Gothenburg Film Festival

Göteborg Film Festival (GFF), formerly Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF), known in English as the Gothenburg Film Festival, formerly Gothenburg International Film Festival, is an annual film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden and the largest film event in Scandinavia. When it was launched in 1979 it showed 17 films on 3 screens and had 3,000 visitors. Today, the film festival takes place over 10 days each year at the end of January and beginning of February. In later years around 450 films from 60 countries are screened for 115,000 visitors.[1] The film festival is also an important market place for the contractors in the movie industry.

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Göteborg Film Festival
The Draken (Dragon) cinema, the main venue of the festival.
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
AwardsDragon Award Best Nordic Film, The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award, etc.
No. of filmscirca 450 films from 70 countries (in 2012), 10 theaters, and many other venues
Websitehttps://goteborgfilmfestival.se/

Awards

Dragon Awards

  • Dragon Award Best Nordic Film (Nordiska filmpriset)
  • Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary Film (since 2013)
  • The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award
  • Dragon Award Best Nordic Film – Audience Choice (Nordiska Filmpriset – Publikens val)
  • Dragon Award Best Swedish Documentary
  • Dragon Award Best Feature Film – Audience Choice
  • Dragon Award New Talent

Other Awards at the Göteborg International Film Festival

  • Best Swedish Short Award (Startsladden, kortfilmspris)
  • Best Swedish Short Award – Audience Award (Publikens val – Kortfilm)
  • The Lorens Award
  • Kodac Nordic Vision Award
  • Best Swedish Feature – The Church Of Sweden Film Award (Svenska Kyrkans filmpris)
  • Fipresci Award
  • Best Swedish Novella Film Award (Novellfilmstävlingen)
  • Best Swedish Novella Film – Audience Award (Publikens val – Novellfilm)
  • Best Swedish Feature – The City Of Gothenburg Award (Göteborgs Stora Filmpris)
  • The Mai Zetterling Grant (Mai Zetterling-stipendiet)
  • Nordic Film Prize (Nordiska Filmmusikpriset SKAP Musikdramatikpris)
  • The Golden Dragon (Gyllene draken)
  • Lars Molin Grant

Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film

The festival's main award is the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film, which can be won for feature film productions from the Nordic countries. The following films have received the award:[2]

Year English title Original title Director Country Ref
1989David or GoliathDavid eller GoliathAnne WivelNorway
Directed by Andrei TarkovskyRegi: Andrej TarkovskijMichal LeszczylowskiSweden
1990A Handful of TimeEn håndfull tidMartin AsphaugNorway
1991Dolly and Her LoverRäpsy ja Dolly eli Pariisi odottaaMatti IjäsFinland
1992Freud's Leaving HomeFreud flyttar hemifrånSusanne BierDenmark
1993Russian Pizza BluesMichael Wikke and Steen RasmussenDenmark
1994Spring of JoyGlädjekällanRichard HobertSweden
1995Cross My Heart and Hope to DieTi kniver i hjertetMarius HolstNorway
1996The AtlanticAtlantenKristian Petri, Jan Röed and Magnus EnquistSweden
1997Body TroopersJakten på nyresteinenVibeke IdsøeNorway
1998Tic TacDaniel AlfredsonSweden
1999Yearning for a LifeLusten till ett livChrister EngbergSweden
2000My Mother Had Fourteen ChildrenMin mamma hade 14 barnLars-Lennart ForsbergSweden
KnockoutAgneta Fagerström OlssonSweden
2001Cool and CrazyHeftig og begeistretKnut Erik JensenNorway
2002The BricklayerMurarenStefan JarlSweden
2003Noi the AlbinoNói albínóiDagur KáriIceland
2004Med kameran som tröst, del 2Carl Johan De GeerSweden
2005Frozen LandPaha maaAku LouhimiesFinland
2006Dark HorseVoksne menneskerDagur KáriIceland
2007DarlingDarlingJohan KlingSweden
2008Let the Right One InLåt den rätte komma inTomas AlfredsonSweden
2009The VisitorMuukalainenJukka-Pekka ValkeapääFinland
2010RTobias Lindholm and Michael NoerDenmark
2011She MonkeysApflickornaLisa AschanSweden
2012The Orheim CompanyKompani OrheimArild AndresenNorway
2013Before SnowfallFør snøen fallerHisham ZamanNorway
2014Letter to the KingBrev til KongenHisham ZamanNorway
2015In Your ArmsI dine hænderSamanou Acheche SahlstrømDenmark[3]
2016Land of MineUnder sandetMartin ZandvlietDenmark[4]
2017Sami BloodSameblodAmanda KernellSweden[5]
2018AmateursAmatörerGabriela PichlerSweden[6]
2019Queen of HeartsDronningenMay el-ToukhyDenmark[7]
2020Beware of ChildrenBarnDag Johan HaugerudNorway[8]

Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary
Year English title Original title Director Country Ref
2013Finnish Blood Swedish HeartLaulu koti-ikävästäMika RonkainenFinland
2014Pine RidgePine RidgeAnna EbornDenmark
2015The Look of SilenceThe Look of SilenceJoshua Oppenheimer[3]
2016Don JuanJerzy SladkowskiSweden[9]
2017The War ShowObaidah Zytoon, Andreas DalsgaardDenmark/Finland/Syria[10]
2018The Distant Barking of DogsOlegs krigSimon Lereng WilmontSweden[11]
2019TransnistraAnna EbornDenmark[12]
2020Colombia in My ArmsJenni Kivistö, Jussi RastasFinland, Norway, Denmark, France[13]


Festival program

The festival is made up of several film sections. Films are chosen in each category with the advice of a committee of film experts. Categories have included:

Animation featuring short and long animated films.

Documentaries

Debuts where debutees can be discovered.

Focus featuring a region or theme in focus for that year. In 2012 focus was on Arab film and the Arab Spring.

Festival Favorites is a selection of the most liked and prized films that have been shown at festivals throughout the world during the past year.

Five Continents showing films from all categories and unconditionally traveling the globe to find the best films.

Gala featuring great films, great directors, red carpets and Oscar nominees.

HBTQ – a collection of various films that all depict untraditional love or non-heterosexual roles.

Nordic Competition focusing on new Nordic feature-films competing for the festival's Nordic Film Prize (100,000 SEK).

Nordic Light including the best of the Sweden's four Nordic neighboring countries.

Swedish World Premiers with feature-films and documentaries being shown to general audiences for the first time.

Swedish Pictures often including circa 100 Swedish short-films.

Notes
  1. Info on the Festival site Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Previous winners of Dragon Award Best Nordic Film". giff.se. Gothenburg Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  3. http://www.giff.se/artikel/best-nordic-film-gar-till-your-arms
  4. Dragon Award winners GIFF 2016
  5. "Dragon Award winners GIFF 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  6. "Amateurs Wins Dragon Award Best Nordic Film 2018!". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  7. "Dragon Award Best Nordic Film". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  8. "Barn (2019)". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  9. "Don Juan (2015)". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  10. "Sámi Blood bags the world's largest film award at Göteborg". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  11. "Amateurs wins the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at Göteborg". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  12. "Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  13. "Göteborg picks Beware of Children as its winner". Retrieved 2021-01-11.

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