Big Win for ‘Shame on Dry Land’ at the Swedish Guldbagge Awards

With a record-breaking total of 7 awards, ‘Shame on Dry Land‘, a film written and directed by Axel Petersén, was the big winner of the 59th Guldbagge Awards ceremony held at Circus in Stockholm yesterday. The event was hosted by the Iranian-Swedish actress Shima Niavarani and broadcast live by Sveriges Television.

Best Picture of 2023 was awarded to ‘Paradise Is Burning‘ by Mika Gustavson (‘Mephobia’, ‘Silvana – väck mig när ni vaknat’, ’22nd May’). ‘The Gullspång Miracle‘ by Maria Fredriksson (‘Afternoon Tea’, ‘Elvakaffe’) won the prize for Best Documentary, and ‘Leila‘ by Fariba Haidari (‘The Scent of Dialogue’, ‘The Long Waiting Time’) for Best Short Film.

List of 2023 Guldbagge Award Winners

BEST FILM
‘Paradise is Burning‘
Producer: Nima Yousefi

BEST DIRECTOR
Axel Petersén
for ’Shame On Dry Land’

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marall Nasiri
for Maryam in ’Opponent’

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Joel Spira
for Dimman in ‘Shame On Dry Land’

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anja Lundqvist
for Lena in ‘Together 99’

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christopher Wagelin
for Fredrik in ’Shame On Dry Land’

BEST SCREENPLAY
Lukas Moodysson
for ’Together 99′

BEST EDITING
Robert Krantz
for ‘Shame On Dry Land’

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Josua Enblom
for ’Shame On Dry Land’

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Andreas Franck
for ’Shame On Dry Land’

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Baba Stiltz
for Shame On Dry Land

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Nora Berecoechea and Stefan Rycken
for ‘The Abyss’

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Karen Fabritius Gram and Pierre Vienings 
for ’Hammarskjöld’

BEST SET DESIGN
Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth 
for ‘Paradise is Burning’

BEST MAKEUP
Tove Jansson, Eva von Bahr, and Love Larson
for ‘The Conference’

BEST SHORT FILM
‘Leila’
Directed by Fariba Haidari 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
‘The Gullspång Miracle‘
Directed by Maria Fredriksson 

THE GULDBAGGE AUDIENCE AWARD 
‘Beck – Inferno‘
Produced by Francy Suntinger

GULLSPIRA – for extraordinary contributions in films for children
Inger Nilsson, actress

THE AWARD OF HONOUR (HEDERSGULDBAGGEN)
Marie Göranzon, actress

First held in 1964, the Guldbagge Award (Golden Beetle) is an annual event by the Swedish Film Institute established to honour achievements from the previous year.

Source: Swedish Film Institute Photo credit: Pelle T Nilsson / SPA

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