Ruben Östlund’s Involuntary (De Ofrivilliga) selected as Sweden’s entry for best foreign film for next year’s Academy Awards

The Swedish Film Institute announced that Ruben Östlund’s Involuntary (De Ofrivilliga) has been selected as Sweden’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards.
The film, which screened in Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for five Guldbaggers, the Swedish national film awards, and the Swedish Critics’s Association named it best feature in 2008. At the Stockholm International Film Festival, it won for best original screenplay as well as the Star Audience Award.