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