Gentlemen gets 13 nominations for Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards

13/01/2015 - Mikael Marcimain’s sophomore feature leads the race, followed by Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure

Gentlemen by Mikael Marcimain

Swedish director Mikael Marcimain’s second feature, Gentlemen [+see also:
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Starring David Dencik, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Sverrir Gudnason and David Fukamachi Rengfors, the adaptation of Swedish author Klas Östergren’s 1980 novel is set in post-World War Two Stockholm, complete with jazz music, poetry, hidden treasures and espionage. It opened last year’s Stockholm International Film Festival and later enjoyed a Special Presentation – dedicated to ”high-profile premieres from the world’s leading filmmakers” – at Toronto.

Released domestically on 5 December 2014 by Svensk Filmindustri, Gentlemen has been licensed to, among others, Magnolia Pictures for North America, Artificial Eye for the UK and Lumière for Benelux, through Paris-based Wild Bunch. “Hopefully, the many nominations will encourage even more Swedes to watch the film on the big screen,” said Marcimain.

The possible recipients of the Guldbagge Awards, which were instigated by the Swedish Film Institute, are nominated in a secret ballot by a 45-strong jury, which decided that Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure [+see also:
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interview: Roy Andersson
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Here is the full list of the Swedish Guldbagge 2015 nominations:

Best Film
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, prod: Pernilla Sandström
Force Majeure, prods: Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson and Philippe Bober
Gentlemen, prods: Fredrik Heinig, Mattias Nohrborg and Johannes Åhlund

Best Short
But You Are a Dog, dir: Malin Erixon
Min vän Lage, dir: Eva Lindström
Still Born, dir: Åsa Sandzén

Best Documentary
Apt+Car+All I Have and Own, dir: Clara Bodén
Concerning Violence [+see also:
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In the Country, dir: Anders Jedenfors

Best Director
Roy Andersson, for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Mikael Marcimain, for Gentlemen
Ruben Östlund, for Force Majeure

Best Actress
Saga Becker, for Something Must Break [+see also:
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Lisa Loven Kongsli, for Force Majeure
Vera Vitali, for My So-Called Father, dir: Ulf Malmros

Best Actor
Johannes Bah Kuhnke, for Force Majeure
David Dencik, for Gentlemen
Sverrir Gudnason, for Blowfly Park [+see also:
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Best Supporting Actress
Fanni Metelius, for Force Majeure
Ruth Vega Fernandez, for Gentlemen
Anita Wall, for Home [+see also:
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Best Supporting Actor
Peter Andersson, for Blowfly Park
Sverrir Gudnason, for Gentlemen
Kristofer Hivju, for Force Majeure

Best Screenplay
Ester Martin Bergsmark and Eli Levén, for Something Must Break
Klas Östergren, for Gentlemen
Ruben Östlund, for Force Majeure

Best Cinematography
Jallo Faber, for Gentlemen
Fredrik Wenzel, for The Quiet Roar [+see also:
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Fredrik Wenzel, for Force Majeure

Best Editing
Kristofer Nordin, for Gentlemen
Jacob Secher Shulsinger and Ruben Östlund, for Force Majeure
Alexandra Strauss, for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

Best Costume Design
Kicki Ilander, for The Wizard's Daughter, dirs: Stefan Roos and Per Simonsson
Cilla Rörby, for Gentlemen
Julia Tegström, for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

Best Sound
Hugo Ekornes and Per Nyström, for Gentlemen
Andreas Franck, for The Quiet Roar
Andreas Franck, Erlend Hostad and Gisle Tveito, for Force Majeure

Best Makeup
Susanna Rafstedt, for The Wizard's Daughter
Linda Sandberg, for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Anna Carin Lock and Anja Dahl, for Gentlemen

Best Musical Score
Hani Jazzar and Gorm Sundberg, for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Mattias Bärjed and Jonas Kullhammar, for Gentlemen
Erik Enocksson, for The Quiet Roar

Best Set Design
Ulf Jonsson, Nicklas Nilsson, Sandra Parment, Isabel Sjöstrand and Julia Tegström, for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Pelle Magnestam, for The Wizard's Daughter
Linda Janson, for Gentlemen