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

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and the largest film event in

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. When it was launched on February 8, 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 recent years an estimated 450 films from 60 countries annually have been screened for 115,000 visitors. The film festival is an important market place for 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

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*Sven Nykvist Cinematography Award, named for

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*The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award, named for

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*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

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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

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. 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

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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 nontraditional 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

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