Glada Guldbaggenominerade på Filmstaden Sergel. Foto: Henric Wagur. SPA
1At a press conference at Filmstaden Sergel in Stockholm today, the nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2024 were presented. The Hypnosis and The Swedish Torpedo each received eight nominations, followed by Crossing with seven nominations and Love Will Save Us and The Last Journey with four nominations each.
The Guldbagge Awards ceremony, hosted by actress Shima Niavarani, will be held at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 13, 2025. Swedish Television (SVT) will be broadcasting the event live.
A jury of 32 members in four groups came to the following result for the nominations for the 2025 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s national film awards. Special committees agreed on the nominations for the categories for Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film.
BEST FILM
The Last Journey
Producers: Lars Beckung and Petra Måhl
The Swedish Torpedo
Producers: David Herdies, Erik Andersson and Michael Krotkiewski
G – 21 Scenes from Gottsunda
Producers: Göran Hugo Olsson and Melissa Lindgren
The Hypnosis
Producer: Mimmi Spång
Crossing
Producer: Mathilde Dedye
BEST DIRECTOR
Ernst De Geer
for The Hypnosis
Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson
for The Last Journey
Levan Akin
for Crossing
Loran Batti
for G – 21 Scenes from Gottsunda
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Asta Kamma August
for Vera in The Hypnosis
Bianca Kronlöf
for Hanne in Heartbeat
Josefin Neldén
for Sally in The Swedish Torpedo
Mzia Arabuli
for Lia in Crossing
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Filip Berg
for Conny in Trouble
Herbert Nordrum
for André in The Hypnosis
Pål Sverre Hagen
for Gustav in Let Go
Robert Gustafsson
for Charles-Ingvar “Sickan” Jönsson in Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Andrea Edwards
for Lotta in The Hypnosis
Eva Melander
for Helena in Trouble
Lisa Carlehed
for Carla in The Swedish Torpedo
Liv Mjönes
for Katrin in Heartbeat
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
David Fukamachi Regnfors
for Julian in The Hypnosis
Jonas Karlsson
for Vanheden in Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka
Magnus Krepper
for Greger in Hunters
Oscar Skagerberg
for Viktor in From Darkness
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ernst De Geer and Mads Stegger
for The Hypnosis
Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson
for The Last Journey
Frida Kempff and Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
for The Swedish Torpedo
Levan Akin
for Crossing
BEST EDITING
Britta Norell
for Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
Orvar Anklew and Kalle Lindberg
for Avicii – I’m Tim
Robert Krantz
for The Hypnosis
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Johan Palm
for Summer Times
Lisabi Fridell
for Crossing
Nils Eilif Bremdal-Vinell
for From Darkness
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Anne Gry Friis Kristensen and Sigrid DPA Jensen
for Crossing
Calle Buddee Roos
for Heartbeat
Mathias Schlegel
for Love Will Save Us
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Erik K. Skodvin
for From Dakness
Lisa Montan
for JerryMaya’s Detective Agency: The Lost Mascot
Ola Fløttum
for Hunters
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Fredrik Nord and Jacob Gåfvels
for Stockholm Bloodbath
Sami Haartemo, Mikko Löppönen, Teemu Pitkänen, Ville Pätsi and Jacob Danell
for The Swedish Torpedo
Simon Öster, Kevin Gullberg, Carl Lohman and Jacob Danell
for XXL
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Eugen Tamberg
for The Swedish Torpedo
My Ek
for Nova & Alice
Sandra Haraldsen
for Love Will Save Us
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Elle Furudahl
for The Swedish Torpedo
Helga Bumsch
for Love Will Save Us
Roger Rosenberg
for Crossing
BEST MAKEUP
Kaire Hendrikson
for The Swedish Torpedo
Sandra Haraldsen
for Love Will Save Us
Therese Sandersson
for Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka
BEST SHORT FILM
Deck 5B
directed by Malin Ingrid Johansson
On Hospitality – Layla al Attar and Hotel al Rasheed
directed by Magnus Bärtås and Behzad Khosravi Noori
Stuck
directed by Wasima Ayad
The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp
directed by Dennis Harvey
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
The Last Journey
directed by Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson
G – 21 Scenes from Gottsunda
directed by Loran Batti
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
directed by Göran Hugo Olsson
The Road to Nowhere
directed by Johan Palmgren
Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge (“Golden Beetle”) is the name of the Swedish Film Institute’s award for achievements in film during the previous year. The award itself, in the form of a fantastical beetle, was designed by the artist Karl Axel Pehrson.
About the nominations
In total, 24 films were nominated – 20 features, of which five are documentaries, and four short films.
8 nominations: The Hypnosis and The Swedish Torpedo
7 nominations: Crossing
4 nominations: Love Will Save Us and The Last Journey
3 nominations: Heartbeat, Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka, G – 21 Scenes from Gottsunda, From Darkness and Trouble
2 nominations: Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989, Hunters and Let Go
Other awards at the ceremony
The Award of Honour (Hedersguldbagge) will be presented, as well as the Gullspira (for extraordinary contributions in films for children), the The Guldbagge Audience Award and The Guldpiga Award (to elevate new talents who bring hope for an exciting future for Swedish cinema).