# 53rd Guldbagge Awards

The 53rd Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honoring the best Swedish films of 2017 and took place on January 22, 2018 at Cirkus in Stockholm. The ceremony was televised by SVT, and comedian Petra Mede hosted the ceremony for the sixth time. She previously hosted the 46th, 47th, 50th, 51st, and 52nd ceremonies. The nominees were presented on January 4, 2018.
This year, the category Cinema Audience Award has been retired, and replaced by the Audience Award, presented by the Film Institute in collaboration with the newspaper Aftonbladet, which houses the vote.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 53rd Guldbagge Awards were announced on 4 January 2018 in Stockholm, by the Swedish Film Institute.

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film The Nile Hilton Incident – Kristina Åberg Borg McEnroe – Jon Nohrstedt and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro Ravens – Jan Marnell, Tom Persson and Jens Assur Sami Blood – Lars G. Lindström The Square – Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober | Best Director Ruben Östlund – The Square Amanda Kernell – Sami Blood Janus Metz – Borg McEnroe Tarik Saleh – The Nile Hilton Incident |
| Best Actress in a leading role Lene Cecilia Sparrok – Sami Blood as Elle Marja Evin Ahmad – Beyond Dreams as Mirja Jennie Silfverhjelm – All Inclusive as Malin Mia Skäringer – Solsidan as Anna | Best Actor in a leading role Fares Fares – The Nile Hilton Incident as Noredin Mostafa Claes Bang – The Square as Christian Reine Brynolfsson – Ravens as Agne Sverrir Gudnason – Borg McEnroe as Björn Borg |
| Best Supporting Actress Julia Kijowska – Strawberry Days as Agnieszka Gizem Erdogan – Beyond Dreams as Sarah Maria Heiskanen – Ravens as Gärd Mia Erika Sparrok – Sami Blood as Njenna | Best Supporting Actor Stellan Skarsgård – Borg McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin Shia LaBeouf – Borg McEnroe as John McEnroe Yaser Maher – The Nile Hilton Incident as Kammal Mostafa Przemyslaw Sadowski – Strawberry Days as Jan |
| Best Screenplay Amanda Kernell – Sami Blood Maud Nycander, Jannike Åhlund and Kersti Grunditz Brennan – Citizen Schein Can Demirtas and Ivica Zubak [sv] – A Hustler's Diary Ruben Östlund – The Square | Best Cinematography The Square – Fredrik Wenzel Ravens – Jonas Alarik Sami Blood – Sophia Olsson |
| Best Editing Sami Blood – Anders Skov Borg McEnroe – Per Sandholt and Per K. Kirkegaard Citizen Schein – Kersti Grunditz Brennan | Best Costume Design The Nile Hilton Incident – Louize Nissen Borg McEnroe – Kicki Ilander Para knas – Sharareh Hosseini and David Markfant |
| Best Sound Editing The Nile Hilton Incident – Fredrik Jonsäter Ravens – Mattias Eklund Silvana – Mira Falk and Brian Dyrby | Makeup and Hair Solsidan – Petra Cabbe All Inclusive – Sara Klänge The Nile Hilton Incident – Dorothea Wiedermann |
| Best Original Score Ravens – Peter von Poehl Borg McEnroe – Jonas Struck, Jon Ekstrand and Vladislav Delay Citizen Schein – Karl Frid and Pär Frid | Best Art Direction The Nile Hilton Incident – Roger Rosenberg Borg McEnroe – Lina Nordqvist The Square – Josefin Åsberg |
| Best Documentary Feature Silvana – Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring and Christina Tsiobanelis Letters to a Serial Killer – Manal Masri The Celestial Darkroom – Nils Petter Löfstedt | Best Shortfilm The Burden – Niki Lindroth von Bahr Night Child – Sanna Lenken Studio 5 – Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson |
| Best Foreign Film The Salesman – Asghar Farhadi BPM (Beats per Minute) – Robin Campillo Moonlight – Barry Jenkins | Best Visual Effects Borg McEnroe – Torbjörn Olsson and Alex Hansson Ravens – Torbjörn Olsson Monky – Alex Hansson and Chris Stenner |
| Gullspiran BUFF International Film Festival | Honorary Award Stig Björkman |
| Newcomer Award Rojda Sekersöz | Audience Award Sami Blood – Lars G. Lindström Solsidan – Emma Nyberg Superswede – Mia Sohlman |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 10 | Borg McEnroe |
| 8 | The Nile Hilton Incident |
| 7 | Ravens |
| 7 | Sami Blood |
| 6 | The Square |
| 3 | Citizen Schein |
| 2 | All Inclusive |
| 2 | The Burden |
| 2 | Strawberry Days |
| 2 | Silvana |
| 2 | Solsidan |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 5 | The Nile Hilton Incident |
| 4 | Sami Blood |
| 2 | Borg McEnroe |
| 2 | The Square |