Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film

Swedish film award

Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film

Country| Sweden
Presented by| Swedish Film Institute
First award| 1987 (for films released during the 1987 film season)
Final award| 2021 (for films released during the 2021 film season)
Website| guldbaggen.se

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").

The category was discontinued, after four years of evaluation, as of the 58th gala, in 2023. In the last years it was called Best International Film.

## Winners and nominees

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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 foreign film, which are listed from 1991 and forward.

Winners before the nomination system (1964–1990)

Winners under the nomination system (1991–present)

### 1980s

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Year[1] | Film[1] | Original title(s)[1] | Country[1] | Director(s)[1] | Language(s)[1] | Ref.

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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

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Year[1] | Film[1] | Original title(s)[1] | Country[1] | Director(s)[1] | Language(s)[1] | Ref.

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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

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Year[1] | Film[1] | Original title(s)[1] | Country[1] | Director(s)[1] | Language(s)[1] | Ref.

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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 | English
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}
Israel
Germany
France | Ari Folman | Hebrew
Still Walking | Aruitemo aruitemo
歩いても 歩いても  |  Japan | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japanese

### 2010s

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Year[1] | Film[1] | Original title(s)[1] | Country[1] | Director(s)[1] | Language(s)[1] | Ref.

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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

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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
2021
(57th) | Flee‡  | ‘Flugt‘ |  Denmark | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | English & Danish | [26]
The Father |  France
UK | Florian Zeller | English
Nomadland |  United States | Chloé Zhao | English

## Notes and references

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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.
26. ^ Runevad Kjellmer, Jakob (25 January 2021). "Det är dags att summera det svenska filmåret". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 July 2024.

## See also

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* Academy Award for Best Picture
* BAFTA Award for Best Film
* Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
* Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
* Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film)
* Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## External links

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* Official website (in English)
* Official website (in Swedish)
* Guldbagge Awards at IMDb

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Guldbagge Awards

* Swedish Film Institute
* Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
* Cinema of Sweden

Awards|

* Film
* Director
* Screenplay
* Actor
* Actress
* Supporting Actor
* Supporting Actress
* Documentary Feature
* Cinematography
* Costume Design
* Makeup and Hair
* Original Score
* Art Direction

Special awards|

* Honorary Award
* Audience Award
* Gullspiran

Former awards|

* Foreign Film

| Special Awards|

* Ingmar Bergman Award
* Newcomer Award

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Ceremonies|

* 1963/64
* 1964/65
* 1965/66
* 1966/67
* 1967/68
* 1968/69
* 1969/70
* ~~1970/71~~
* 1971/72
* 1972/73
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* 1977/78
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* 1980/81
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* 1982/83
* 1984
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* 1987
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* 1989
* 1990
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* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
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* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
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* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
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* Category

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Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film

* Bagdad Cafe (1987)
* A World Apart (1989)
* Time of the Gypsies (1990)
* Monsieur Hire (1991)
* Husbands and Wives (1992)
* The Piano (1993)
* Short Cuts (1994)
* Before the Rain (1995)
* Breaking the Waves (1996)
* The Ice Storm (1997)
* Festen (1998)
* All About My Mother (1999)
* Magnolia (2000)
* Amélie (2001)
* The Man Without a Past (2002)
* The Hours (2003)
* The Return (2004)
* L'Enfant (2005)
* The Lives of Others (2006)
* This Is England (2007)
* Lust, Caution (2008)
* The White Ribbon (2009)
* Lourdes (2010)
* A Separation (2011)
* Amour (2012)
* Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
* Two Days, One Night (2014)
* Leviathan (2015)
* Son of Saul (2016)
* The Salesman (2017)
* Shoplifters (2018)
* Parasite (2019)
* For Sama (2020)
* Flee (2021)

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