by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén Clara Sola was the big winner of the 2022 Swedish Film Awards, known as the Guldbagges, winning Best Picture and Best Director. Scroll down for the full list of winners.
Mesén also picked best screenplay, shared with co-screenwriter Maria Camila Arias, for the Spanish-language film set in Costa Rica, which follows a 36-year-old woman who sets out on a journey to break free from social and religious conventions. and become master of his sexuality.
Under the line, Clara Sola also took over cinematography and sound design, bringing its total wins on the night to five.
Other winners included A Christmas tale, Hannes Holm’s live-action adaptation of the popular Swedish novel, which has already been turned into an animated picture that has become a holiday classic in Sweden. Holm’s version won Best Actor for Jonas Karlsson and Best Supporting Actress for Jennie Silfverhjelm.
The Best Actress award was won by Sofia Kappel for Bella in pleasure, while Best Editing went to Hanna Lejonqvist and Dino Jonsäter for The most beautiful boy in the world.
Elsewhere, Hogir Hirori won Best Documentary for Sabayawhile a documentary also won Best International Film, Jonas Poher Rasmussen To run awaythe hybrid animation project that made the shortlist for this year’s international Oscars.
Among the honorary awards were director and screenwriter Suzanne Osten, who won the special Hedersguldbaggen prize, while director, animator and screenwriter Johan Hagelbäck won the Gullspira, which recognizes contributions to children’s films.
The Guldbagge Trophy, named after the Swedish word for the rose chafer beetle, is perhaps the most distinctive award in the film world (see photo above).
Winners of the Guldbagge Prize 2022:
BEST FILM
Clara Sola
directed by Nima Yousefi
BEST DIRECTOR
Nathalie Alvarez Mesen
for Clara Sola
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sofia Kappel
for Bella in pleasure
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jonas Karlson
for Tyko Jonsson in A Christmas tale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennie Silvverhjelm
for Marianne Jonsson in A Christmas tale
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jonay Pineda Skallak
for Sluggo in DD+E
BEST SCENARIO
Nathalie Alvarez 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 Connections
for Clara Sola
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Erick Vargas Williams, Valene Leroy, Charles De Ville and Aline Gavroy
for Clara Sola
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Lisa Nordstrom
for Children of the enemy
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alex Hansson and Torbjorn 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
To run away
directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
