Britta Marakatt-Labba is the 2025 festival artist

The spotlight at Göteborg Film Festival 2025 is on disobedience. Under the theme Focus: Disobedience, the festival delves into the power of civil resistance. When does disobedience become a moral obligation? When does it go too far, and who decides what is right and wrong? Is defying laws and rules a reasonable price to pay for change in a democratic society? 

Next year’s festival poster has been created by artist Britta Marakatt-Labba, whose long history of activism deeply informs her work.

“I was born into a struggle. My artistic journey began in Alta, where we demonstrated for Sámi rights. I’ve always believed that disobedience is essential to correct what is wrong, and I will continue to fight for these issues as long as I live. That’s why this collaboration with Göteborg Film Festival feels so meaningful,” says Britta Marakatt-Labba.

“Britta Marakatt-Labba is an inspiration for this year’s theme. Her artistry and personal history are imbued with courage and a fight against injustice. She has lived and breathed resistance and disobedience in a way few others have, and her perspective and dedication ground the festival’s focus in real struggle and civil courage,” says Pia Lundberg, Artistic Director.

Poster unveiling and conversation with Britta Marakatt-Labba December 2 at Biograf Draken.

Britta Marakatt-Labba

Britta Marakatt-Labba, born in 1951 in Saarivuoma sameby, grew up in a reindeer-herding family. She began her artistic journey in 1979 after studying at the Art Industrial School in Gothenburg. Early in her career, she was instrumental in establishing a Sámi artists’ organization. After more than 40 years as an artist, she gained international recognition in 2017 when her extensive embroidery, Historjá, was showcased at Documenta 14. Marakatt-Labba has received several accolades, including the Illis quorum (2017), the Stig Dagerman Prize (2019), and the Prince Eugen Medal (2020). In 2022, she participated in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale, and in 2024, her retrospective Sylkvasse stygn was displayed at the National Museum in Oslo.