The Stockholm International Film Festival 2022’s big winner was Holy Spider, directed by Swedish-Danish-Iranian Ali Abbasi.
Below is a complete list of all the winners
The film won the Bronze Horse award for Best Film. Lead actor Mehdi Bjestani was awarded Best Male Actor for playing serial killer Saeed Hanaei. Based on the true story, the film was inspired by the true story of Saeed Hanaei. ‘Spider-Killer’Between 2000 and 2001, 16 women were killed by a sex worker in Mashhad (Iran). The film features a fictional female journalist investigating the crime.
Abbasi was presented with the award by the jury. Holy Spider:
“A groundbreaking film that is done not only with enormous courage but with mastery that leaves us breathless; our insides both speechless and wanting to cream. A punch in the gut for systematic belief systems that oppress rather than support. An eye opener and a most emotional cinematic experience that awakens internal revolutions in us. For its moving performances, raw and uncompromising direction, brilliant and poignant screenplay we would like to present one of the strongest films we’ve seen in a long time with the Bronze Horse for Best Film.”
Frances O’Connor was awarded Best Director for her directorial debut Emily. Annabelle Lengronne, Actress, was awarded Best Actress for her performance inMother and son
Icelandic director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson was awarded the prize for Best Screenplay for his film Beautiful Beings.
All the Stockholm International Film Festival winners 2022
STOCKHOLMXXIII COMPETITION
Holy Spider, Ali Abbasi’s Best Film
Best Director: Emily by Frances O’Connor
Best Debut: Makbul Mubarak’s Autobiography
Best Script: Beautiful Beings by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Best Actress: Mother-Son for Annabelle Lengronne
Best Actor: Mehdi Bajestani in Holy Spider
Best Cinematography: Balthazar Laboratory for La Jauria
Honorary mention: Pilar Palamero for La Maternal
STOCKHOLMXXIII DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Best Documentary: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras
STOCKHOLMXXIII SHORT-FILM COMPETITION
Sonia K. Hadad files the Best Short Film
FIPRESCI has been awarded the International Film Critics Award
Best Film: World War III, Houman Seyyedi
Zalando Rising Star Award 2022
Actress Sara Shirpey
1KM FILM
1KM FILM Scholarship Recipient: SaraKlara Hellström
1KM FILM Honorary Mentions: André Vaara
NIKON SHORT FILM COMPETITION (60secs)
Trust Mira Hilfon-Liungman
Jury members for this year’s competition were:
Actor Alexej Manvelov
Film director and screenwriter Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Erika Wasserman is the film’s producer. She recently directed her first directorial project. Året jag slutade prestera och började onanera ( 2022).