At a press conference in Filmhuset in Stockholm, the nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2022 were presented. Triangle of Sadness was presented with nine nominations, followed by Boy from Heaven with seven nominations. Burn All My Letters, Comedy Queen and I Am Zlatan received six nominations each. All co-produced by Film i Väst.

The Guldbagge Awards Gala is arranged by the Swedish Film Institute in collaboration with SVT. A jury of 33 members in four groups came to the following result for the nominations for the 2023 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s national film awards. Special committees agreed on the nominations for the categories for Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film.

Noimination for Film i Väst co-productions:

BEST FILM

  • Boy from Heaven Producers: Kristina Åberg and Fredrik Zander
  • Comedy Queen Producers: Anna Anthony and Rebecka Lafrenz
  • I Am Zlatan Producers: Fredrik Heinig, Frida Bargo and Mattias Nohrborg
  • Triangle of Sadness Producers: Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Sanna Lenken for Comedy Queen
  • Tarik Saleh for Boy from Heaven
  • Jens Sjögren for I Am Zlatan
  • Ruben Östlund for Triangle of Sadness

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Sigrid Johnson for Sasha in Comedy Queen

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Tawfeek Barhom for Adam in Boy from Heaven
  • Granit Rushiti for Zlatan in I Am Zlatan
  • Oscar Töringe for Abbe in Comedy Queen
  • Sven Wollter (posthumously) for Malte in Day by Day

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Dolly de Leon for Abigail in Triangle of Sadness
  • Marika Lindström for Karin Stolpe in Burn All My Letters

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Håkan Bengtsson for Nils-Åke in I Am Zlatan
  • Zlatko Burić for Dimitry in Triangle of Sadness
  • Fares Fares for Ibrahim in Boy from Heaven
  • Sten Ljunggren for Sven Stolpe in Burn All My Letters

BEST SCREENPLAY

  • Tarik Saleh for Boy from Heaven
  • David Lagercrantz and Jakob Beckman for I Am Zlatan
  • Ruben Östlund for Triangle of Sadness

BEST EDITING

  • Theis Schmidt  for Boy from Heaven
  • Fredrik Morheden and Crazy Pictures for UFO Sweden

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Simon Pramsten for Comedy Queen
  • Stellan Runge for Burn All My Letters
  • BEST SOUND DESIGN
    Fredrik Jonsäter for I Am Zlatan

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  • Irya Gmeyner and Martin Hederos for Comedy Queen
  • Lisa Montan for JerryMaya’s Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Peter Hjorth, Peter Toggeth Karlsson and Ludwig Källén for Triangle of Sadness
  • Jacob Danell and Crazy Pictures for UFO Sweden

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • Denise Östholm for Boy from Heaven
  • Ingrid Sjögren for Burn All My Letters
  • Sofie Krunegård for Triangle of Sadness

BEST SET DESIGN

  • Josefin Åsberg for Burn All My Letters
  • Josefin Åsberg for Triangle of Sadness

BÄSTA MAKEUP

  • Eva von Bahr for Burn All My Letters
  • Stefanie Gredig for Triangle of Sadness

BEST SHORT FILM

  • Dance My Doll Director: Jasmijn Kooijman
  • The Story of Bodri Director: Stina Wirsén