# 56th Guldbagge Awards

The 56th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honoring the best Swedish films of 2020 and took place on 25 January 2021 at Annexet in Stockholm. The ceremony was televised by SVT, and was hosted by comedian David Sundin and television host Amie Bramme Sey. The nominees were presented on 17 December 2020.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guldbagge Awards has changed its rules for this years ceremony. Now it doesn't matter if the films had a theatrical release or if it was dropped on a streaming service. However, the film must have been reviewed by at least five different sources out of fifteen possible, and it must be at least an hour long.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 56th Guldbagge Awards were announced on 17 December 2020 in Stockholm, by the Swedish Film Institute.

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film Run Uje Run – Anna-Klara Carlsten and Tomas Michaelsson Charter – Lars G, Lindström and Eva Åkergren Greta – Cecilia Nessen and Fredrik Heinig Orca – Sofie Palage Scheme Birds – Mario Adamson and Ruth Reid | Best Director Amanda Kernell – Charter Maria Bäck – Psychosis in Stockholm Nathan Grossman – Greta Henrik Schyffert – Run Uje Run |
| Best Actress in a leading role Ane Dahl Torp – Charter as Alice Irma von Platen – Inland as X Josefin Neldén – Psychosis in Stockholm as The Mother Josefine Stofkoper – Psychosis in Stockholm as The Daughter | Best Actor in a leading role Uje Brandelius – Run Uje Run as Uje Brandelius Adel Darwish – Ghabe as Monir Rolf Lassgård – My Father Marianne as Lasse / Marianne Johan Rheborg – Orca as Claes |
| Best Actress in a supporting role Lena Endre – My Father Marianne as Eva Marie Göranzon – Se upp för Jönssonligan as Margit Vanheden Eva Melander – Inland as Lena Marianne Mörck – Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent as Lena-Sleva | Best Actor in a supporting role Ahmad Fadel – Ghabe as Farid Sverrir Gudnason – Charter as Mattias Erik Johansson – Orca as John Ville Virtanen – The Longest Day |
| Best Screenplay Run Uje Run – Uje Brandelius Orca – Josephine Bornebusch and Gunnar A.K. Järvstad Psychosis in Stockholm – Maria Bäck Charter – Amanda Kernell | Best Cinematography Charter – Sophia Olsson Meanwhile on Earth – Mathias Døcker and Jonathan Elsborg Run Uje Run – Frida Wendel |
| Best Editing Breaking Surface – Fredrik Morheden Run Uje Run – Adi Omanovic Orca – Sarah Patient Nicastro | Best Costume Design Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent – Kicki Ilander The Other Side – Daniela Krestelica Se upp för Jönssonligan – Cilla Rörby |
| Best Sound Editing The Other Side – Fredrik Lantz The Average Color of the Universe – Jens Johansson Se upp för Jönssonligan – Fredrik Jonsäter | Best Makeup and Hair Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent – Hanna Holm Löfgren, Eva von Bahr and Love Larson Se upp för Jönssonligan – Sara Klänge The Other Side – Daniela Krestelica, Eva von Bahr and Love Larson |
| Best Original Score Only the Devil Lives Without Hope – Ola Kvernberg Psychosis in Stockholm – Lars Greve Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent – Uno Helmersson | Best Art Direction Se upp för Jönssonligan – Linda Janson and Charlotte Alfredson Charter – Sabine Hviid Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent – Christian Olander |
| Best Visual Effects Breaking Surface – Jelmen Palsterman and Tony Kock Se upp för Jönssonligan – Chimney VFX The Other Side – Oskar Mellander, Petter Bergmar, Håkan Ossiann, Anders Nyman and Per Nyman | Best Documentary Feature Greta – Nathan Grossman Idomeni – David Aronowitsch Scheme Birds – Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin |
| Best Shortfilm A Legacy of Horses – Annika Karlsson and Jessica Karlsson Du gamla, du fria – Dawid Ullgren Index – Nicolas Kolovos | Best Foreign Film For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts Babyteeth – Shannon Murphy Mank – David Fincher |
| Honorary Award Sten Ljunggren, actor | Gullspiran Jon Nohrstedt |
| Audience Award Not awarded this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ||

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | Charter |
| 6 | Se upp för Jönssonligan |
| 6 | Run Uje Run |
| 5 | Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent |
| 5 | Orca |
| 5 | Psychosis in Stockholm |
| 4 | The Other Side |
| 3 | Greta |