Swedish comedienne Petra Mede will host the award gala. Photo: Carl-Johan Söder
A jury of 43 members has voted in a secret ballot for the following nominations for the 2011 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden's national film awards. The nominations are listed alphabetical in order.
Best film
Apflickorna / She Monkeys
Producer: Helene Lindholm
Play
Producer: Erik Hemmendorff
Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Producers: Christer Nilson, Per Holst
Best Director
Lisa Aschan
for Apflickorna / She Monkeys
Lisa Ohlin
for Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Ruben Östlund
for Play
Best actress in a leading role
Ann Petrén
for her role as Jonna in Happy End
Magdalena Poplawska
for her role as Marta in Between 2 Fires
Helen Sjöholm
for her role as Karin Larsson in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Best actor in a leading role
Mikael Persbrandt
for his role as Johan in Stockholm Östra / Stockholm East
Sven-Bertil Taube
for his role as George in En enkel till Antibes / A One-way to Antibes
Kevin Vaz
for his role as Kevin in Play
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Helena Bergström
for her role as Anneli in Någon annanstans i Sverige / Somewhere Else
Liv Mjönes
for her role as Frida in Kyss mig / With Every Hearbeat
Cecilia Nilsson
for her role as Inga in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Peter Andersson
for his role as Mårten in Happy End
Jan Josef Liefers
for his role as Ruben Lentov in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Johan Widerberg
for his role as Asger in Happy End
Best Screenplay
Josefine Adolfsson and Lisa Aschan
for their script for Apflickorna / She Monkeys
Pernilla Oljelund
for her script for Stockholm Östra / Stockholm East
Ruben Östlund
for his script for Play
Best Cinematography
Marius Dybwad Brandrud
for his cinematography in Play
Per Källberg
for his cinematography in Stockholm Östra /Stockholm East
Dan Lausten
for his cinematography in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
New categories
In June 2011 the board of the Swedish Film Institute decided on seven new categories to be awarded; Best editing, Best costume, Best sound, Best make up, Best music, Best set design and Best visual effects.
Best editing
Jacob Schulsinger
for editing Play
Michal Leszczylowski and Kasper Leick
for editing Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Göran Hugo Olsson and Hanna Lejonqvist
for editing The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Best costume
Moa Li Lemhagen Schalin
for the costumes in Kronjuvelerna / The Crown Jewels
Pia Aleborg
for the costumes in Play
Katja Watkins
for the costumes in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Best sound
Andreas Franck
for the sound in Apflickorna / She Monkeys
Per Hallberg and Daniel Saxlid
for the sound in Försvunnen / Gone
Jason Luke
for the sound in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Best make up
Anna-Lena Melin
for the make up in Gränsen / Beyond the Border
Sara Klänge
for the make up in Kronjuvelerna / The Crown Jewels
Linda Boije af Gennäs
for the make up in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Best music
Fredrik Emilson
for the music in Kronjuvelerna / The Crown Jewels
Annette Focks
for the music in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Ahmir Questlove Thompson and Om’Mas Keith
for the music in The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Best set design
Roger Rosenberg
for the set design in Kronjuvelerna / The Crown Jewels
Anders Engelbrecht, Lena Selander and Folke Strömbäck
for the set design in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Cian Bornebusch
for the set design in The Stig-Helmer Story
Best visual effects
Johan Harnesk
for the visual effects in Gränsen / Beyond the Border
Håkan Blomdahl and Tor-Björn Olsson
for the visual effects in Kronjuvelerna / The Crown Jewels
Marcus B Brodersen and Lars-Eric Hansen
for the visual effects in Simon och ekarna / Simon and the Oaks
Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film
At a meeting held on 6 December 2011, a special committee agreed on the following nominations for the 2011 Guldbagge Awards in the Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film categories. The nominations are listed alphabetical in order.
Best Short film
Las Palmas
Director: Johannes Nyholm
No Sex Just Understand
Director: Mariken Halle
Utan snö / Without Snow
Director: Magnus von Horn
Best Documentary Film
At Night I Fly
Director: Michel Wenzer
Stora Scenen / Big Scene
Director: Tova Mozard
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Director: Göran Hugo Olsson
Best Foreign Language Film
Kynodontas / Dogtooth
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin / A Separation
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Winter’s Bone
Director: Debra Granik
More awards at the ceremony
The Award of honour will be presented, as well as the Gullspira (for extraordinary contributions in films for children). The Guldbagge Awards ceremony will be held 23 January 2012 at Cirkus in Stockholm. Swedish Television (SVT) will be broadcasting the event live.
Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge ("Golden Beetle") is the name of the Swedish Film Institute's award for achievements during the previous year. The award itself, in the form of a fantastical beetle, was designed by the artist Karl Axel Pehrson.
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