Sweep for 'Eat Sleep Die' at Swedish Oscars

Guldbaggen, the annual Guldbagge Award, the 'Golden Beetle' was recently awarded in Stockholm. 

  • “Äta sova dö” (“Eat Sleep Die”) took home four awards during the recent Guldbagge ceremony. The film centers on a young Eastern European immigrant in Sweden, who is laid off from her work at a factory. The Guldbagge Award (Swedish: Guldbaggen) is an official Swedish film award awarded annually since 1964 by the Swedish Film Institute.

  • The recent Guldbagge celebration (the Swedish equivalent of the Oscars) meant a sweep for director Gabriela Pichler’s debut film “Äta sova dö” (Eat sleep die). The social realistic film won four awards in the following categories: Best film, best director, best script, and best actress (Nermina Lukac).

  • Milan Dragisic and Nermina Lukac Photo: Johan Lundborg

  • “This is so incredibly great. I’d never thought it would happen. I hadn’t even prepared a speech,” said Lukac. “Now I want to continue acting, and I will get myself an agent.” Director Pichler also seemed surprised. In her speech, she talked about her father who died of cancer just as she had taken her first steps in the film business “How I wish he’d been here today and seen this,” she said and held up her two Guldbaggar. “But I think he’s here somehow anyway.”
    Other winners were: Johannes Brost (Best Actor in “Avalon”), Ulla Skoog (Best Supporting Actress in “Dom över död man”), Peter Carlberg (Best Supporting Actor in “Avalon”), and Best Documentary “Searching for Sugarman”. An honorary award went to Hans Alfredson. Who during his long career has already won three Guldbagge awards for “Ägget är löst”, “Den enfaldige mördaren”, and “Falsk som vatten”. You can read more about the film “Äta sova dö” here: http://www.nordstjernan.com/news/arts/4872/

  • Not your favorite destination in Sweden... Nermina Lukac in "Eat Sleep Die (”Äta Sova Dö”) Photo. Zoltan Sari

  • Guldbagge awarded Swedish film director Gabriela Pichler was earlier given the RaroVideo audience award at the Venice Film Festival for her film “Äta sova dö”.