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
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...
in
Gothenburg,
Sweden and the largest film event in
Scandinavia
Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swe ...
. 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. The film festival is also an important market place for the contractors in the movie industry.
Awards
the following prizes were awarded:
Dragon Awards
*Dragon Award Best Nordic Film (Nordiska filmpriset)
*Dragon Award Best Acting (since 2019)
*Audience Dragon Award Best Nordic Film – (Nordiska Filmpriset – Publikens val)
*Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary (since 2013)
*Dragon Award Best International Film
* Honorary Dragon Award
* Nordic Honorary Dragon Award
* Dragon Award Best Swedish Short
Other awards
*
FIPRESCI Award
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
*Sven Nykvist Cinematography Award, named for
Sven Nykvist
Sven Vilhem Nykvist (; 3 December 1922 – 20 September 2006) was a Swedish cinematographer. He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman. He won Academy Awards for his work on two Bergman fil ...
*The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award, named for
Ingmar Bergman
*Draken Film Award (since 2022, for a Swedish short film)
*Audience Choice Award for Best Swedish Short
*Angelo Award, the
Swedish Church's award
*Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize, awarded by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, secretariat to the
Nordic Council
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:
Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary
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
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.
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
External links
Official web pageEnglish-language podcast
(Radio Sweden)
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Tourist attractions in Gothenburg
1979 establishments in Sweden
Film festivals established in 1979