33rd Göteborg International Film Festival (2010)
Göteborg International Film Festival 29 Jan - 8 Feb 2010, complete list
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- DirectorMikel Cee KarlssonFredrik EgerstrandStarsDon AlsterbergErik BodinJosé GonzálezA documentary about the life of artist José González.
- DirectorMargreth OlinStarsMaria BonnevieGunilla RöörAntti ReiniAs the film opens, a doped-up Lea (Maria Bonnevie) makes an extremely bad impression on her baby daughter's foster parents; later, flashbacks reveal her disturbing youth and young adulthood. From the wrong side of the tracks, Lea grows up in a small house on the edge of the forest. When her father dies, her fragile mother Madelene takes up with the jealous alcoholic Ole. Unable to prevent Madelene from being beaten, Lea winds up as a substance abuser.
- DirectorBabak NajafiStarsSebastian Hiort af OrnäsEva MelanderKenny WåhlbrinkSebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in a small apartment
- DirectorDagur KáriStarsPaul DanoBrian CoxBill BuellA cantankerous but ailing bartender takes a kindly young homeless man in under his wing.
- DirectorNicolo DonatoStarsThure LindhardtDavid DencikNicolas BroFormer Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when it's discovered.
- DirectorSara JohnsenStarsHermann SabadoAgnieszka GrochowskaMads Sjøgård PettersenAs young children, half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. They are separated on arrival, he to material wealth on Oslo's west side, she to an average family on the east side. In contrast to her younger brother, Yanne remembers their journey to Norway, but she has no idea where he might be now. All this is about to change, however, as Yanne's Polish friend Maria starts working as a maid for Axel's parents, there discovering a photograph of a young boy. Maria has seen the same picture on the wall of Yanne's flat. She decides to reunite them. But before having time to realize the consequences, she sets in motion a chain of events which throws many people into emotional turmoil.
- DirectorZaida BergrothStarsIlmari JärvenpääOnni TommilaLauri TilkanenIn 1972, Rupert, 8 and Evert, 6 are two lovable and wildly imaginative brothers, lost in their cowboys-and-Indians fantasies and in the playground romances with the neighborhood girls. In the background is the warm but explosive and unstable mother, and the charming but unreliable father. The family has moved to a new house, the future looks bright. Everything starts to fall apart when Rupert finds a hidden letter. There are terrible fights and hushed whispers, then mom is taken somewhere to rest for a while. Later on there is confusing talk about a new mom. The brothers make a blood oath: One can't lie or die or one has to pay the other a million or more for the rest of his life. Rupert tries to hold the family together. But finally things get too complicated, and real tragedy waits in the wings of the fantasy plays. In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present. If he doesn't find absolution, the family tragedy will be repeated and the curse will live on. Dad is coming home and the blood oath is about to be broken.
- DirectorTobias LindholmMichael NoerStarsPilou AsbækDulfi Al-JabouriRoland MøllerThe 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, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.
- DirectorLucía PuenzoStarsInés EfronMariela VitalePep MunnéA desperate love story between two young girls of extremely different social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.
- DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
- DirectorShahram AlidiStarsOmer ChawshinMaryam BoubaniFakher Mohammad BarzaniAn elderly radio-operator travels across Kurdestan in the war-torn 80s assuring communication between lost families.
- DirectorMartin ZandvlietStarsPaprika SteenMichael FalchSara-Marie MalthaActress Thea tries to adjust to life after rehab, 1 1/2 years after a divorce in which her ex won custody of their two sons.
- DirectorEsther RotsStarsRifka LodeizenWim OpbrouckChris BorowskiThe silent aftermath of a young woman's disaster is broken by her discovery of nature's old rhythms.
- DirectorMaren AdeStarsLars EidingerBirgit MinichmayrHans-Jochen WagnerWhile on a Mediterranean vacation, a seemingly happy boyfriend and girlfriend find their connection to one another tested as they bond with another couple.
- DirectorSuk-Gyung LeeStarsLee Chan-yeongCheong-nam ChiYoung-Bok KimA troubled divorcée leaves her daughter with her blind father to attend a training session. While there, she and her roommate share a revealing late night.
- DirectorOliver HermanusStarsDenise NewmanKeenan ArrisonEmily ChildShirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. Shirley has no money, no job and no husband - he left without a trace months ago. Shirley's life now consists of trying to make ends meet by shoplifting and relying on the charity of others. When a young, eager occupational therapist, Tamsin Ranger, comes into their lives, Shirley hopes that it might lift her son's spirits and finally put them on the path to some form of stability. At the same time Shirley receives a phone call one afternoon informing her that Donovan's case is finally going to trial, but the glory is short lived when Shirley discovers that the shooter is one of Donovan's childhood friends. Her reaction to the betrayal is so overwhelming that she chooses not to tell Donovan in fear of further damaging his already unstable emotional state. Determined to make a change in their lives, Shirley actively decides to embrace their new circumstances, hoping that Donovan will follow her example. But his mental state continues to deteriorate and Tamsin is unsuccessful in distracting him from his ever-present disability. Shirley is eventually left without an sign of the family she once had. Set in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, Shirley Adam's story is symptomatic of the relationship between violence and poverty - the destruction of an entire family is related to one single incident that cannot be erased or repaired. Riddled with the socio-political and racial tensions that plague these Cape Flats slums, Shirley Adams is the story of one woman's amazing strength and self sacrifice.
- DirectorHeidi Maria FaisstStarsLærke WintherMads RiisomSolbjørg HøjfeldtKatrine has just given birth to a beautiful girl, but she worries about being a good mother, and when her boyfriend goes away for work she asks her own mother for help. But the two women have unresolved issues, and instead of feeling helped, Katrine feels more and more insecure and slowly falls apart.
- DirectorKlaus HäröStarsKaarina HazardHeikki NousiainenJukka KeinonenWith few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless. But when the letters stop, the pastor is devastated and Leila finds herself cast in a new role.
- DirectorHenrik HellströmFredrik WenzelStarsSebastian EklundJörgen SvenssonHannes SandahlAn eleven-year-old boy observes his neighborhood as its surface orderliness rots away.
- DirectorJoachim RønningEspen SandbergStarsAksel HennieAgnes KittelsenNicolai Cleve BrochThe true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
- DirectorÓskar JónassonStarsBaltasar KormákurIngvar SigurdssonLilja Nótt ÞórarinsdóttirFinancial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways.
- DirectorDavid AronowitschStaffan LindbergStarsKhieu SamphânTheary SengSo SocheatKhieu Samphan was, as head of state, the public face of the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot. Facing Genocide is a close portrait of the man who made Pol Pot's terror regime possible.
- DirectorFateme GoshehStarsFaramarz GoshehFateme GoshehSiavash GoshehAn Iranian artist and women's rights activist falls for a traditional Mulsim man and over seven years, films herself in the midst of a difficult love affair.
- DirectorAndreas BrinkStarsEddie MeduzaA documentary on the life of Swedish musician Eddie Meduza.
- DirectorEmil JonsvikStarsTom LjungmanChristopher MhinaHanna ArdéhnIn an ordinary Swedish suburb the destiny of seven misguided youths are in the hand of the society of the grown ups. In a helpless situation of abuse, bullying and sexual harassment, the change comes when they get hold of a gun.
- DirectorPeter MagnussonStarsNana HeilmannPer JohanssonNils Tomas LabbaA journey through contemporary Sweden to explore changes in the society over the past 20 years.
- DirectorJonas BergergårdJonas HolmströmStarsRolf G. EkrothSven-Olof MolinHelena BengtssonA musician's manager is surprised when his estranged daughter appears with his grandchild.
- DirectorAlberto HerskovitsMikael WiströmStarsNati BarrientosA look at generations of a single Peruvian family. It's a family drama about love and poverty in a globalized world.
- DirectorMikael WiströmA documentary of the complicated friendship between the filmmaker and a poverty-stricken Peruvian family.
- DirectorMikael WiströmThe filmmaker and still photographer Mikael Wiström documents his reunion with Natividad and Daniel Barrientos 17 years after first meeting them in Peru.
- DirectorMy SandströmStarsCarolina MalmborgKristina HåkanssonMy SandströmWhen Magnus left Kerstin, she decided to be naked. Always. Since then she has been fined six times.
- DirectorAnn LundbergSara SvärdsénStarsLinnea LundströmLena KronbergJulius KronbergWe live so close together. And yet we have never felt more alone. In a world where the grownups can't cope with being adults, a little girl has to shoulder the responsibility.
- DirectorElisabet GustafssonStarsMarie AhlOldoz JavidiMichael JonssonTwo young people are forced together in a room as they await some sort of examination. Despite their differences, they share a common desire to refuse adapting themselves to a strongly conformist society.
- DirectorMagnus von HornStarsRadomir RospondekMarek KossakowskiPiotr SkibaTwo teenagers brutally kill their friend. Helped by a police psychologist they are reconstructing the chronological order of events. Gradually, they begin to realize the noxiousness of the murder and its consequences. However, they will not discover the scale of the crime until they meet the victim's parents.
- DirectorJonas OdellStarsMalin BuskaCamaron SilverekNiklas AdolfssonA woman's story of how she became involved in terrorist activities in the 1970s.
- DirectorYlva GustavssonStarsHenry AlarcónRayam AljazaeriHailee ArayaA cavalcade of love couples that we all meet right after sex. We follow a conversation that winds its way between couples of different nationalities, sexual orientation, age and life situation. The conversation runs uninterrupted between the different couples, they are all the same couple, they are all the same. And different.
- DirectorCharlotta CopcuttAnna WeitzAnna Klara ÅhrénViews towards the sea, insights into secret rooms, going down to town, diving into books. In this playful documentary we follow four children in their daily life, on the top of a hill in the Chilean coastal town of Valparaíso. Poetic photography takes us through changes of moods, winds, weather and thoughts. Being little, being big, being strictly brought up or not having a friend. The children's' storytelling is strengthened by their own reality based comic strips and it all culminates with the printing of their own magazine.
- DirectorAnna Larsson
- DirectorMarius Dybwad BrandrudStarsNina Dybwad BrandrudWe were at it for seven years. My mother and I. Trying to make the perfect image of me.
- DirectorZiska SzemesZiska is born and raised in Sweden. Never the less she is often asked where she comes from since she does not look Swedish. In 'Me & My Nose' Ziska is off on a journey to find out if she is Swedish, how to get a Swedish nose and what a Swedish nose really looks like. She ends her journey in Copenhagen where she lives with her family. She has found that she will never become Swedish or Danish in a way where she will be one of 'us Danes' - or one of 'us Swedes'. She needs to be Swedish and Danish in her own way.
- DirectorFrida KempffStarsEbba Heyman100 year old Micky has been a member of the local bathing club for almost half a decade. Every day, every season, she swims with her friends. From her story we gain a perspective on ourselves and our existence.
- DirectorJessica LaurénStarsGunnar BolinHippolyte Girardot
- DirectorIda WindingstadStarsMathias LenhoffSimon MannsTomas NorströmAfter visiting his doctor with a mysterious ailment, it turns out that one man's painful and troublesome condition concerns the whole planet. A political satire on the theme of ignorance -- could it be the entire world is infected?
- DirectorVictor LindgrenStarsVictor ColeEmma HurtigJonathan LindströmSeveral Swedish teens, ages 13-17 years old, share thoughts on life, love, entering into the adult world, future dreams, self-esteem, relationship with parents, loneliness and the need for belonging.
- DirectorAnders AhlbergAnna ÖsthStarsAnders AhlbergMartin DavidssonAnna ÖsthConny is fed up being the one who always has to dismember the bodies, plan the murders, cook, clean up and wash the bloodied clothes. Carina doesn't even notice half of the work he puts in. Conny has had enough and a brutal fight for equality ensues.
- DirectorEmil MkrttchianStarsTobias AspelinHassan BrijanyKatalin DahlMia wants to go to space, but finds it difficult to raise money. Her fantastic pizza doesn't convince the restaurant owner who claims one 'need to have it in the veins'. A warm film about dreams, prejudices and a different girl.
- DirectorHenrik AnderssonStarsJan CosterLeif EdlundPia EdlundTommy and Monika take in the spectacular view from a mountaintop. Its a beautiful hot summers day. Fluffy clouds drift by. The sky is blue. Tommy delights in the birdsong. Its a fine day for a picnic.
- DirectorBengt-Anton RunstenStarsMatheo Artgento AbrahamssonDaniel GoldmanLukas LoughranA short film about a boy whose father is desperately trying to create a good father/son relationship through playing tennis together.
- DirectorÖllegård GoulosStarsEdit BomanDouglas CooperYlva GallonA portrait of a family, with adults who are less than perfect role models. When the children are alone, they analyze the parents' marriage crisis with crisp-sharp intellect.
- DirectorAgnes HirdwallStarsMarika LindströmFatima TeffahiThere are many options how to quit your boring job. A repressed salesclerk rebels against the store manager in an unexpected and musical way.
- DirectorMagnus JohanssonStarsJesper BarkOla BjörkmanPer Flygare
- DirectorMarkus BohmanStarsDaniel BenierChristopher PapastefanouHedvig SoderlundA man is preparing the perfect proposal in a little cabin on the countryside.
- DirectorWing-Yee WuStarsNicole ChinShang-Sing GuoJennifer Soo
- DirectorKristian A. SöderströmStarsMichaela BernerPer 'Johan' JohanssonAnette SevreusIt's Marie's birthday and her newly separated parents are coming to visit. Marie's wish for a cozy gathering, without traces of the shattered family situation, dies word by word when the mother loses control over her bitterness. The birthday party is transformed in to a verbal war between the parents with Marie in the line of fire.
- DirectorNiki Lindroth von BahrStarsThomas TidholmOne day Tord accidentally walks in to the apartment next to his own. Another person named Tord lives there, he has just moved in. Tord and Tord start to spend time with each other.
- DirectorShahriyar LatifzadehStarsLinda ErikssonSamuel HausA tribute to the classical film noir genre. Unos every day life gets agitated when the beautiful Julia one day walks into his classroom. Against his will Uno drawn into a love triangle.
- DirectorJacob StålhammarStarsJeff CrackowerFreddie WadlingIn Mars' ancient ruins live the Cats of Mars. One day a toy car lands. He only wants to work and work, he never wants to sleep or play. The cats think he's sad, they decide to help.
- DirectorKarzan KaderStarsNguyen Tung LamChu HungNguyen Viet LienQuan is a story about a young boy tired of working for his relatives in the rice paddies and dreaming of a life where he is free to pursue whatever he desires. Doing so, he befriends an elderly bus driver, who teaches him the value of doing something you enjoy, for a living. Finding a new family, leaving your past isn't an easy task, especially for a young boy, and destiny can always find a way to turn things around in life.
- DirectorMagnus HolmgrenStarsBjörn GustafsonLiv Mjönes
- DirectorLinnea RoxeheimStarsCarl-Petter ErikssonAdam LundgrenSofia PekkariOne day, the alarm operator Sara receives an emergency call that means she can no longer do her job according to the regulations.
- DirectorBjörn PerborgStarsDave MorrisHas Stockholm been invaded by evil insects or does everybody in the city obey a totalitarian dictator? This beautifully animated ironical study reveal the truth about the vanity of Swedish men.
- DirectorJonathan SilénStarsYlva OlaisonAnton KällrotMikael DahlDuring Ylva's birthday dinner, the topic of the conversation turns to prostitution, which drastically changes the mood at the table.
- DirectorErik Green PeterssonStarsMarcus KarlssonSara SvedbergEbba Hultkvist StragneHolger & Vilde are fiends from school. Their summer plans separate them and they make new friends. Can their friendship survive the summer, and the influx of new friends?
- DirectorYlva Forner
- DirectorAlexandra Campbell MarshallStarsAlexandra Campbell MarshallA young woman is afraid to lose people and friends around her, but she will come to her senses that loneliness is nothing to fear but something to simply choose to replace. We follow her short journey through images of metaphoric daydreaming and a colorful reality.
- DirectorNinja ThybergStarsNinja Thyberg
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsBahador FoladiRamtin ParvanehLeif EdlundAn attempted bank robbery. Follows the thought process of two confused witnesses, the filmographer and the producer.
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsErik BodinAnders HolmerAndreas KorsárA shadow puppet play about love and sorrow featuring the Girl, the Bird and Death.
- DirectorPatrik EklundStarsJacob NordensonAnki LarssonDaniel RudstedtMiddle-aged couple Rolf and Eva live in a passionless relationship. They wear and tear at each other and Eva begins to feel sexually frustrated. One night she tries to seduce Rolf. He dismisses her but then something happens that will change their relationship forever. (Plot Summary from Swedish Film Database)
- DirectorBengt BokAbout a lot of men and a baths. A taxi drivers longs for love, an inventor talks about death and everyone's need to be surrounded by water.
- DirectorSanna LenkenStarsEmil AlménJan CosterJennie RydénA focus group is brought together to provide feedback on yogurt, but every distraction possible frustrates the leader.
- DirectorAnnika AppelinStarsGöran GillingerLisa HenniJohanna WilsonThe eternal single Jonna is completely taken by surprise by the great love. The only problem is that there is already a girl in Erik's life. A girl who for him will always be first, biggest and most beautiful. His daughter Lydia.
- DirectorBirgitta ÅkessonStarsAnna Ulrika EricssonBjörn GranathHarald HamrellThere's a fire burning in Gullevi and one day she bursts out in flames. The consequences are huge; she looses her job and her husband leaves her. All she wants is for things to be normal again; but they're anything but.
- DirectorJonas Selberg AugustsénStarsAdam HuuvaAnton RaukolaAbsurd humor amongst the changing of the seasons as two jinxed, soulless desperadoes try anything for a free cup of coffee.
- DirectorPer-Anders RingStarsRyszard ChlebusKazimierz MazurPiotr Miazga1968. A Swedish young sailor wakes up next to a woman in Gdansk. The woman's brother will show the sailor to the port. The echoes of history turn into a drama that especially illustrates what a properly need for coffee can lead to.
- DirectorAndreas ÖhmanStarsBill SkarsgårdMartin WallströmSofie HamiltonA teenager with Asperger's syndrome tries to overcome his own relationship challenges to find a new girlfriend for his depressed brother.
- DirectorMattias EkStarsOscar JohanssonAnton SandbergAaron StöckelKarl spends his summer in Vuollerim with his two childhood friends. Feelings and broken families are not something you talk about. Instead, they have started a basketball club. Here, the men are invited to sweat out all their problems and vent their pent-up frustration through rough tackles. From out of nowhere, one of the players start to cry. Karl witnesses the embarrassing incident and the leader of the pack does everything in his power to restore order.
- DirectorMarcus LindeenStarsOrlando FaginMikael JohanssonTwo men in their 60s meet for the first time and discuss their respective sex changes, and subsequent reversals.
- DirectorSvante TidholmStarsSoniaTomasArminA look at the largest brothel in Europe, the women working there, and the men who visit the place.
- DirectorCláudia LisboaTwenty-eight of my family members and relatives have been operated at least once by my brother who is a plastic surgeon in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Having grown up as a 'work-in-progress' where the premise, myself, was constantly questioned, as an adult I had to ask my family: could that premise be changed ?
- DirectorMarcus CarlssonTom LofterudStarsRobin FondbergPeter KrantzFelicia Fernandez LauriA very sunny day in August, a Swedish small town. Stefan, his girlfriend Marie and her little sister Sara are heading for adventure. Car bingo and sausage box, bathing with old friends, bike trips and car rides on dusty dirt roads.
- DirectorJacob AndrénHelena NygrenStarsJacob AndrénDaniel JansenEha KernTwenty years ago, Jacob and his classmates collected SEK 10 000 to buy a rain forest. Now he wants to know if the forest they bought is still standing.
- DirectorRichard JarnhedStarsAli AbidEvin AhmadStina AnderssonA serious assault occurs during a teenage party, which will have dire consequences for those involved. The story is based in part on the author's childhood in a suburb of Stockholm.
- DirectorHanli Prinsloo
- DirectorDavid LiljemarkStarsDavid LiljemarkBernhard RedenstedtDirector and cartoonist David Liljemark tries to make contact with Bernhard Redenstedt, a mysterious 82 year old widower, who has been putting up little hand-written notes all over the streets of Lund for many years. David is deeply fascinated by these strange notes, and gets more and more curious about the lonesome man who writes them. However, Bernhard himself isn't as easy to find as his notes ... At the same time as David is chasing him for an interview, Bernhard is threatened to be evicted by his municipal landlord. When the time comes, David turns out to be the only person who's there for Bernhard, and things take a new turn. An unusual documentary about an unusual friendship.
- DirectorBeate GrimsrudStarsBeate GrimsrudThe director becomes an obsessive cat owner, getting the whole village involved when the pet goes missing only days before it's due to have kittens.
- DirectorGustaf MolanderStarsHarald MadsenCarl SchenstrømGucken CederborgAnne Marie is invited by her aunt to a hotel to meet her admirer. Anne Marie thanks yes, but not for the admirer, but to keep an eye on Sten, who works at the hotel.
- DirectorWeyler HildebrandStarsThor ModéenCarl HagmanNils EricsonThe tenants in a Swedish boarding house are expecting a visit from Don Carlos, a famous opera singer from Argentina. When an unexpected visitor turns up, he is mistaken for Don Carlos.
- DirectorOla SimonssonJohannes Stjärne NilssonStarsJohannes BjörkMagnus BörjesonMarcus HaraldsonA gang in a Volvo have staked out a flat; when its occupants leave to walk their dog, the six break into the place. One keeps his eyes on a stopwatch: they have only ten minutes before the couple returns. Instead of stealing things, the gang goes from room to room making fascinating percussive music with found objects: first in the kitchen, then the bedroom, the bathroom, and the salon. Cabinet doors, pot lids, light switches, a pill dispenser, a lamp, books, and a vacuum cleaner hose all add to the suite in four movements. The drummers keep the first three rooms tidy, but what will the flat's occupants make of the hurricane that hits the living room?
- DirectorDavid AronowitschHanna HeilbornMats JohanssonStarsGiancarloAbout a refugee boy who lives in hiding, constantly afraid of being exposed.
- DirectorAnna ErlandssonGlenn is a great marathon man, but isn't his wife who should step on the podium? The moral of the story: when a man wins, look for his wife!
- DirectorMaja LindströmStarsJenny SäflundThere was once a mother who would no longer exist. About parents who wish they could tell their children that all fairy tales has an happy end. But one night, while the family is sleeping and dreaming that everything is as before, it happens, it/that they have not dared to mention.