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.

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Ewan McGregor

Actor

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Sidse Babett Knudsen

Actor

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Isabelle Huppert

Actor

Lena Endre

Actor

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Daniel Espinosa

Director

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Ruben Östlund

Director

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Herbert Nordrum

Actor

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Asta Kamma August

Actor

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Marius Dybwad Brandrud

Director, Cinematographer

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Niclas Larsson

Director

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Michael Noer

Director

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Trine Dyrholm

Actor

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Patrik Blomberg Book

Director

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Paola Cortellesi

Actor, director

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Petra Bauer

Director, artist

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Tonia Noyabrova

Director

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Ulaa Salim

Director

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Zar Amir

Actor, director

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Bahar Pars

Actor

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Otto Fahlgren

Actor

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Simon J. Berger

Actor

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Nils Gaup

Director

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Thea Hvistendahl

Director

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Anders Danielsen Lie

Actor

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Renate Reinsve

Actor

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Shuchi Talati

Writer, director

Sofia Helin

Actress

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Tarsem Singh Dhandwar

Director

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Timm Kröger

Director, screenwriter, cinematographer

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Anna Hints

Director

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Anaïs Tellenne

Director, screenwriter

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Babak Jalali

Director

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Emanuela Fanelli

Actor

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Karin Wegsjö

Director, artist

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Vincent Perez

Actor, director

Isabella Eklöf

Director and screenwriter

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Farshad Hashemi

Director, Actor

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Nate Pommer & Eric Weinrib

Director

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Melina Hagberg

Actor

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Nikolaj Arcel

Director, screenwriter

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Benjamín Naishtat

Director

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Roy Scranton

Klimatexpert

Mads Mikkelsen

Actor

Bille August

Director

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Tuva Novotny

Director

Emil Trier och Joachim Trier

Regissörer

Julie Bertucelli

Director

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Adina Pintilie

Director

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Carolina Hellsgård

Director

Anna Eborn

Director

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Claire Burger

Director & Screenwriter

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Ditte Hansen & Louise Mieritz

Actors

Dominga Sotomayor

Regissör

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Eirik Svensson

Director

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Emma Knyckare

Comedian

Hanne-Vibeke Holst

Writer

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Igor Kovalyov

Animator

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Jill Bilcock

Editor

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Keith Behrman

Director

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Marcus Lindeen

Director

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Mark Cousins

Regissör

Miia Tervo

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Director

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Liv Ullmann

Actor

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Ralph Fiennes

Actor

Klaus Kinski

Actor

Alicia Vikander

Actor

Kathryn Bigelow

Director

Claire Denis

Actress

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Director

Dennis Hopper

Actor

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David Mackenzie

Director

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Writer

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Steven Knight

Director & Screenwriter

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Baltasar Kormákur

Director, producer and actor

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Philip Glass

Composer

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Claire Simon

Director

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Jerzy Kucia

Animator

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Directors

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Ulrich Seidl

Director

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Dominga Sotomayor Castillo

Producent

Benedikt Erlingsson

Director, author, actor

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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

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Dominic Cooke

Director

Tomas Alfredsson

Director

Stellan Skarsgård

Actor

Mia Hansen-Løve

Director

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Anna Odell

Director & Artist

Karim Aïnouz

Director

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Martha Batalha

Writer

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Juliano Dornelles

Director

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Alice Winocour

Director

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Peter Cattaneo

Director

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Billie Piper

Director

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Henrik Schyffert & Uje Brandelius

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Dag Johan Haugerud

Director

Henriette Steenstrup

Actor & Screenwriter

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Lisa Enroth

Emergency nurse

Yonfan

Director

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Amanda Kernell

Director

Walter Murch

Editor & sound designer

Alma Pöysti

Actress

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Zaida Bergroth

Director

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Ninja Thyberg

Director

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Sofia Kappel

Actress

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Pontus Hjortén

Director

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Hans Mosesson

Musician & actor

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Frida Kempff

Director

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Cecilia Milocco

Actress

Maciej Kalymon

Director