Run Uje Run Best Film At Guldbagge 2021

Run Uje Run, about a former pop star who is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, was named Best Film at the 2021 Guldbagge Awards which celebrates outstanding achievements in Swedish film.

Directed by Henrik Schyffert, Run Uje Run (Spring Uje spring) is semi-autobiographical feature written by and starring Uje Brandelius, lead singer of Doktor Kosmos, about his struggle with everyday life after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. His efforts were also rewarded with Best Script and Best Actor.

Also with three wins on the night was Sweden’s submission for the 93rd Academy Awards, Charter, which earned Best Director for Amanda Kernell, Best Actress for Ane Dahl Torp and Best Cinematography. The film follows a mother awaiting a custody hearing who abducts her children for an illicit charter trip.

Here are the winners in full…

BEST FILM
Charter
Greta
Orca
Scheme Birds
Spring Uje, spring

BEST DIRECTOR
Marie Bäck for Psykos i Stockholm
Nathan Grossman for Greta
Amanda Kernell for Charter
Henrik Schyffert for Spring Uje spring

BEST SCRIPT
Orca
Spring Uje spring
Psykos i Stockholm
Charter

BEST ACTOR
Uje Brandelius for Spring Uje spring
Adel Darwish for Ghabe
Rolf Lassgård for Min pappa Marianne
Johan Rheborg for Orca

BEST ACTRESS
Ane Dahl Torp for Charter
Irma von Platen for Inland
Josefin Neldén for Psykos i Stockholm
Josefine Stofkoper for Psykos i Stockholm

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ahmad Fadel for Ghabe
Sverrir Gudnason for Charter
Erik Johansson for Orca
Ville Virtanen for Den längsta dagen

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lena Endre for Min pappa Marianne
Marie Göranzon for Se upp för Jönssonligan
Eva Melander for Inland
Marianne Mörck for Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Samtidigt på jorden
Charter
Spring Uje, spring

BEST EDITING
Breaking Surface
Spring Uje, spring
Orca

BEST WARDROBE
Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent
Andra sidan
Se upp för Jönssonligan

BEST SOUND DESIGN
The Average Color of the Universe
Se upp för Jönssonligan
Andra sidan

BEST MAKE-UP
Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent
Se upp för Jönssonligan
Andra sidan

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Psykos i Stockholm
Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent
Only the Devil Lives Without Hope

BEST SET DESIGN
Charter
Se upp för Jönssonligan
Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Se upp för Jönssonligan
Andra sidan
Breaking Surface