Mother, Couch, the Niclas Larsson-directed film, took the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at the Göteborg Film Festival. The film was awarded SEK 400,000, which is about $38,000.
The film stars Ewan McGregor, who had also received an honorary Dragon Award during 47th edition of the festival.
Mother, Couch made its debut at last year’s Toronto Film Festival. The debut film by Larsson is based on Swedish author Jerker Virdborg’s novel Mamma i soffa, a story of three children who are brought together when their mother refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store.
Other winners at Göteborg included Oona Airola’s Best Acting award for The Missile, with Juan Sarmiento G. taking the award for cinematography and Nikolaj Arcel’s The Promised Land taking the Audience Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film.
Full list of winners
Best Nordic Film
Mother, Couch
Best Acting
Oona Airola (The Missile)
Cinematography Award
Juan Sarmiento G (Madame Lune)
FIPRESCI Award
The Promised Land by Nikolaj Arcel
Audience Dragon Award Best Nordic Film
The Promised Land
Best Nordic Documentary
Ibelin by Benjamin Ree
International Debut Award
Me, Maryam, The Children And 26 Others by Farshad Hashemi
Best International Film
There’s Still Tomorrow by Paola Cortellesi
Draken Film Award
2008 Loves You by Nellie Lexfors
Youth Dragon Award
A Ravaging Wind by Paula Hernández
Mai Zetterling Grant
Director Jenifer Malmqvist
Honorary Dragon Award
Ewan McGregor
Nordic Honorary Dragon Award
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Dragon Award Best Swedish Short
Death of a Hero by Karin Franz Körlof
Audience Choice Award for Best Swedish Short
I Am the Fire by Patrik Eklund
Angelo Award
If Everyone Just Leaves by Karin Wegsjö and Nazira Abzalova
Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize
Power Play (Makta) by Johan Fasting, Silje Storstein and Kristin Grue
