Awards and Jury

NORDIC COMPETITION

THE NORDIC FILM AWARD

Eight new feature films battle it out in the festival's Nordic Competition. The Nordic Film Award consists of SEK 100 000 from Region Västra Götaland and Filmdraken (the Film Dragon), a statuette covered in mosaic and created by Swedish artist Ernst Billgren.

The jury 2008 consisted of film critic Monica Tunbäck-Hansson, directors Aku Louhimies, Finland, and Ragnar Bragason, Island, the producers Anna Anthony, Sweden, and Jørgen Storm Rosenberg, Norway, and the actress Sonja Richter, Denmark.

The Nordic Film Award went to the director Tomas Alfredson for his film Let the Right One in.

There is also the Kodak Nordic Vision Award consisting of at a value of SEK 50.000, awarded for best cinematography in one of the feature films.

Winner 2008 was cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema for his camera work in Let the Right One in.

THE CHURCH OF SWEDEN FILM PRIZE

This prize is awarded to one of the competing Nordic films. It consists of SEK 50.000. The jury members this year was Andja Arnebäck, Ann-Louise Eriksson, Jes Nysten and Mikael Ringlander.

Winner was the Danish film Go With Peace Jamil by Omar Shargawi.

THE FIPRESCI AWARD

The FIPRESCI award is given by the International federation of film critics to one the competing Nordic feature films. This year's jury consisted of the film critics Henrik Uth Jensen, Kristeligt Dagblad, Denmark, Bregtje Schudel, Vrij Nederland, NL20, Amsterdam Weekly and Televizier, Netherlands, and Neil Young, Tribune Magazine and the web site Jigsaw Lounge, United Kingdom.

The FIPRESCI award went to Go With Peace Jamil by Omar Shargawi.

STARTSLADDEN

The eight short films that are shown as intro films before competing Nordic films are in competition for the best short film award Startsladden. The prize consists of technical film support at a value of SEK 900.000, and SEK 100.000 in cash added by the Swedish Film Institute's short film commissioner Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin. Startsladden is a collaborative award from technical companies in the trade association Bratek and SFI. A special jury selected the winner of Startsladden: the directors Nanna Huolman and Robert Lillhonga, Mimmi Forss, Stockholm Film Commission and Henrik A Persson, Dagsljus.

This year's winner was I stället för Abrakadabra by Patrik Eklund.

VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD

The short films also compete for the honorary Viewer's Choice award - where you choose the winner among the eight competing Swedish short films.

This year's choice was I stället för Abrakadabra by Patrik Eklund.

OTHER AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

THE INGMAR BERGMAN INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AWARD

Awarded for the first time during the 30th anniversary of the festival, 2007. Ingmar Bergman and an international jury seleced the winner from five nominated films. TIBIDA is awarded to "a debutant who in his film treats an existential theme with a dynamic or experimental approach to the cinematic means of expression".

The prize consists of a one week stay during the Bergman Week in the summer of 2007, a DVD box with 30 Bergman films from the Ingmar Bergman Foundation and a beautiful stone from Bergman's own Fårö beach, with the director's name engraved.

This year's TIBIDA jury consisted of Anu Koivunen, film professor, Sweden, Margarethe von Trotta, director, Germany/France, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, director, Thailand, István Szabó, director, Hungary.

This year's Ingmar Bergman Award went to Solitary Fragments by Jaime Rosales from Spain.

SHORT STORY AWARD

The prize is awarded for the eight year. It consists of SEK 200.000 from the Swedish Public Television and the Swedish Film Institute and it goes to the best of the nine competing short story films.

Awarded 2008 was Borta bra by Ulf Friberg.

VIEWER'S CHOICE - SHORT STORY

The audience pick the winner from eight half-hour long short story films!

This year's choice was Majken directed by Andrea Östlund.

GÖTEBORGS STORA FILMPRIS

The "Göteborgs Stora Filmpris" - SEK 50.000 - is awarded by the city of Göteborg to the Guldbagge nominee film that best pleased the audience jury. The prize ceremony will take place at Draken before the screening of the opening film The King of Ping Pong at 17.30 pm.

The prize was awarded Du levande av Roy Andersson.

IN MEMORY OF VIVECA SELDAHL

The SEK 25.000 award goes to someone working within film or theatre in the spirit of Viveka Seldahl.

2008 winner was the Swedish actress Ann Petrén.

STOCKHOLM POSTPRODUCTION'S PRODUCER AWARD, LORENS

The award consists of free development of the producer's upcoming film and is estimated to a value of SEK 500 000 kronor. The winner was chosen from the producers of the Swedish films of 2007 and went to a producer with both high economic and artistic visions.

The first winner of the producer award was Fredrik Heining for Darling.

VIEWER'S FEATURE FILM CHOICE

The festival audience gets the chance to choose their favourite from the program.

Their choice of 2008 was Three Miles North of Molkom by Robert Cannan and Corinna Villari-McFarlane, United Kingdom.

THE PLEXI DRAGON!

The behind-the-scenes people of film take center stage during the Plexi Dragon award gala! The Plexi Dragon is aworded in eight categories to the hard workers of film, the names that roll last in the credits but first in our nominations list!