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58 complaints against the Golden Beetle Gala

Wednesday afternoon, 58 complaints against the Guldbagge Awards had been submitted to the Media Authority. It is primarily the director Levan Akin's acceptance speech that has upset TV viewers.

» Published: January 15 2025

58 complaints against the Golden Beetle Gala
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Akin took the opportunity to criticize Israel's ongoing war in Gaza, and the complainants believe that Monday evening's gala failed to meet SVT's requirements for objectivity and impartiality.

What we see is genocide, not war, said Akin in his acceptance speech after his film "Passage" was named the best film of the year.

SVT's press chief Camilla Hagert tells Göteborgs-Posten that the acceptance speech is the responsibility of those who hold them, not of SVT as a whole.

We have a broad freedom of expression at SVT, and this is the winners' personal opinions, which they must be allowed to have – as long as they do not conflict with respect for all human beings' equal value, she says to GP.

A couple of complainants are critical of what Bianca Kronlöf said about wins in the welfare sector in her acceptance speech. Kronlöf, who played a healthcare assistant in "As Long as the Heart Beats", received a Guldbagge for Best Actress.

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