Guests

Each year, hundreds of directors and filmmakers come to Gothenburg, and since the festival’s founding in 1979, the guest list has grown considerably. Here, you’ll find a selection of guests from over the years.

Ewan McGregor

Actor

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Actor

Isabelle Huppert

Actor

Lena Endre

Actor

Daniel Espinosa

Director

Ruben Östlund

Director

Herbert Nordrum

Actor

Asta Kamma August

Actor

Marius Dybwad Brandrud

Director, Cinematographer

Niclas Larsson

Director

Michael Noer

Director

Trine Dyrholm

Actor

Patrik Blomberg Book

Director

Paola Cortellesi

Actor, director

Petra Bauer

Director, artist

Tonia Noyabrova

Director

Ulaa Salim

Director

Zar Amir

Actor, director

Bahar Pars

Actor

Otto Fahlgren

Actor

Simon J. Berger

Actor

Nils Gaup

Director

Thea Hvistendahl

Director

Anders Danielsen Lie

Actor

Renate Reinsve

Actor

Shuchi Talati

Writer, director

Sofia Helin

Actress

Tarsem Singh Dhandwar

Director

Timm Kröger

Director, screenwriter, cinematographer

Anna Hints

Director

Anaïs Tellenne

Director, screenwriter

Babak Jalali

Director

Emanuela Fanelli

Actor

Karin Wegsjö

Director, artist

Vincent Perez

Actor, director

Isabella Eklöf

Director

Farshad Hashemi

Director, Actor

Nate Pommer & Eric Weinrib

Director

Melina Hagberg

Actor

Nikolaj Arcel

Director, screenwriter

Benjamín Naishtat

Director

Roy Scranton

Klimatexpert

Mads Mikkelsen

Actor

Bille August

Director

Tuva Novotny

Director

Emil Trier och Joachim Trier

Regissörer

Julie Bertucelli

Director

Adina Pintilie

Director

Carolina Hellsgård

Director

Anna Eborn

Director

Claire Burger

Director & Screenwriter

Ditte Hansen & Louise Mieritz

Actors

Dominga Sotomayor

Regissör

Eirik Svensson

Director

Emma Knyckare

Comedian

Hanne-Vibeke Holst

Writer

Igor Kovalyov

Animator

Jill Bilcock

Editor

Keith Behrman

Director

Marcus Lindeen

Director

Mark Cousins

Regissör

Miia Tervo

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Director

Liv Ullmann

Actor

Ralph Fiennes

Actor

Klaus Kinski

Actor

Alicia Vikander

Actor

Kathryn Bigelow

Director

Claire Denis

Actress

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Director

Dennis Hopper

Actor

David Mackenzie

Director

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Writer

Steven Knight

Director & Screenwriter

Baltasar Kormákur

Director, producer and actor

Philip Glass

Composer

Claire Simon

Director

Jerzy Kucia

Animator

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Directors

Ulrich Seidl

Director

Dominga Sotomayor Castillo

Producent

Benedikt Erlingsson

Director

Juliette Binoche

Actor

Armando Iannucci

Manusförfattare och regissör

Ian McEwan

Writer

Laurie Anderson

Director & Composer

Lisa Langseth

Director

Robert Guédiguian

Director

Jesper Ganslandt

Director

Margarethe von Trotta

Director

Dominic Cooke

Director

Tomas Alfredsson

Director

Stellan Skarsgård

Actor

Mia Hansen-Løve

Director

Anna Odell

Director & Artist

Karim Aïnouz

Director

Martha Batalha

Writer

Juliano Dornelles

Director

Alice Winocour

Director

Peter Cattaneo

Director

Billie Piper

Director

Henrik Schyffert & Uje Brandelius

Dag Johan Haugerud

Director

Henriette Steenstrup

Actor & Screenwriter

Lisa Enroth

Emergency nurse

Yonfan

Director

Amanda Kernell

Director

Walter Murch

Editor & sound designer

Alma Pöysti

Actress

Zaida Bergroth

Director

Ninja Thyberg

Director

Sofia Kappel

Actress

Pontus Hjortén

Director

Hans Mosesson

Musician & actor

Frida Kempff

Director

Cecilia Milocco

Actress

Maciej Kalymon

Director