FESTIVALS 01/26-02/05 : GÖTEBORG International Film Festival
by landofblinds | created - 7 months ago | updated - 2 months ago | PublicDRAGON AWARDS (Ejderha Ödülü) for Best Nordic Film
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2. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1988)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
Documentary on the making of "The Sacrifice."
Director: Michal Leszczylowksi | Stars: Brian Cox, Susan Fleetwood, Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist
Votes: 882
1989
3. En håndfull tid (1989)
97 min | Drama
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cabin where he left her to die while she gave birth to their surviving son.
Director: Martin Asphaug | Stars: Espen Skjønberg, Nicolay Lange-Nielsen, Camilla Strøm Henriksen, Per Jansen
Votes: 342
1990
4. Räpsy & Dolly eli Pariisi odottaa (1990)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Räpsy is a loser who tries to take advantage other losers.
Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Raija Paalanen, Kari Väänänen, Pertti Sveholm
Votes: 230
1991
5. Freud Leaving Home (1991)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Love and death mark a family reunion on a Jewish matriarch's 60th birthday one summer in Stockholm.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Ghita Nørby, Gunilla Röör, Palle Granditsky, Philip Zandén
Votes: 289
1992
6. Russian Pizza Blues (1992)
93 min | Comedy
Four parallel stories about a Russian and his daughter trying to get to his wife's Russian Pizza House in New York, but they are stranded in Copenhagen; a girl getting married; a man ... See full summary »
Directors: Steen Rasmussen, Michael Wikke | Stars: Michael Wikke, Steen Rasmussen, Sergey Gazarov, Marianna Rubinchik
Votes: 295
1993
7. Glädjekällan (1993)
89 min | Drama
This is story about an elderly man whose wife has just passed away. He is carrying her remains in an antique vase for burial at their cottage in the country. The story relates the trip of ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Hobert | Stars: Sven Lindberg, Göran Stangertz, Camilla Lundén, Helena Brodin
Votes: 363
1994
8. Ti kniver i hjertet (1994)
96 min | Drama
The young teenager Otto is entering the summer holidays in 60s Oslo, without getting a real holiday, and he is not accepted in the gang or the football team. But then he meets exciting mysterious Frank, which changes everything.
Director: Marius Holst | Stars: Martin Dahl Garfalk, Trond Halbo, Jan Devo Kornstad, Ingar Helge Gimle
Votes: 695
1995
9. Atlanten (1995)
76 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the islands in the Atlantic, about the islanders and their stories.
Directors: Magnus Enquist, Kristian Petri, Jan Röed | Stars: Max von Sydow, Thordur Halldorson, Fredrick Otto Thomas, Joao Quaresma
Votes: 60
1996
10. Jakten på nyresteinen (1996)
Not Rated | 91 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A little kid shrinks himself so that he can travel into the body of his grandfather. Here he has to kill the kidney-stone his grandfather is suffering from.
Director: Vibeke Idsøe | Stars: Torbjörn T. Jensen, Jenny Skavlan, Benjamin Helstad, Kjersti Holmen
Votes: 1,139
1997
11. Tic Tac (II) (1997)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
In a single night the paths of a random few cross, which inevitably seals their respective destinies. By dawn the city of Stockholm, though seemingly unchanged, to some is very different--if they live to see it.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Oliver Loftéen, Tuva Novotny, Jacob Nordenson, Tintin Anderzon
Votes: 1,577
1998
12. Lusten till ett liv (1999)
89 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
The rise and fall of the "progg"-band "Verket". A beautiful story about friendship, love, music and politics.
Director: Christer Engberg | Stars: Mattias Barthelsson, Martin Wikström, Henrik Algestam, Sara Arnia
Votes: 115
1999
13. Min mamma hade fjorton barn (2000)
80 min | Documentary
A still photo documentary about Lars Lennart Forsberg's parents: The tailor Karl Filip Forsberg and his wife, Märta Dorotea, who gave birth and life to fourteen children in Stockholm.
Director: Lars Lennart Forsberg | Star: Inga Landgré
Votes: 30
2000
14. Knockout (II) (2000)
110 min | Drama
"Plutten" is a former European champion in boxing who tours in northern Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia as a country musician with his manager "Råttan". "Plutten's" big problem is ... See full summary »
Director: Agneta Fagerström-Olsson | Stars: Örjan Landström, Reine Brynolfsson, Igor Chernevich, Lyudmila Aleksandrova
Votes: 56
2000
15. Heftig og begeistret (2001)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Music
Much as Buena Vista Social Club revealed a rich and unexplored world of music and culture, Cool and Crazy introduces us to a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame, as members of a male choir in Berlevåg.
Director: Knut Erik Jensen | Stars: Odd Marino Frantzen, Einar F.L. Strand, Arne Wensel, Kare Wensel
Votes: 751 | Gross: $0.00M
2001
16. Muraren (2002)
95 min | Documentary, Biography
For two and a half years Adid Stefan Jarl follow the actor and director Thommy Berggren, who talks about his life and work in the film.
Director: Stefan Jarl | Stars: Peter Andersson, Thommy Berggren, Jörn Donner, Thomas Hanzon
Votes: 136
2002
17. Nói albinói (2003)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, ... See full summary »
Director: Dagur Kári | Stars: Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir, Anna Friðriksdóttir
Votes: 9,618 | Gross: $0.06M
2003
18. Med kameran som tröst, del 2 (2004)
76 min | Documentary
A young man becomes a motorcycle fan, then a photographer, then a left-wing activist. Middle-aged and disillusioned, he launches an ambitious project: examining his Manhattan books in great detail.
Directors: Carl Johan De Geer, Marianne Lindberg De Geer | Stars: Kristina Abelli Elander, Carl Johan De Geer, Søren Peter Gustafsson, Gert Johansson
Votes: 95
2004
19. Frozen Land (2005)
130 min | Drama
One bad event begins a chain reaction of misery as problems transfer from one person to another. It starts when a schoolteacher is fired and projects his issues onto his teenage son.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola, Petteri Summanen
Votes: 6,344
2005
20. Voksne mennesker (2005)
Unrated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through times and struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.
Director: Dagur Kári | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro, Tilly Scott Pedersen, Morten Suurballe
Votes: 3,439
2006
21. Darling (I) (2007)
94 min | Drama
A tragic and comic tale about beautiful and self-absorbed Eva, who cheats on her boyfriend, which becomes the starting point of a slow but relentless descent down to the life of ordinary people and a surprising, but doomed friendship.
Director: Johan Kling | Stars: Michelle Meadows, Michael Segerström, Richard Ulfsäter, Michael Lindgren
Votes: 1,538
2007
22. Let the Right One In (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Votes: 226,837 | Gross: $2.12M
2008
23. Muukalainen (2008)
105 min | Drama
A stranger arrives into a remote farm where a mute boy is living with his mother.
Director: J.-P. Valkeapää | Stars: Pavel Liska, Vitali Bobrov, Jorma Tommila, Emilia Ikäheimo
Votes: 626
2009
24. R (2010)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward... See full summary »
Directors: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Roland Møller, Jacob Gredsted
Votes: 5,306
2010
25. She Monkeys (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Sport
Two adolescent girls on an equine acrobatics team form an intimate friendship that becomes threatened by their competitive nature.
Director: Lisa Aschan | Stars: Mathilda Paradeiser, Linda Molin, Isabella Lindquist, Sergej Merkusjev
Votes: 2,405
2011
26. The Orheim Company (2012)
104 min | Drama
Jarle Klepp gets a message that forces his mind back to something he'd rather forgotten - his childhood with his father in Stavanger. When "Orheim" was his surname.
Director: Arild Andresen | Stars: Vebjørn Enger, Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Glenn André Viste Bøe
Votes: 1,533
2012
27. Before Snowfall (2013)
96 min | Drama
A sixteen-year-old boy gets wrapped in plastic, and lowered into a tank truck full of crude oil. That's how Hisham Zaman's long awaited feature film debut begins.
Director: Hisham Zaman | Stars: Abdullah Taher, Suzan Ilir, Bahar Ozen, Ava Abdulsattar
Votes: 599
2013
28. Letter to the King (2014)
75 min | Drama
'Letter to the King' portrays five people on a day trip from a refugee camp to Oslo, a welcome change in an otherwise monotonous life. Each and every one of them has an agenda for their ... See full summary »
Director: Hisham Zaman | Stars: Ali Bag Salimi, Zheer Durhan, Nazmi Kirik, Hassan Dimirci
Votes: 257
2014
29. In Your Arms (2015)
88 min | Drama
Maria is a caring young nurse who wants to break free. Niels is an incurable patient who wants to travel to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide. Together they embark on an intense ... See full summary »
Director: Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm | Stars: Lisa Carlehed, Peter Plaugborg, Johanna Wokalek, Verena Bosshard
Votes: 280
2015
30. Land of Mine (2015)
R | 100 min | Drama, History, War
In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.
Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Votes: 45,794 | Gross: $0.44M
2016
31. Sami Blood (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
A reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Ánne Biret Somby, Bo Lundmark
Votes: 8,296
2017
32. Amateurs (2018)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
A sleepy Swedish province hopes to lure a discount store chain by hiring a pompous commercial director to document their town's worthiness, but two bright, brash high school girls from ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriela Pichler | Stars: Zahraa Aldoujaili, Yara Aliadotter, Fredrik Dahl, Shada Ismaeel
Votes: 729
2018
33. Queen of Hearts (2019)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.
Director: May el-Toukhy | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Liv Esmår Dannemann
Votes: 14,520
2019
34. Barn (2019)
157 min | Drama
Lykke (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 ... See full summary »
Director: Dag Johan Haugerud | Stars: Henriette Steenstrup, Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Brynjar Åbel Bandlien
Votes: 1,241
2020
35. Tigers (2020)
116 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's life-and-death journey through a modern-day football industry where everything, and everyone, has a price tag.
Director: Ronnie Sandahl | Stars: Erik Enge, Alfred Enoch, Maurizio Lombardi, Lino Musella
Votes: 1,624
2021
36. As in Heaven (2021)
86 min | Drama
On a farm in the late 1800s, an intense wait begins when a mother goes into a complicated labour and 14-year-old Lise must prepare herself for a night that could change her life forever.
Director: Tea Lindeburg | Stars: Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, Ida Cæcilie Rasmussen, Palma Lindeburg Leth, Anna-Olivia Øster Coakley
Votes: 725
2022
37. Unruly (2022)
135 min | Drama
The year is 1933, and society has very specific expectations of how young women should behave. Seventeen-year-old Maren is wild and unruly, so she is sent to the women's institution on Sprogø to adapt. The stay has the opposite effect.
Director: Malou Reymann | Stars: Amalie Drud Abildgaard, Lene Maria Christensen, Danica Curcic, Jessica Dinnage
Votes: 684
2023
38. Mother Couch (2023)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Three children are brought together when their mother refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store.
Director: Niclas Larsson | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 157
2024
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