40th Göteborg Film Festival (2017)
Göteborg Film Festival 27 Jan - 6 Feb 2017, complete list
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- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsPekka StrangSeumas F. SargentChris MylandAward-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
- DirectorRojda SekersözStarsAdel AhmadEvin AhmadStina AlmquistMirja must find her place after serving jail time. When she gets a job as a hotel cleaner she starts living a double life. She's torn between her sick mother and her old group of friends, who have always been her real family.
- DirectorKatja WikStarsEleazar BlomgrenIza BoëthiusLove CarlssonWith equal parts of humor and seriousness, we follow three relationships and three women.
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBaldur EinarssonBlær HinrikssonDiljá ValsdóttirIn a fishing village in Iceland, a boy develops feelings for his best friend as his best friend pursues his affections for a girl.
- DirectorAmanda KernellStarsMaj-Doris RimpiOlle SarriÁnne Biret SombyA 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.
- DirectorSelma VilhunenStarsLinnea SkogPaula VesalaLauri MaijalaLittle Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu (Linnea Skog), who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother (Paula Vesala), who doesn't want to grow up.
- DirectorCharlotte SielingStarsSøren MallingJakob OftebroAne Dahl TorpSimon, king of the Danish art scene, sees his life turned upside down when his unknown son Casper turns up.
- DirectorArild AndresenStarsKristoffer JonerMarlon MorenoKristoffer BechAfter his wife's death, offshore oil worker Kjetil is having a hard time relating to his adopted son Daniel. In an act of desperation, he brings Daniel along to Colombia to search for the boy's biological mother.
- DirectorTheresa Traoré DahlbergStarsChantal NiessougouBintou KonatéMouniratou SédogoA group of young women from the outskirts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, meet at the feminist education centre to study to become car mechanics. Ouaga Girls is a poetic coming-of-age story of sisterhood, life choices, and the strife of finding your own path.
- DirectorMaud NycanderStarsMaud NycanderHarry ScheinRoy AnderssonA movie about the life of Harry Schein and his workings in the Swedish culture primetime.
- DirectorSophie Vukovic
- DirectorZaradasht AhmedStarsAbu FallahHans HusumMudhafar"Nowhere to Hide" follows a man - the medic and father Nori Sharif - through 5 years of dramatic change in the war-torn Diyala-province; one of the most dangerous provinces in the middle of Iraq. From the time of the American retreat to the fall of Nori's home town, we follow him filming stories of survivors. In a world trapped between ISIS and the different Iraqi Militias, his integrity and humanitarian vision is the only thing that drives him to continue against all odds. Even when, as last man standing, he is forced to turn the camera towards himself. We are given a unique insight into one of the worlds most dangerous and inaccessible areas - the "triangle of death" in central Iraq. We get to know and hear the stories of the people who live there; survivors of this 'new war" that has become the norm - where the enemy is invisible, and there is nowhere to hide.
- DirectorAndreas DalsgaardObaidah ZytoonStarsObaidah ZytoonNawwaraAmalA Syrian radio DJ shares her experiences in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring.
- DirectorFrida BarkforsLasse BarkforsHow does one live with the unbearable? When the worst has happened and the one to blame is yourself? Death of a Child is an exploration of the lives of parents who have caused their own children's deaths.
- DirectorTonislav HristovStarsIvan FransuzovAngela JekovaVangel JekovA small and stubborn Bulgarian village facing the Turkish border has been resisting foreign invaders since the times of the Roman and Ottoman Empires. Now its electorate of 38 elderly Bulgarians is deciding on future of Europe. The Great Gate, as the village has been called for centuries because of its location on the doorsteps of the former Ottoman Empire, has found itself in the middle of European crisis, as at night asylum seekers sneak across the border causing fear and unrest. Once again the sleepy and forgotten village has become the most important secret loophole of Europe. Postman Ivan has a new political vision. He decides to run for mayor to bring the dying village to life by welcoming refugees. His opponents want either to close their eyes or close down the border and reintroduce communism. Busy on the campaign trail while delivering the mail, Ivan soon learns that while good intentions are not enough, even the smallest deeds matter.
- DirectorMette Carla AlbrechtsenLea GlobA film born out of sexual frustrations.
- DirectorMaysaloun HamoudStarsMouna HawaSana JammeliehShaden KanbouraThree Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.
- DirectorSandra WollnerStarsJana McKinnonAlexander E. FennonDavid Jakob"Our memory is so unreliable - sometimes what we see might as well be the future." -Johanna F. What we see is the everyday life of a Viennese family in the 1950's, documented by 13-year-old Johanna, a childhood captured on 8mm film (or: a childhood as it might have been). Fragments of family history and family secrets; an apartment regularly visited by women, more than men, centered around grandmother Maria who holds weekly cooking clubs in her kitchen. But somehow, the women never actually seem to do any cooking - - - "Papa always said you have to be quick if you want to see anything. Because everything vanishes so quickly. But I don't think that's true. I think you just have to keep looking". And Johanna keeps looking. Until the camera's gaze suddenly turns on herself.
- DirectorClaudia HuaiquimillaStarsAndrew BargstedEliseo FernándezFrancisco Pérez-BannenAgainst the backdrop of an impending environmental crisis, two troubled adolescents strive to find their place in the world in this stirring debut film from Chile, which weaves together political themes both social and personal.
- DirectorMikhail RedStarsArnold ReyesMary Joy ApostolJohn Arcilla"Birdshot" is a mystery-thriller film that tells a story of a young Filipina farm girl who wanders into the boundaries of a Philippine reservation forest. Deep within the reservation she mistakenly shoots and kills a critically endangered and protected Philippine Eagle. As the local authorities begin a manhunt to track down the poacher of a national bird, their investigation leads them to an even more horrific discovery.
- DirectorXuebo WangStarsShengcang YangShengcang YangChenghua LiMa Zishan (Yang Shengcang) is an aging Muslim farmer, part of the Hui minority. He and his family eke out an existence farming on an arid moonscape in China's northwest Ningxia province. Forty days after his wife dies, Ma must perform a memorial service and invite his village neighbors to a feast. He and his adult son (Yang Shengcang, different actor with same name) make the difficult decision to sacrifice their aging cow for the service, but the cow soon stops eating and drinking, as if in anticipation of its slaughter. Old Ma tenderly cares for the animal, washing it and attempting to feed it; perhaps he sees something of himself in the loyal old beast. Both of them are approaching the end of their natural lifespans, as is the hardscrabble way of life that characterizes their village.
- DirectorSanjeewa PushpakumaraStarsAnoma JanadariSamanalee FonsekaChandani SenevirathnaBurning Birds is Sri Lankan film written and directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara. The film world premiered at 21st Busan International Film Festival (2016) under its New Currents Competition.
- DirectorJulian RosefeldtStarsCate BlanchettErika BauerRuby BustamanteCate Blanchett performs manifestos as a series of striking monologues.
- DirectorWilliam OldroydStarsFlorence PughCosmo JarvisPaul HiltonIn 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsLeif EdlundYlva GallonKatarina JacobsonA family vacation and birthday celebration in Skagen, Denmark, is beset by the unexpected.
- DirectorBahar ParsStarsAstrid BävertunEmil T. JonssonJonas MalmsjöFilm that deals with exactly this situation. The film that looks at political correctness, kindness and covert racism; is inspired by the events of the director's life.
- DirectorNiki Lindroth von BahrStarsSven BjörklundMattias FranssonCarl EnglénA dark musical enacted in a market place, situated next to a freeway. The employees of the various commercial venues deal with boredom and existential anxiety by performing cheerful musical turns. The apocalypse is a tempting liberator.
- DirectorJulia ThelinStarsGeneth GurmuJeremiah JeppssonPer LassonPush It is a film about never being able to win, even though you're the best. Hedda tries to approach Adam in every way she can, but no matter what she does it turns out wrong. There are unwritten rules that she's not allowed to break.
- DirectorViktor JohanssonStarsLovisa Justusson LahtiArman TingelholmTariq is about to be deported from Sweden, but with the help of Nathalie and her dirt bike, they head towards a mysterious refugee island across the ice.
- DirectorJoanna RytelA middle-aged woman is about to get nightly visits from a young man. Her child is, as usual, in the way.
- DirectorElin ÖvergaardStarsAlexandra DahlströmMarcus DineenCecilia MiloccoA model agent tries to do a good deed during a fashion shoot. 'Picture World' plays with our own judgemental gaze.
- DirectorMaximilien Van AertryckAxel DanielsonShot live in the studio during the evening broadcast on Swedish public television, the film shows the news like you've never seen them before.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsAdèle HaenelOlivier BonnaudJérémie RenierA doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsÉmilie DequenneFabrizio RongioneAnne YernauxYoung and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsThomas DoretCécile de FranceJérémie RenierAbandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsMarion CotillardFabrizio RongioneCatherine SaléeLiège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc Dardenne
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsGemma ArtertonSam ClaflinBill NighyA former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsAnders W. BerthelsenAnn Eleonora JørgensenAnette StøvelbækSeveral lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsSam ClaflinMax IronsDouglas BoothTwo first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
- DirectorManuel ConchaStarsDaniel CvetkovicMikael CvetkovicMiodrag StojanovicMalmö 2010. A masked man is shooting innocent people who appear to have immigrant backgrounds. One of these gunshots forever changes two brothers' lives. Blind Alley is a film about the people behind the headlines. About two brothers, their fate and their way back. How far are they prepared to go?
- DirectorAnna EbornÓscar Ruiz NaviaOn the remote island of Fårö in Sweden a woman experiences the death of her mother. "As she died, my dream was born, for her return". In Colombia a mother attempts to soothe her spirit by attending healing workshops with other women. In Canada a mother prepares to become a grandmother for the second time. Reenacted memories of the two directors and twisted realities of the main characters real lives are playfully weaved together in a fictive movement from darkness to light, from death to life.
- DirectorEmelie LindblomStarsAnki LidénLisette T. PaglerArman FanniWhen twelve-year-old Elvira goes to summer camp strange things start to happen in her room. Things that can not be explained - unless you believe in ghosts.
- DirectorZahavi SanjaviA Yazidi refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan is home tomore than 20,000 refugees, many of whom are victims of terrorist attacks by ISIS. Shilan is a young Kurdish nurse who volunteered to take care of them. Every tent in the camp has a story, and Shilan takes the responsibility of hearing the refugees out, empathising with the pain they are suffering. One day Shilan hears about a tent where a woman is refusing to eat her food or have any sort of contact with the outside. She decides to take action.
- DirectorRichard DinterHow do you know that someone is a ghost? You can't see his legs.
- DirectorKnutte WesterA 58 minute hand-painted documentary about Hervor Wester's childhood growing up with an unmarried mother in a cruel and undemocratic Sweden 100 years ago.
- DirectorNima SarvestaniPRISON SISTERS takes us through the journey of two young women who have been released from prison in Afghanistan. Outside prison, the respite they experienced in prison is replaced with death threats and violence. As women and former inmates, Sara and Najibeh lacks any right to exist. Sara's uncle intends to kill her an attempt to reclaim his honor in their small village. Fearing for her life Sara escapes to Sweden she applies for asylum but Najibeh stays behind. While Sara struggles to understand her newfound freedom, her prison-mate Najibeh disappears and soon Sara hears that she was stoned to death. Sara and the filmmaker want to find out the truth, only to encounter a maze of half- truths on the streets of Afghanistan. We follow the two main characters, revealing what happened to them - each with an exceptional fate depicting the horrific reality for women in Afghanistan.
- DirectorRagnhild EknerStarsRagnhild EknerJussi HirvilammiFrida Berglund"Graffiti brought them together and within the gang they created a sanctuary where they temporarily not have to adapt to the outside world." This world is not for me. " Wrote Jussi in his last text message. Based on his friend Jussi's suicide, Ragnhild Ekner depicts a time and a life in the shadow of society during the early 2000s. She herself came into the gang when she moved to Stockholm as a 20-year-old. They shared alienation together and graffiti became both a lifestyle and an artistic expression.
- DirectorMatiss KazaStarsAndris BerzinsBrendan Kyle CochraneNicki CochraneA 78-year-old Indian woman in New York is the world's most passionate theatergoer. Nicki Cochrane has been going to at least one play every day for more than 25 years, acquiring free tickets using a variety of ingenious means.
- DirectorJohanna St MichaelsStarsMatt JohnsonJohanna St MichaelsTim PopeThe man behind the legendary British band The The attempts to challenge the contemporary political landscape through his own 12 hour live, shortwave radio broadcast. But is he really done with making music? A request to write a new song for the show reveals old demons of inertia and bereavement.
- DirectorAnnika KarlssonLorna lives in Ballymun in Dublin, and, like many other children, she loves horses and is lucky enough to have her own pony. Her dream is to become a farrier, even though that is generally considered a job for men.
- DirectorBo SjökvistStarsJohnny BodeLillemor DahlqvistMattias EhnA film about Johnny Bode. Schlager diva, Operetto hero, filth musical innovator, enfant terrible, compulsive liar and amoral rogue.
- DirectorFrans Huhta KarlssonStarsFrans Huhta KarlssonJean-Louis HuhtaSia HuhtaA suitcase full of photos, diaries and a tape with Finnish tango sets Swedish filmmaker, Frans Huhta, off on an odyssey to get to know his mother who took her life when he was 10 years old. During the journey a complex web of contradictory images tones up, and Frans is confronted with his own fear of inheriting the darkness that his mother was carrying. The Language of Silence is a heartfelt documentary exploring consequences of suicide, told by one of those left behind.
- DirectorSalad HilowleA portrait of a mother and daughter - one living in Sweden and the other in Somalia - who correspond by letter to one another.
- DirectorJonas EskilssonStarsJonas EskilssonA pregnant woman is soon to be homeless and discusses her difficult situation with the filmmaker.
- DirectorJacob StålhammarStarsFreddie WadlingA mysterious host invites to a dinner party. However, he has strange friends, with even stranger eating habits...
- DirectorAngela BravoStarsAngela BravoJamila BravoJose BravoA personal view of the penitentiary system from the filmmaker, and coping with stigma of having an incarcerated parent from a family's perspective.
- DirectorLisa ÖstbergAgainst a backdrop of magnificent landscapes and epic tableaus, banal conversations take place between characters who are comically oblivious to their surroundings.
- DirectorJuan Pablo LibossartStarsÖrjan ByströmSven-Åke GustavssonFredrik HelgessonAmalimbo is the story of TIPUANA, a five year-old girl who experiences "the limbo" when she tries to pass to 'the other side' in her desperate urge to mourn the recent death of her beloved father. It is a short story that happens in an undefined place in an also undefined near future. The main characters are TIPUANA (5) as well as OLDER TIPUANA (27) Tipuana's grown-up version and alter ego. The genre of the story is fantasy and the technique is 2D animation. In the very closing sequence of the film, animation fusions with live action.
- DirectorEmerson BerglundAlbin get's the role as The Dog in Aurelia's theatre. It's a short story about the degrading work he has go through to be able to work as an young actor in Sweden.
- DirectorAnders RamsellStarsRutger HauerThe aquarelle animated art film Genderness is an exploration of a beehive that does not like bees, or even itself for that matter. It would rather be human, but once transformed into human, bits and pieces from the past keeps returning every now and then.
- DirectorSimón Mesa SotoStarsYurani Anduquia CortesPaulo De Jesús Barros SousaMaría Camila Maldonado16 year-old Andrea leaves her neighborhood in the hills of Medellin to attend a downtown casting call for a porno film.
- DirectorAnna-Karin ÖranderStarsSerenade StormfalkIngvar ÖrnerAnna-Karin Örander25-year-old daughter returned home to her elderly parents. We follow family members in their sexual dreams, their attempts at family solidarity and their struggle for health.
- DirectorKristoffer SandbergStarsKristoffer SandbergLars Väringer
- DirectorSaga BeckerChristofer NilssonStarsSaga BeckerCarl-Michael EdenborgOliver HaaseThree women discuss their experiences of oppression, self-esteem and being able to dictate their living conditions themselves.
- DirectorVictor LindgrenStarsAli Dayah AbdiAbdi AziisTwo men go to Sweden in order to escape the oppression and persecution of gay men in their country.
- DirectorBjörn ElgerdDavid FärdmarStarsBjörn ElgerdPär BrundinErik's boyfriend Marely left him. Now, the last chance for Erik to get him back is to make this movie to explain, that the only reason he sold sex was so they could afford to become parents one day.
- DirectorMåns BerthasStarsIsa AouifiaÅke ArvidssonManne GidlundDark family secrets come to light, and when opportunity comes, Lukas seeks revenge.
- DirectorLinda KällgrenLouise RymeStarsLouise RymeMattias LechA couple is thrilled of the birth of their baby, but then nothing turns out the way the expected.
- DirectorMika GustafsonStarsElmira ArikanJulia Wikman
- DirectorMandana MoghaddamStarsMaryam MoghadamThe Silence is a poetic film with a political edge. It reflects on themes such as communication, memory, isolation, integration / exclusion, and around the concept of the Other. About being reborn but missing the words, about wanting to be understood despite the silence.
- DirectorAlireza TeimoriStarsAtefeh AminiAtefeh AminiSa'eed AmiriA film about unexpected friendships, sacrifices and hopes of a better life.
- DirectorDawid UllgrenStarsLoke HellbergMatez Monir GarciLola ZackowAhead of the upcoming swimming competition, 11-year-old Ziggy discovers something that's happening to his body. A transformation that makes him want to hide.
- DirectorRoozbeh BehtajiStarsSajid NazariMelissa AydoganKid Soleil Soufi BehtajiThe Refugee Ess is tired of walking and makes a deal to get a drivers license.
- DirectorGunnar BergdahlStarsGunnar BergdahlEivin DahlgrenLast Breath is a reconstruction of a moment I will never forget; when my father drew his last thousand breaths. A moment most private, but also completely universal.
- DirectorStella MicheletStarsGunilla BurstedtChristina MolanderVijeesh Vimalan MunroeWhen Stella's mother Gunilla was diagnosed with fatigue syndrome, she tattooed the word "Live!" on her left arm. To remind herself that she had been working too much and forgot to live. Gunilla's daughter is trying to understand her mother's strive to find peacefulness. A state of mind she claims she can not find at home.
- DirectorJohanna PyykköStarsMadalina AneaAndreas CappelenIselin Shumba SkjæveslandA Norwegian woman and a woman - who is a victim of sex trafficking - are facing a troublesome night after accidentally killing a sex buyer.
- DirectorHanna HögstedtStarsRamla AbdullahShahab AhmadianFatima DoubakilIn 2011, France introduced a ban on the full veil in public. Hanna Högstedt received money to make a film where she would wear a burqa in Paris, singing the French national anthem until she was arrested by the police.
- DirectorLars VegaLars VegaStarsBengt BraskeredJimmy LindströmAstrid LövgrenThere are 90s and two young girls practicing for QuakeCon. When they are forced to spend time with one of the girls' grandmother, they discover that she is a world-weary woman of strong will. High tempo in a twisted and highly entertaining comedy with multiple bottoms. A suicide comedy. Short synopsis: There are 90s and two young girls practicing for QuakeCon. When they are forced to spend time with one of the girls' grandmother, they discover that she is a world-weary woman of strong will. High tempo in a twisted and highly entertaining comedy with multiple bottoms. A suicide comedy.
- DirectorManolo Diaz RämöStarsRichard SseruwagiVladimir DikanskiRoberto GonzalezSvenskarna (The Swedes) is a folk fusion band whose members are four middle-aged Swedish actors with roots from Turkey, Russia, Uganda, France and Spain. Manolo Diaz Rämö starts filming them in his search for answers regarding his own conflicting feelings about identity and belonging. A personal and heart-warming exploration of migration through music, friendships and shared stories.
- DirectorAurora AlangeStarsGabriel AlängeGustaf BlixViktoria BlixEmilia and Adrian don't know when their parents are coming back. They spend the summer at home alone in Gothenburg, Sweden, emotionally disconnected from one another and riddled by the fear of their family falling apart.
- DirectorVictor LindgrenStarsErik LundholmMadalin MandinElin MarklundA short film about how friendship can develop between two people of different cultural backgrounds, and in spite of language barriers.
- DirectorHenrik DahlbringStarsRobin LundbergAn old man searching for the last puzzle piece gets in to an argument with two skating youngsters, which changes his perspective.
- DirectorVictoria VerseauStarsMattias MalmrosAnna PaavilainenJuli has undergone a gender reassignment surgery, man to woman. A film about a transperson's loneliness and desire for closeness and love .
- DirectorGunhild EngerJenni ToivoniemiStarsCecilia MiloccoTapio LiinojaKristin Groven HolmboeThe Committee deals with the absurdity of democratic decision-making processes. It makes a humorous portrait of an international collaboration. A comedy investigates the nature of compromises, and mirrors political processes that often have great ambitions, but end up little to show.
- DirectorNiclas GillisStarsTianna AllenPrince Richard CombsTanisha LambrightBased on true events, Hold Me Down depicts a day in the life of a 19-year-old single mother in the Bronx who works as a stripper at an illegal nightclub to support her child.
- DirectorÅsa KalmérStarsGunnel LindblomSven-Bertil Taube
- DirectorAmanda KernellStarsTage HervénIza WestmanSaga IsaxonIt's minus 30 degrees and Conny (20 y/o), walks around like a restless criminal with his hoodie up in a small forgotten village in northern Sweden. He's not welcome anywhere and the whole village seems to hate him. Yesterday he panicked and drove away from his girlfriend's delivery of their baby - but now he has repented and wants to come back. But what will it take for her to forgive him?
- DirectorHenrik HellströmStarsBahador FoladiSten LjunggrenMarie Göranzon2060 - an absurd and beautiful love story, a kind of prison drama set in an elderly home in the dystopian future of 2060.
- DirectorMika GustafsonStarsElmira ArikanJasmin FarranIggy MalmborgA gang of girls aged 6 to 8 wander the neighborhood, throwing trash around. A group of older girls is just as frustrated, but their restlessness expresses itself in other ways.
- DirectorLasse LångströmStarsEmil AndersonAnna BjereldAlexi CarpentieriA meditation of death for the inner and outer man.