The global pandemic has forced the world’s cinemas to close down. The biggest film festival in Scandinavia is therefore creating The Isolated Cinema on the lighthouse island of Pater Noster. One film enthusiast will be able to enjoy the festival in total isolation on a rock far out at sea, with film as his or […]

Tigers, directed by Ronnie Sandahl, is the recipient of the 2021 Dragon Award Best Nordic Film.

Disorder in focus at Göteborg Film Festival 2022.

Beware of Children wins Dragon Award Best Nordic Film Beware of Children, directed by Dag Johan Haugerud, is the recipient of the 2020 Dragon Award Best Nordic Film. Dragon Award Best Nordic Film consists of one million Swedish crowns, making it the world’s largest film award. Presenting partner for the competition is Volvo Car Group […]

“We hope that our residencies can give at least a few filmmakers the opportunity to continue their work in a peaceful environment”, Camilla Larsson, fund manager, Göteborg Film Festival.

Earlier in January the news that Göteborg Film Festival planned to isolate a person on a remote island spread like wildfire in both Swedish and international media. After reviewing more than 12,000 applications, the festival organisers now reveals the person selected for The Isolated Cinema on Pater Noster: a film enthusiast who over the past […]

As in Heaven wins Dragon Award Best Nordic Film.

Iannucci will attend the festival with The Death of Stalin, a relentlessly entertaining satire about the power struggle within the Communist Party after Stalin’s death. The impressive all-star cast includes names such as Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough and Jason Isaacs, among others

Göteborg Film Fund 2021 will be highlighted during Göteborg Film Festival 2022, from the perspective of moving images as a tool for democracy and free speech.

The 41st edition of the Göteborg Film Festival has begun! Gabriela Pichler’s Amateurs saw it’s world premiere and Alicia Vikander came home to receive the Nordic Honorary Dragon Award. And the fun has just begun! “Göteborg Film Festival – you both educated and introduced me to the world of film, and this art form that […]