Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness and Ali Abbasis Holy Spider are both nominated for four European Film Awards respectively: European Film, European Director, European Scriptwriter. In total Film i Väst’s co-productions received eleven nominations.
– We congratulate all the nominees and we are so proud of being co-producers of such successful films. 2022 is absolutely one of the best years for Film i Väst’s co-productions and the triumphs of the films of Ruben Östlund, Ali Abbasi and Sanna Lenken at the festivals in Cannes and Berlin are also reflected at the European Film Awards, says Kristina Börjeson, Head of Production at Film i Väst.
Nominations:
Triangle of Sadness
- European Film, producer Erik Hemmendorff, Plattform Produktion, Philippe Bober
- European Scriptwriter, Ruben Östlund
- European Director, Ruben Östlund
- European Actor, Zlatko Buric
- European University Award, Ruben Östlund
Holy Spider
- European Film, producent Ali Abbasi, Sol Bondi, Jakob Jarek, Profile Productions, Nordisk Film Production Sverige, Eva Åkergren
- European Scriptwriter, Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami
- European Director, Ali Abbasi
- European Actress, Zar Amir-Ebrahimi (picture)
Comedy Queen
- Young Audience Award, Sanna Lenken, Comedy Queen,
Godland
- Best European Actor, Elliot Crosset Hove
Guðmundur Arnar’s Beautiful Beings, Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven and Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland were also nominated in the first round but did not advance to the final nomination round.
