OFFICIAL SECTION:

DRAGON AWARD BEST NORDIC FILM

Eight new feature films battle it out in the festival's Nordic Competition. The Nordic Film Award consists of SEK 1 000 000 from Region Västra Götaland.

Winner 2013: Before Snowfall Nominees 2013 >
Winner 2012: Company Orheim Nominees 2012 >
Winner 2011: She monkeys
Winner 2010: R
PREVIOUS WINNERS >

Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary

The Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary is Göteborg International Film Festival’s new film prize for the best Nordic documentary. The winner will be presented at the Dragon Awards Gala on Saturday, February 2.

Winner 2013: Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart
Nominees 2013 >

Dragon Award Best Nordic Film, Jury's Special Mention:

Winner 2012: She Male Snails

THE INGMAR BERGMAN INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AWARD

Will be awarded for the fourth time during the festival. An international jury selects the winner from eight nominated first or second works from a director. 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 award consists of one week's stay during the Bergman Week in the summer of 2011, a DVD box containing 23 Bergman films from the Ingmar Bergman Foundation and a lovely stone from Ingmar Bergman's beach in Fårö, with his name engraved.

Winner 2013: Dog Flesh, (Carne de perro) Nominees 2013 >
Winner 2012: Corpo Celeste, NOMINEES >
Winner 2011: Blue Valentine
Winner 2010: Can Go Through Skin

NORDIC FILM AWARD – AUDIENCE AWARD

The viewers have their say in the Nordic Competition! Voting takes place during the première screenings at cinema Draken.

Winner 2013: A Hijacking
Winner 2012: She Male Snails
Winner 2011: I miss you
Winner 2010: The Angel

HONORARY DRAGON AWARD

The festival's award to an inspiring film-maker whose work deserves particular notice. To be awarded for the first time in 2011.

Honorary Dragon Award 2013: Margarethe von Trotta
Honorary Dragon Award 2012: Michael Winterbottom
Honorary Dragon Award 2011: Charlie Kaufman (scriptwriter & director)

BEST SWEDISH DOCUMENTARY

Every new documentary screened during the festival with a running time exceeding 45 minutes is nominated, 15 in all.

Winner 2012: For You Naked
Winner 2011: I was worth 50 sheep
Winner 2010: Familia

AUDIENCE AWARD  – BEST FEATURE FILM

Every feature film screened during the festival is in competition. Voting takes place at every screening.

Winner 2013: Wadjda
Winner 2012: She Male Snails
Winner 2011: Tears of Gaza
Winner 2010: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls

DRAGON AWARD NEW TALENT

International short film competition at www.dragonawardnewtalent.com

Winner 2013: La Ravadeuse
Winner 2012: House
Winner 2011: Los Gritones (The Screamers)
Winner 2010: O helga natt


 
INDEPENDENT SECTION:

STARTSLADDEN

One of the world's most important short film awards! Eight nominees. The prize consists of film equipment and a cash sum from trade association Resurs, the Swedish Film Institute's short film commissioner Andra Lasmanis, Swedish Television, Folkets Bio, Filmpool Mitt, Filmregion Stockholm-Mälardalen and the Swedish Union for Theatre Artists and Media. The total value of the prize, which is intended to help finance the winner's next film, is SEK 938 000.


Winner 2013: Gabriel och lasermannen, Nominees 2013 >
Winner 2012: Dance music now, NOMINEES >
Winner 2011: Las Palmas
Winner 2010: Nudisten
Previous winners

AUDIENCE AWARD – SHORT FILM

The audience votes for their favourite among the eight Startsladden nominees.

Winner 2013: Offerrollsretorik - Katja Wik
Winner 2012: Next Door Letters - Sascha Fülscher
Winner 2011: Las Palmas ­ - Johannes Nyholm
Vinner 2010: Nudisten - ­ My Sandström and Tussilago ­ Jonas Odell

NORDIC FILM MUSIC PRIZE

In a new collaboration copyright organisations from the Nordic countries award SEK 100 000 to the best Nordic film music composer.

Winner 2010: Dani Strömbäck for the score in Letter to Father Jacob

THE LORENS AWARD

Stockholm Postproduction – Stopp – gives the producer award Lorens to one of the producers behind a Swedish production from 2010. The prize consists of free developing of the film for the winning producer's next production and is worth approximately SEK 500 000.

Winner 2013: Malik Bendjelloul, Searching for Sugar Man NOMINEES >
Winner 2012: Kiss Me
Winner 2011: Mimmi Spång and Rebecka LaFrenz for Sebbe
Winner 2010: Kristina Åberg for Metropia

KODAK NORDIC VISION AWARD

Raw film at a value of SEK 50 000, for best cinematography in a film competing for the Nordic Film Prize.

Winner 2012: She Male Snails
Winner 2011: King of Devil´s Island
Winner 2010: Rasmus Videbæk for his work in The Good Heart

THE CHURCH OF SWEDEN FILM AWARD

All Swedish feature film premières are nominated.
The prize consists of SEK 50 000.

Winner 2013, Godheten, Stefan Jarl
Winner 2012: Flicker
Winner 2011: Mother's Comeback
Winner 2010: Sebbe

FIPRESCI AWARD

The FIPRESCI award is given by the International federation of film critics to one of the competing Nordic feature films.

Winner 2013: Northwest
Winner 2012: Sons of Norway
Winner 2011: She Monkeys
Winner 2010: R

BEST SWEDISH NOVELLA FILM

The short story competition is now in its eleventh year. SEK 200 000 from SVT (Swedish Television) and SFI (The Swedish Film Institute) for the best short story film among the six contestants.

Winner 2013: Vatten, Niclas Larsson
Winner 2012: Som en Zorro
Winner 2011: IN by Adam Berg
Winner 2010: Höstmannen

BEST SWEDISH NOVELLA FILM - AUDIENCE AWARD

The audience votes for their favourite among the six short story films. Voting takes place during the marathon and the awarded is presented along with the Short Story Award.

Winner 2013: Vatten
Winner 2012: Som en Zorro
Winner 2011: A STING OF MAUD, David Färdmard
Winner 2010: I  rymden finns inga känslor

GÖTEBORGS STORA FILMPRIS

The "Göteborgs Stora Filmpris" Award – SEK 50 000 – is awarded by the city of Göteborg to the Guldbagge nominee film that best pleased the audience jury.

Winner 2013: Searching for Sugarman
Winner 2012: Simon och Ekarna
Winner 2011: I rymden finns inga känslor
Winner 2010: I taket lyser stjärnorna

THE MAI ZETTERLING GRANT

SEK 200 000 will go to a director "of high artistic quality who expands the borders of short or documentary film". The recipient of the grant will be selected by a work group at The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

Winner 2012: Erik Gandini
Winner 2011: David Aronowitsch and Hanna Heilborn
Winner 2010: Karin Westerlund, director