Film i Väst and The Oscars: 15 nominations 2017-23
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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