will take place at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 24, It will be hosted by Gina Dirawi.
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 Àlvarez Mesén for Clara Sola
Ronnie Sanndahl for Tigers/ Tigrar
Ninja Thyberg for Pleasure
Lisa Carlehed for Kristina in The Emigrants/ Utvandrarna
Wendy Chinchiya 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-Oscar in The Emigrants / Utvandrarnna
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sofia Helin for Judit in The Emigrats/ 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 Chirstmas 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 Frak in JJ + E/ Vinterviken
Jonay Pineda Skallak for Sluggo in JJ + E/ Vinterviken
Best Screenplay
Nathalie Àlvarez Mesén and Maria Camila Arias for Clara Sola
Manuel Concha for Suedi
Hogir Hirori for Sabaja
Jan Vierth for The Ape Star / Apstjärnan
Best Editing
Marie-Héléne 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/Varldens vackraste pojke
Thomas Jaeger for Knocking/ Knackningar
Erick Vargas Williams, Valérie 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 Gauer 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 for Pleasure
Best Set Design
Elle Furudahl for Knockning/ Kackningar
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: Simome Norberh
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-Muller
Patricio Galvez, Main person in the documentary
Lena
Director: Isabel Andersson
Sabaya
Director: Hogir Hirori
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World / Världens vacraste pojke
Directors: Kristina Lidström and Kristian Petri
The jury group for Best Internarional Feature Film has decides on the following nominations:
Best International Feature Film
The Father
Director: Florian Zeller
Flee
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Nomadland
Director: Chloé Zhao
The Award of Honour (Hedersguldbagge) will be presented, as well as the Gullspira (for extraordinary contributions in films for Children).
The Guldbagge Awards ceremony will be held in Stockholm and Swedish Television (SVT) will be broadcasting the gala.
Source: Swedish Film Institute / Guldbagge Awards
All photos credit: Sofia Sanchez
Jan Goransön and Anne Carlsson
