‘Holy Spider’ Tops Prize List At Stockholm International Film Festival – Deadline

The large winner on the Stockholm Worldwide Movie Pageant 2022 was Holy Spider, directed by Swedish-Danish-Iranian Ali Abbasi.

Full checklist of winners under

The movie received the Bronze Horse for Greatest Movie, whereas lead actor Mehdi Bajestani was named Greatest Male Actor for his position as serial killer Saeed Hanaei. The movie was primarily based on the true story of the so-called ‘Spider-Killer’ who focused intercourse staff and killed 16 ladies from 2000 to 2001 in Mashhad, Iran. The movie depicts a fictional feminine journalist investigating the crimes.

In presenting Abbasi together with his award, the jury stated of Holy Spider:

“A groundbreaking movie that’s executed not solely with huge braveness however with mastery that leaves us breathless; our insides each speechless and eager to cream. A punch within the intestine for systematic perception techniques that oppress slightly than assist. A watch opener and a most emotional cinematic expertise that awakens inside revolutions in us. For its transferring performances, uncooked and uncompromising path, sensible and poignant screenplay we wish to current one of many strongest movies we’ve seen in a very long time with the Bronze Horse for Greatest Movie.”

Frances O’Connor was awarded Greatest Director for her directorial debut Emily. Actress Annabelle Lengronne was named Greatest Actress for her position in Mom and Son.

Icelandic director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson was awarded the prize for Greatest Screenplay for his movie Stunning Beings.

All of the winners on the Stockholm Worldwide Movie Pageant 2022:

STOCKHOLM XXXIII COMPETITION
Greatest Movie: Holy Spider by Ali Abbasi
Greatest Director: Emily by Frances O’Connor
Greatest Debut: Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak
Greatest Script: Stunning Beings by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Greatest Actress: Mom and Son for actress Annabelle Lengronne
Greatest Actor: Mehdi Bajestani in Holy Spider
Greatest Cinematography: Balthazar Lab for La Jauria
Honorary point out: Pilar Palomero for La Maternal

STOCKHOLM XXXIII DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Greatest Documentary: All of the Magnificence and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras

STOCKHOLM XXXIII SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Greatest Brief Movie: File by Sonia Okay. Hadad
The worldwide movie critics award FIPRESCI
Greatest Movie: World Conflict III by 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 (60sec)
Belief of Mira Hilfon Liungman

Jury members for this yr’s competitors have been:

Actor Alexej Manvelov
Movie director and screenwriter Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Producer Erika Wasserman, who lately made her directorial debut with the movie Året jag slutade prestera och började onanera ( 2022).