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