43rd Göteborg Film Festival (2020)
Göteborg Film Festival 24 Jan - 3 Feb 2020, complete list
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- DirectorMaria BäckStarsJosefine StofkoperJosefin NeldénSanaz SaidiA mother and her daughter are going to Stockholm to celebrate the daughter's 14th birthday. On the train the mother begins to behave strangely and the daughter fears that another psychosis is about to take possession of her mother.
- DirectorDag Johan HaugerudStarsHenriette SteenstrupJan Gunnar RøiseThorbjørn HarrLykke (13), the daughter of a prominent Labour Party politician, has accidentally beaten her classmate Jamie, the son of a local right wing-politician, to death. Lykke claims Jamie's death was an accident, but nobody believes her. The school's principal, Liv, is an idealist who, against her political beliefs, has been living in a secret relationship with Karl Erik, Jamie's father. When they can't keep their relationship a secret anymore, the surroundings react with disbelief. Liv's brother Anders is Lykke and Jamie's class teacher. He was supposed to be in the school yard when the accident happened, and is overwhelmed with guilt for not having been able to prevent the accident from happening. Like water surrounding an undertow, we'll experience how the community relates to the accident and the aftermath. How could it happen - and how is it possible to continue living afterwards?
- DirectorHenrik SchyffertStarsUje BrandeliusTherese HörnqvistBixi BrandeliusUje, a pop star in the 1990s, gets diagnosed with Parkinson's. This is a film about his everyday struggles.
- DirectorGrímur HákonarsonStarsArndís Hrönn EgilsdóttirSveinn Ólafur GunnarssonÆvar Þór BenediktssonA widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.
- DirectorJorunn Myklebust SyversenStarsJosefine Frida PettersenJean Superbanan AndersenEspen Reboli BjerkeWhen a champion dancer begins to falter, her family questions her faith and prompts her to search for more radical solutions.
- DirectorJenni ToivoniemiStarsIida-Maria HeinonenPaula VesalaEmmi ParviainenA comedy about the tragedy of being forever young.
- DirectorMalou ReymannStarsKaya Toft LoholtMikkel Boe FølsgaardRigmor RantheEmma has a perfectly normal family until one day it turns out her dad, Thomas, is transgender. As Thomas becomes Agnete, both father and daughter struggle to hold on to what they had while accepting that everything has changed.
- DirectorAmanda KernellStarsAne Dahl TorpSverrir GudnasonTroy LundkvistAfter a divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.
- DirectorAlice WinocourStarsEva GreenZélie BoulantMatt DillonAn astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station.
- DirectorJenna Cato BassStarsFaith BaloyiNicole FortuinIzel BezuidenhoutA contemporary Western, a journey of self-discovery for three different but equally trapped women. A portrait of femininity against a hostile land, questioning what it means to be a woman today in South Africa and the world at large.
- DirectorPeter Mackie BurnsStarsTom Vaughan-LawlorTom Glynn-CarneyMonica DolanColm, mid-40s has a comfortable life: a managerial job in Dublin's docks, two teenage children, and a kind, loyal wife in Claire. After the death of his father, a destructive figure, Colm's emotional life cracks open, and his downward spiral continues when he is made redundant. Drinking heavily and unable to confide in Claire, Colm finds himself drawn to Jay, a 19-year-old who dabbles in prostitution. Their sexual encounters and tentative friendship become Colm's only solace - but this recklessness puts his family-life at risk.
- DirectorLouise ArchambaultStarsAndrée LachapelleGilbert SicotteRémy GirardThree elderly hermits live in the woods. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women - A story of intertwined destinies, where love can happen at any age.
- DirectorSarah GavronStarsBukky BakrayKosar AliD'angelou Osei KissieduA young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
- DirectorJan-Ole GersterStarsCorinna HarfouchJohann von BülowAlexander KhuonIt's Lara's 60th birthday, and this very evening, her son will be giving his debut piano concert. Lara mapped out his musical career. But Lara is not welcome at his debut performance. Even if Lara engages, everything gets out of control.
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsYann Yann YeoJia Ler KohChristopher Ming-Shun LeeA teacher and student at a Singapore high school form a special, self-affirming bond.
- DirectorDanielle LessovitzStarsFionn WhiteheadLeyna BloomMcCaul LombardiPaul must confront his white boy realness after arriving in New York and getting involved with explosively divisive groups: the queer ballroom scene and some straight debt collectors, while falling in love with a trans woman.
- DirectorPietro MarcelloStarsLuca MarinelliJessica CressyVincenzo NemolatoMartin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.
- DirectorThomas ClayStarsMaxine PeakeCharles DanceFreddie FoxFanny lives in an English farmhouse in 1657 when militant Puritans rule. Two fugitives with radical new ideas arrive. When the sheriff arrives, things deteriorate badly prompting Fanny to make drastic decisions about her life.
- DirectorDelphine LehericeyStarsLuc BruchezLaetitia CastaThibaut EvrardGus spends his vacation reading comic books, helping his father who has invested his entire savings in a modern battery henhouse, and running free with Mado.
- DirectorKatrin GebbeStarsNina HossKaterina LipovskaAdelia-Constance OcleppoA woman who trains police horses adopts her second child, a severely traumatised 5-year-old girl. When the girl shows violent and anti-social behaviour, her new mother becomes determined to help her.
- DirectorYonfanStarsSylvia ChangWei ZhaoAlex Tak-Shun LamZiming, a University undergraduate, is entangled between his amorous feelings for a self-exiled mother Mrs Yu from Taiwan and her beautiful daughter Meiling, in the era coincides with Hong Kong's turbulent times of 1967.
- DirectorMacoto TezukaStarsGorô InagakiFumi NikaidôKiyohiko ShibukawaAn author develops a near-insane obsession with a mysterious woman.
- DirectorGinevra ElkannStarsRiccardo ScamarcioAlba RohrwacherEttore GiustinianiAn eight-year-old girl hopes that her parents will get back together. She and her brothers go stay with their father in Italy, where they provoke, neglect, delight and love each other.
- DirectorÁgnes KocsisStarsLana BaricDaan StuyvenLóránt Bocskor-SallóÉva is allergic to all kinds of chemical substances, air pollution, radio waves and electronic fields. She needs to live in total isolation and can have no contact with her environment. The slightest mistake may cause her death. Her only relations are with her brother and the doctors continuously experimenting on her. One day a psychiatrist comes to investigate if her illness is real or exists only in Éva's mind. Will love be enough to save her?
- DirectorCarolina HellsgårdStarsSabine TimoteoZita GaierGedion Oduor WekesaFeeling neglected by her mother and sister on their holiday in Spain, 13-year-old Claire tries to help a young Senegalese beach vendor to escape his misery.