Congratulations to the actors Cecilia Nilsson (“Inga”) and Jan Josef Liefers (“Ruben”), who last night each won a “Guldbagge” (Swedish Oscar) for their beautiful performances in Simon and the Oaks.

After 3 highly successful screenings, with sold out houses and long Q & A’s with the director Lisa Ohlin, SIMON AND THE OAKS was selected by the audience as one of the “Best of the fest” films.

read the article about SIMON AND THE OAKS here: http://www.screendaily.com/5036330.article

 

Read the article about SIMON AND THE OAKS here.

The Guldbagge Awards jury today nominated Lisa Ohlin’s SIMON AND THE OAKS in no less than 13 categories, which is more nominations than any film has ever received throughout the 48 year history of the award. The nominations include Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress (Helene Sjöholm). The Guldbagge Awards, also known as the Swedish Oscars, will take place in Stockholm on January 23rd.

All Guldbagge Award nominations for SIMON AND THE OAKS:
Best Film
Best Director (Lisa Ohlin)
Best Cinematography (Dan Laustsen)
Best Actress (Helene Sjöholm)
Best Supporting Actress (Cecilia Nilsson)
Best Supporting Actor (Jan Josef Leifers)
Best Editing (Michal Leszczylowski and Kasper Leick)
Best Costume (Kajsa Watkins)
Best Sound (Jason Luke)
Best Makeup (Linda Boije af Gennäs)
Best Soundtrack (Annette Focks)
Best Scenography (Anders Engelbrecht, Lena Selander and Folke Strömbäck)
Best Visual Effects (Marcus B Brodersen and Lars-Eric Hansen)

SIMON AND THE OAKS went straight to the top of the box office charts after its domestic premiere on Dec 9th!
Also, lead actor Bill Skarsgård was chosen by the Berlin jury as one of the Shooting Stars of 2012, after having seen his outstanding performance as Simon.

Lisa Ohlin directed Simon and the Oaks, based on Marianne Fredriksson’s acclaimed novel. For Lisa, the film became highly personal since she understands what family secrets really cost.

From TV4 Play

Fantastic audience meeting on “Simon och Ekarna” Face2Face with Stockholm Film Festival at NK, Stockholm.

Next stop Borås and Skara.

The director (me): And then you walk that way and say your lines…
Little Simon (Jonathan): But we came from this direction??
Me: …. Oh?… ehhh … Then go the other way.

Mild confusion on the set of “Simon and the Oaks”.

Me, D.o.P Dan Laustsen och scriptwriter Marnie Bok  at the opening of  “Simon and the oaks” in Hamburg.

We won the big festival prize, Montblanc Drehbuch-Preis, for best script!
Read more about the prize  at Swedish Film Institutes web site, here.