There have been fifteen Oscar nominations for Film i Väst’s co-production in the last seven years. And one win: Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round. On Sunday, March 12, it’s time for Academy Awards 2023. Swedish director Ruben Östlund is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for his Triangle of Sadness. British actor Bill Nighy is nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role in Oliver Hermanus’ Living, also nominated for Adapted Screenplay, based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Both films are co-produced by Film i Väst.
– Five nominations is incomparable! Ruben Östlund is definitely one of the most talented and successful in Swedish film history. We can be extra proud in our region, Västra Götaland, where both Triangle of Sadness and Living are filmed or postproduced. I will follow the gala directly from Dolby Theatre. I was in Los Angeles five years ago to follow Ruben Östlund and his Oscar nominated The Square. We wish the best for Ruben, Oliver and Bill, but also for Erik Hemmendorff, producer at Plattform Produktion, and Sean Wheelan at Filmgate Films who co-produced and made all the VFX on Living, says Mikael Fellenius, CEO of Film i Väst.
Oscar nominations for Film i Väst’s coproductions 2017-23
2023
- Nominated: Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness, Best Picture
- Nominated: Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness, Best Director
- Nominated: Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness, Best Original Screenplay
- Nominated: Oliver Hermanus, Living, Best Adapted Screenplay, based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Nominated: Bill Nighy, Best Actor in a Leading Role i Living
- Shortlisted: Danmark, Ali Abbasi, Holy Spider
- Shortilisted: Sverige, Tarik Saleh, Boy from Heaven
National nominees
Iceland: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, Beautiful Beings
2022
- Nominated: Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World, Best Foreign Language Film
- Nominated: Joachim Trier och Eskil Vogt, Bästa manus
- Shortlisted: Island, Valdimar Jóhannsson, Lamb
2021
- WINNER: Thomas Vinterberg Another Round, Best Foreign Language Film
- Nominated: Thomas Vinterberg, Best Director, Another Round
- Nominated: Kaouther Ben Hanias The Man Who Sold His Skin, Best Foreign Language Film
2019
- Nominated: Glenn Close, Lead Actress for her role in Björn Runge’s The Wife
- Nominated: Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer, Best Makeup and Hair in Ali Abbasi’s Border
2018
- Nominated: Ruben Östlund’s The Square, Best Foreign Language Film
2017
- Nominated: Hannes Holm’s A Man Called Ove, Best Foreign Language Film
- Nominerad: Eva von Bahr and Love Larsson, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, in Hannes Holm’s A Man Called Ove
