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

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.

Winners and nominees

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

Year[1] Film[1] Original title(s)[1] Country[1] Director(s)[1] Language(s)[1] Ref.
1987
(23rd) 		Bagdad Cafe‡ Out of Rosenheim West Germany 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 United Kingdom
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 		Chris Menges English

1990s

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

2000s

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

2010s

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

2020s

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 Syria
United States United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom 		Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts Arabic & English [24][25]
Babyteeth Australia Australia Shannon Murphy English
Mank United States United States David Fincher English

Notes and references

  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.

See also

External links

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