Vote for Sommartider – the almost true story of Gyllene Tider!

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Which films and who should be nominated for the Guldbagge Awards in different categories are determined by a nominating committee. It consists of 45 members who nominate three candidates in each category. The Committee members are active in the Swedish film industry and are appointed by their respective organizations or institutions, as determined by the Swedish Film Institute’s board of directors.

This year’s nominees were announced on 17th December and Sommartider, the almost true story of Gyllene Tider received only one nomination, Johan Palm in Best Cinematography category. Congratulations! The movie was a big hit this year, more than 208,000 people went to see it in the cinema, so we think it would have deserved more nominations. We agree with Jan-Olov Andersson at Aftonbladet that Valdemar Wahlbeck, as Per Gessle, should have been nominated for Best Leading Actor. Anyway, we keep our fingers crossed for Johan Palm to win. He and his team did an amazing job!

Sommartider has a second chance though, to win the Guldbagge Audience Award!

Voting for the most popular film of the year is now open. In the first stage – starting today, 18th December – the audience can vote for all Guldbagge-nominated feature films from 2024, a total of 50 titles. On 2nd January, the three films that will advance to the final will be revealed, and voting will continue until 8th January. The winner will be announced at the Guldbagge Gala on 13th January.

Vote HERE!

Everyone can vote for the Guldbagge Audience Award once a day, and those who vote can also compete for great prizes: tickets (including hotel) to the Guldbagge Gala, cinema pass (Biopass) and Guldbagge merch.

Good luck!

 

Nominate the Roxette musical for BroadwayWorld’s Sweden Awards!

BroadwayWorld is the largest theatre site on the internet, covering Broadway, the West End and beyond to 100 US cities, 45 countries and in 12 languages worldwide. With over six million monthly visitors, BroadwayWorld delivers complete up-to-the-minute Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre news.

Nomination period for their 2024 Sweden Awards is now open! You can nominate your favourites HERE!

The 2024 Sweden Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. BroadwayWorld’s editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favourites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.

After the nomination period ends, BroadwayWorld’s editors will proof the list for eligibility and errors, then voting will begin in early November and run through December 31. Winners will be announced in January 2025.

The categories in which Joyride – The Musical (and Malmö Opera) can in any way be nominated are the following:

  • Best Choreography Of A Play Or Musical
  • Best Costume Design Of A Play Or Musical
  • Best Direction Of A Musical
  • Best Ensemble
  • Best Lighting Design Of A Play Or Musical
  • Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
  • Best Musical
  • Best New Play Or Musical
  • Best Performer In A Musical
  • Best Scenic Design Of A Play Or Musical
  • Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
  • Best Supporting Performer In A Musical
  • Favourite Local Theatre

As a little help, check out the cast and creatives of Joyride – The Musical HERE!

Look Sharp! 25 radio documentary on the shortlist at the Swedish Radio gala

You surely remember the fabulous radio documentary of Tara Moshizi and Tove Meyer related to Look Sharp!’s 25th anniversary. Here you can read our summary of the docu, which was broadcast on New Year’s Eve last year. Now this great radio documentary got on the shortlist for The music program of the year at the Swedish Radio gala.

Stora Radiopriset is organized by the Radio Academy, which is a nonprofit organization in alliance with major radio companies. The aim is to annually reward and pay attention to Sweden’s best radio productions. This year there was a record number of nominations, namely 260 programs were nominated. On 18th September it will turn out if the Roxette docu is the winner of the category.

Keep your fingers crossed, Roxers! Good luck, Tara & Tove! You would definitely deserve this great prize.

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