Opening Swedish pride at the film gala

The film "Border" by Ali Abbasis can be selected as the best film when the European Film Academy, EFA, presents its prestigious awards at a grand gala to be held later this year. When the film EFA presented its final nominations, the Swedish film is among the five competitors in the heavyweight category.

"Frontier" is in competition with "Zimna Wojna" (Poland), "Dogman" (Italy / France), "Girl" (Beglien / Netherlands) and "Lazzaro Felice" (Italy / France / Germany / Switzerland).

But this is not the only price tag for "Border". In total, he can win four awards: Ali Abbasi is also nominated in the reggae category and the manuscript, and Eva Melander can win the win in the category of best actresses. In the handwritten category is also the "border" of other writers, named Isabella Eklöf and John Ajvide Lindqvist.

Successful year for "Border"

Whether it is won or not, Galan ends an extremely successful year for "Border". The film, based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, won the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival and the International Feature Film category of the Los Angeles Festival. In August, it was also clear that the film would be the Swedish candidate at the Academy Awards next year, which would give him the opportunity to be nominated for an Oscar for the best non-English language film.

In the documentary class, the film "Bergman – One Year, One Life" by Jane Magnusson is nominated and Sverrir Gudnason has the chance to win the best male actor category for his performance as Björn Borg in Janus Metz " Borg ".

More Swedish connections

In this category, Gudnason is competing with another Swede – Jakob Cedergren is named for his role as a former policeman in the Danish film "The culprit". This film also has another Swedish couple in the form of Swedish director and screenwriter Gustav Möller, who is also nominated for the manuscript.

This year's Gala will be held in Seville on December 15th.

Facts: Swedish appointments to the EPT