Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film

The Guldbagge for Best Foreign Film is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to the best Swedish motion picture of the year.

Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film
CountrySweden
Presented bySwedish Film Institute
First awarded1987 (for films released during the 1987 film season)
Currently held byFor Sama (2020)
Websiteguldbaggen.se

Winners and nominees edit

Each Guldbagge Awards ceremony is listed chronologically below along with the winner of the Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film and the director associated with the award. Before 1991 the awards did not announce nominees, only winners. In the columns under the winner of each award are the other nominees for best film, which are listed from 1991 and forward.

  Winners before the nomination system (1964–1990)
  Winners under the nomination system (1991–present)

1980s edit

Year[1] Film[1] Original title(s)[1] Country[1] Director(s)[1] Language(s)[1] Ref.
1987
(23rd)
Bagdad Cafe Out of Rosenheim   Germany (West) Percy Adlon German, English
1988
(24th)

(no award given)

(no award given)

(no award given)

(no award given)

(no award given)
1989
(25th)
A World Apart {co-production}
  United Kingdom
  Zimbabwe
Chris Menges English

1990s edit

Year[1] Film[1] Original title(s)[1] Country[1] Director(s)[1] Language(s)[1] Ref.
1990
(26th)
Time of the Gypsies Dom za vešanje
Дом за вешање
  Yugoslavia Emir Kusturica Romani, Serbo-Croatian & Italian [2]
1991
(27th)
Monsieur Hire   France Patrice Leconte French [3]
The Double Life of Véronique La double vie de Véronique {co-production}
  France
  Norway
  Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski French & Polish
The Fisher King   United States Terry Gilliam English
1992
(28th)
Husbands and Wives   United States Woody Allen English [4]
Raise the Red Lantern Dà Hóng Dēnglong Gāogāo Guà
大紅燈籠高高掛
{co-production}
  China
  Hong Kong
  Taiwan
Zhang Yimou Mandarin
Fried Green Tomatoes   United States Jon Avnet English
1993
(29th)
The Piano {co-production}
  New Zealand
  Australia
  France
Jane Campion English, Māori & British Sign Language [5]
Three Colors: Blue Trois couleurs: Bleu   France,   Poland &   Switzerland Krzysztof Kieślowski French & Polish
Orlando   United Kingdom Sally Potter English
1994
(30th)
Short Cuts   United States Robert Altman English
Forrest Gump   United States Robert Zemeckis English
Schindler's List   United States Steven Spielberg English
1995
(31st)
Before the Rain Pred doždot
Пред дождот
{co-production}
  Macedonia
  United Kingdom
Milcho Manchevski Macedonian, English & Albanian
Lamerica   Italy Gianni Amelio Italian & Albanian
Bullets over Broadway   United States Woody Allen English
1996
(32nd)
Breaking the Waves   Denmark Lars von Trier English
Fargo   United States Joel Coen English
Trainspotting   United Kingdom Danny Boyle English
1997
(33rd)
The Ice Storm   United States Ang Lee English
Brassed Off {co-production}
  United Kingdom
  United States
Mark Herman English
The Promise La Promesse {co-production}
  Belgium
  France
Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne French
1998
(34th)
The Celebration Festen   Denmark Thomas Vinterberg Danish
The Dreamlife of Angels La Vie rêvée des anges   France Erick Zonca French
Character Karakter {co-production}
  Netherlands
  Belgium
Mike van Diem Dutch
1999
(35th)
All About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre   Spain Pedro Almodóvar Spanish
The Straight Story {co-production}
  United States
  United Kingdom
  France
David Lynch English
Central Station Central do Brasil {co-production}
  Brazil
  France
Walter Salles Portuguese

2000s edit

Year[1] Film[1] Original title(s)[1] Country[1] Director(s)[1] Language(s)[1] Ref.
2000
(36th)
Magnolia   United States Paul Thomas Anderson English, French & German
Boys Don't Cry   United States Kimberly Peirce English
American Beauty   United States Sam Mendes English
2001
(37th)
Amélie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain {co-production}
  France
  Germany
Jean-Pierre Jeunet French
The Taste of Others Le goût des autres   France Agnès Jaoui French
Italian for Beginners Italiensk for begyndere {co-production}
  Denmark
  Sweden
Lone Scherfig Danish, Italian & English
2002
(38th)
The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä   Finland Aki Kaurismäki Finnish
Talk to Her Hable con ella   Spain Pedro Almodóvar Spanish
The Royal Tenenbaums   United States Wes Anderson English
2003
(39th)
The Hours {co-production}
  United Kingdom
  United States
Stephen Daldry English
Good Bye, Lenin!   Germany Wolfgang Becker German
Dogville   Denmark Lars von Trier Danish
2004
(40th)
The Return Vozvrashcheniye
Возвращение
  Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev Russian
Lost in Translation   United States Sofia Coppola English & Japanese
21 Grams   United States Alejandro González Iñárritu English
2005
(41st)
The Child L'Enfant   Belgium Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne French
Nobody Knows Dare mo Shiranai
誰も知らない
  Japan Hirokazu Koreeda Japanese
Caché   France Michael Haneke French
2006
(42nd)
The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen   Germany Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck German
To Return Volver   Spain Pedro Almodóvar Spanish
Babel {co-production}
  United States
  Mexico
  France
Alejandro González Iñárritu English, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Japanese Sign Language & Berber
2007
(43rd)
This Is England   United Kingdom Shane Meadows English
The Edge of Heaven German:
Auf der anderen Seite
Turkish:
Yaşamın Kıyısında
{co-production}
  Germany
  Turkey
Fatih Akın German, Turkish & English
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile   Romania Cristian Mungiu Romanian
2008
(44th)
Lust, Caution Se, jie
色,戒
{co-production}
  United States
  China
  Taiwan
Ang Lee Mandarin, Shanghainese, Cantonese, Szechwanese, Japanese, Hindi & English [6][7]
There Will Be Blood   United States Paul Thomas Anderson English
No Country for Old Men   United States Joel & Ethan Coen English
2009
(45th)
The White Ribbon Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte {co-production}
  Austria
  Germany
Michael Haneke German [8]
Waltz with Bashir Hebrew:
Vals im Bashir
ואלס עם באשיר
{co-production}
  Austria
  Germany
  France
Ari Folman Hebrew
Still Walking Aruitemo aruitemo
歩いても 歩いても
  Japan Hirokazu Koreeda Japanese

2010s edit

Year[1] Film[1] Original title(s)[1] Country[1] Director(s)[1] Language(s)[1] Ref.
2010
(46th)
Lourdes {co-production}
  Austria
  France
  Germany
Jessica Hausner French [9]
The Social Network   United States David Fincher English
Fish Tank   United Kingdom Andrea Arnold English
2011
(47th)
A Separation Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín
جدایی نادر از سیمین
  Iran Asghar Farhadi Persian
Dogtooth Kynodontas
Κυνόδοντας
  Greece Yorgos Lanthimos Greek
Winter's Bone   United States Debra Granik English
2012
(48th)
Amour {co-production}
  France
  Germany
  Austria
Michael Haneke French [10][11]
Laurence Anyways   Canada Xavier Dolan French
Moonrise Kingdom   United States Wes Anderson English
2013
(49th)
Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 {co-production}
  France
  Belgium
  Spain
Abdellatif Kechiche French [12][13]
12 Years a Slave {co-production}
  United States
  United Kingdom
Steve McQueen English
The Turin Horse A torinói ló   Hungary Béla Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky Hungarian
2014
(50th)
Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit {co-production}
  Belgium
  France
  Italy
Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne French & Arabic [14][15]
Ida {co-production}
  Poland
  Denmark
  France
  United Kingdom
Paweł Pawlikowski Polish, French & Latin
Boyhood   United States Richard Linklater English
2015
(51st)
Leviathan Leviafan
Левиафан
  Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev Russian [16][17]
Carol {co-production}
  United Kingdom
  United States
Todd Haynes English
Timbuktu {co-production}
  France
  Mauritania
Abderrahmane Sissako Arabic, French, Tamasheq & Bambara
2016
(52nd)
Son of Saul Saul fia   Hungary László Nemes Hungarian [18][19]
Toni Erdmann {co-production}
  Germany
  Austria
Maren Ade German, Romanian & English
Mustang {co-production}
  France
  Turkey
  Germany
Deniz Gamze Ergüven Turkish
2017
(53rd)
The Salesman Forušande
فروشنده
{co-production}
  Iran
  France
Asghar Farhadi Persian [20][21]
BPM (Beats per Minute) 120 battements par minute   France Robin Campillo French
Moonlight   United States Barry Jenkins English
2018
(54th)
Shoplifters Manbiki Kazoku
万引き家族
  Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Japanese [22]
Cold War Zimna wojna {co-production}
  Poland
  France
  United Kingdom
Paweł Pawlikowski Polish
BlacKkKlansman   United States Spike Lee English
2019
(55th)
Parasite Gisaengchung
기생충
  South Korea Bong Joon-ho Korean [23]
Capernaum Kafarnāḥūm
کفرناحوم
  Lebanon Nadine Labaki Lebanese
Marriage Story   United States Noah Baumbach English

2020s edit

Year[1] Film[1] Original title(s)[1] Country[1] Director(s)[1] Language(s)[1] Ref.
2020
(56th)
For Sama ‘min ajl sama‘
من أجل سما‎
{co-production}
  Syria
  United States
  United Kingdom
Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts Arabic & English [24][25]
Babyteeth   Australia Shannon Murphy English
Mank   United States David Fincher English

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "The Guldbagge Awards". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Guldbagge Awards 1991 (Sweden) - Swedish Film Institute". FilmAffinity. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. ^ "Guldbagge Awards 1992 (Sweden) - Swedish Film Institute". FilmAffinity. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "Guldbagge Awards 1993 (Sweden) - Swedish Film Institute". FilmAffinity. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "Guldbagge Awards 1994 (Sweden) - Swedish Film Institute". FilmAffinity. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "Guldbaggenomineringar 2008". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). January 10, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  7. ^ Widman, Linda (January 12, 2009). "Här är galans alla vinnare". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  8. ^ Peterson, Jens; Holmqvist, Emilia; Wejbro, Sandra (January 8, 2010). "De kan vinna baggar". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  9. ^ "De krigar om Guldbaggarna". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). January 24, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  10. ^ "Nomineringarna till Guldbaggen" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan.se. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  11. ^ Fellman, Erik (January 21, 2013). "Guldbaggen 2013 : Vinnare" (in Swedish). Filmkritikerna. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  12. ^ Svenska Filminstitutet (January 3, 2014). "Nominerade". guldbaggen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Guldbaggen 2014: Vinnarna" (in Swedish). MovieZine. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  14. ^ Svenska Filminstitutet (January 8, 2015). "Nominerade". guldbaggen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Alla vinnare Guldbaggen 2015" (in Swedish). SVT. January 26, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  16. ^ "Nominations for the 2015 Guldbagge Awards" (Press release). Swedish Film Institute. January 4, 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  17. ^ Norman, Isabel; Nykänen, Joni (January 18, 2016). "Glädjevrålet på Guldbaggegalan". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  18. ^ Anderberg, Carl Adam. "Nominerade" (in Swedish). MovieZine. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  19. ^ Folcker, Sebastian (January 23, 2017). "De blev årets vinnare". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  20. ^ Haimi, Rebecca (January 4, 2018). "Flest nomineringar till Borg – Östlund: "Det känns okej"". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  21. ^ Pettersson, Leo (January 22, 2018). "Glädjetårar efter Sameblods succé". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  22. ^ "De är nominerade till Guldbaggen 2019". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  23. ^ "Alla vinnare på Guldbaggegalan 2020". 20 January 2020.
  24. ^ "2020 års Guldbaggenomineringar!". Guldbaggen.se. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  25. ^ Adelai, Amina; Farran-Lee, Lydia (25 January 2021). "Charter och Spring Uje spring tog hem de tunga priserna". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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