Grand slam for Ruben Östlund at the European Film Awards

It was Ruben Östlund’s night at the European Film Awards gala in Reykjavik, Iceland. His Triangle of Sadness was rewarded with European Film, European Director and European Screenwriter. A grand slam! Furthermore Zlatko Buric won European Actor. Triangle of Sadness is co-produced by Film i Väst and was partially shot in Göteborg and Trollhättan, Studio Fares.

– A marvelous evening and our warmest congratulations för for Ruben Östlund, producer Erik Hemmendorff and actor Zlatco Buric. Euroepan Film Awards have become very important on an European film level and a clear signal up to upcoming Oscar nominations. For us at Film i Väst its a clear signal of how our co-productions can be measured on an European scales. We are very proud and happy co-producers for the collaboration with Ruben Östlund during all years, says Mikael Fellenius, CEO at Film i Väst, directly from Reykjavik.

Winners:

• European Film, Triangle of Sadness, producer Erik Hemmendorff, Plattform Produktion, Philippe Bober

• European Director, Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

• European Screenwriter, Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

• European Actor, Zlatko Buric, Triangle of Sadness

All nominated co-productions:

• European University Award, Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

• European Film, Holy Spider, producers Ali Abbasi, Sol Bondi, Jakob Jarek, Profile Productions, Nordisk Film Production Sverige, Eva Åkergren

• European Screenwriter Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Holy Spider

• European Director, Ali Abbasi, Holy Spider

• European Actress, Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Holy Spider

• European Actor, Elliot Crosset Hove, Godland

• Sanna Lenken, Comedy Queen, Young Audience Award

Prenominated:

• European Film, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson,Beautiful Beings

• European Film, Tarik Saleh,Boy from Heaven

• European Film, Hlynur Pálmason,Godland