49th Guldbagge Awards

The 49th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 2013 and took place January 20, 2014, at Cirkus in Stockholm. During the ceremony, the jury presented Guldbagge Awards (commonly referred to as Bagge) in 19 categories. The ceremony was televised in the Sweden by SVT, with actress and comedian Sissela Kyle hosting the show for the third time. The ceremony also celebrated the prize's 50th anniversary.[1]

49th Guldbagge Awards
DateJanuary 20, 2014
SiteCirkus, Stockholm
Hosted bySissela Kyle
Highlights
Best PictureThe Reunion
Most awardsWaltz for Monica (4)
Most nominationsWaltz for Monica (11)
Television coverage
NetworkSVT
Duration2 hours

Waltz for Monica won four awards including Best Actress for Edda Magnason and Best Director for Per Fly. The Reunion won two awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay. Other winners included We Are the Best! with two awards, and Nobody Owns Me, Hotell, The Tenderness, Belleville Baby, On Suffocation, Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Sanctuary, Faro and Shed No Tears with one.

The jury

Through discussions the jury appoints the winners of the Guldbagge Award among the three nominees in all price categories, except for the Honorary Award which is appointed directly by the Swedish Film Institute's board. The jury consisted this year of Jannike Åhlund (chairman), Anna Carlson (actress and chairman of The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film), Bengt Forslund (producer and writer), Jan Holmberg (ceo, Ingmar Bergman Foundation), Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin (consultant of Film Stockholm/Filmbasen and producer), Kathrine Windfeld (director), Farnaz Arbabi (director and playwright), Sylvia Ingemarsdotter (film editor) and Marcus Lindeen (director and playwright).[2]

Winner and nominees

The nominees for the 49th Guldbagge Awards were announced on January 3, 2014 in Stockholm, by the Swedish Film Institute.[3]

Films with the most nominations were Waltz for Monica with eleven, followed by Shed No Tears with nine. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 20, 2014.

Awards
Mikael Persbrandt, Best Actor winner
Edda Magnason, Best Actress winner

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Shortfilm
Best Sound Editing
Gullspiran
Cinema Audience Award

Multiple nominations and awards

References
  1. "Sissela Kyle leder Guldbaggegalan" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet.se. December 23, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. "Vinnarjuryn" (in Swedish). Guldbaggen. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  3. Svenska Filminstitutet (January 3, 2014). "Nominerade: Guldbaggen" (in Swedish). Guldbaggen.se. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
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