45th Göteborg Film Festival (2022)
Göteborg Film Festival 28 Jan - 6 Feb 2022, complete list
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- DirectorChristoffer SandlerStarsNikki HansebladMelina Benett PaukkonenEmil AlgpeusWhile desperately trying to find ways to get her ADHD medication, 18-year-old Joanna is trying to figure out her newfound feelings towards her classmate Audrey, but also towards herself.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
- DirectorLovisa SirénStarsBahar ParsZhala Zhino RifatNadja RosenbergNilo (Bahar Pars) is a feminist writer, living an orderly life with her husband and 13-year-old daughter Laura (Nadja Rosenberg). When her irresponsible sister Maya (Zhala), whose projects constantly tend to bomb, both "kidnaps" Nilo's Volvo and daughter and heads south, Nilo tags along. The goal of the trip is Portugal, where the sisters' complicated mother (Susan Taslimi) recently diagnosed with cancer lives, together with Maya's son, who it has finally become time to take responsibility for.
- DirectorMorgane Dziurla-PetitStarsMarie-Christine CarlierMorgane Dziurla-PetitBernard PetitA young film director, returns to her family village after a terrorist alert was triggered. As she films her family members in their power dynamics, she comes to understand that they are more connected to this event than she originally thought. Through the making of a short documentary, she becomes closer to her dad Patrick and her cousin Faustine who share the same dream: leaving the village.
- DirectorEskil VogtStarsRakel Lenora Petersen FløttumAlva Brynsmo RamstadSam AshrafDuring the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.
- DirectorAino SuniStarsElsi SloanCarmen KassovitzCamilleElina, a 17-year old aspiring rapper, is forced to leave her home country of Finland and move to the South of France when her mother finds a French boyfriend. She is immediately drawn to her new stepsister Sofia, 18, a charismatic ballet dancer who leads a double life full of boys and drugs. Soon, Elina and Sofia's friendship turns into a power game with toxic consequences.
- DirectorTea LindeburgStarsFlora Ofelia Hofmann LindahlIda Cæcilie RasmussenPalma Lindeburg LethOn 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.
- DirectorValdimar JóhannssonStarsNoomi RapaceHilmir Snær GuðnasonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonA childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
- DirectorLevan KoguashviliStarsLevan TedaishviliGiorgi TabidzeNadezhda MikhalkovaGeorgian wrestler Kakhi travels to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.
- DirectorSebastian MeiseStarsFranz RogowskiGeorg FriedrichAnton von LuckeIn post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the decades, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor.
- DirectorLaura WandelStarsMaya VanderbequeGünter DuretElsa LaforgeWhen Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children's and adults' worlds.
- DirectorPanah PanahiStarsPantea PanahihaMohammad Hassan MadjooniRayan SarlakFollows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others' nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
- DirectorLeyla BouzidStarsSami OutalbaliZbeida BelhajamorDiong-Kéba TacuFollows Ahmed, a 18-year old, French of Algerian origin, who meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl. He discovers a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature and falls in love with Farah and he tries to resist the desire.
- DirectorDarin J. SallamStarsKaram TaherAshraf BarhomAli SulimanA 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
- DirectorAlexey ChupovNatasha MerkulovaStarsYura BorisovTimofey TribuntsevAleksandr YatsenkoFast-paced story of pre-death repentance marathon for the captain of the National Security Service (NKVD) Fyodor Volkonogov set against the backdrop of 1938 political persecutions in the USSR.
- DirectorPhilip BarantiniStarsStephen GrahamVinette RobinsonAlice FeethamEnter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year.
- DirectorJan P. MatuszynskiStarsTomasz ZietekSandra KorzeniakJacek BraciakIn 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. The only witness of the beating becomes the number one enemy of the state.
- DirectorPaz FábregaStarsRebeca WoodbridgeRaquel VillalobosErika RojasAlongside her work as an architect, 40-year old Luisa gives inspirational creative workshops to children. One day, she comes across 17-year-old Yuli by the school toilets; it turns out she has unintentionally become pregnant. Luisa decides to help her - in the process operating herself into a difficult position somewhere between friend, teacher and mother figure.
- DirectorSimon Lereng WilmontStarsMarharyta BurlutskaAnjelika StolyarovaOlga TronovaChildren and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive.
- DirectorThomas JacksonStarsBritta Marakatt-LabbaJohn-Isak LabbaArtist Britta Marakatt-Labba has for decades depicted the indigenous Samí people's mythology, relation to nature and political struggle. Now she is facing one last fight; the battle for her culture against the threats of climate change.
- DirectorTania AndersonA revelation of the inner lives of young LDS missionaries, as they leave their homes for the first time and embark upon the most emotionally, physically and psychologically challenging period of their life.
- DirectorJesper DalgaardStarsJohnny HansenKandis for Life is an entertaining, life confirming and touching documentary about a cohort of unusual Danes who finds comfort and meaning in life through their attachment to their idol, dance band star Kandis-Johnny.
- DirectorMarta DauliuteViktorija SiaulyteWhat happens when corporate storytelling becomes part of one's innermost self and community becomes a commodity?
- DirectorMaud NycanderJohan and Lena have lived together for 25 years and they have three children together. Life has entered a new phase. They have decided to divorce. As friends. The filmspan cover 25 years, from the time they fall passionately in love, through the years of toddlers until they decide to divorce. It's a funny, sad and thoughtful film, narrated through the different perspectives of the five family members.
- DirectorInka AchtéStarsMustafe HassanJasmin MustafeAbdirahman MustafeWhen Finnish-Somalian Mustafe discovers his ancestors' land in the horn of Africa is full of copper and gold, he decides to swap his family's safe but boring life in the Nordics for Somaliland, a self-declared state in East Africa. As Mustafe struggles to lift the treasures from underground, his children embark on a bumpy journey to uncover where they really belong.
- DirectorHåvard BustnesStarsTrond GiskeHaddy NjieOne of Norway's most promising politicians is close to becoming the next prime minister, until scandalous stories of his past surface in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
- DirectorGabriel MartinsStarsCícero LucasCarlos FranciscoCamilla DamiãoA lower middle class family undergoes a series of challenging and profound changes, reinventing themselves and their family ties along the way.
- DirectorLei LeiIn a world of propaganda images, surrealist collage and pop-art animation, artist-filmmaker Lei Lei and his family recall the past to make sense of the present.
- DirectorAga WoszczynskaStarsDobromir DymeckiAgnieszka ZulewskaJean-Marc BarrA young couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. What they find, however, does not meet their expectations.
- DirectorAlejandro Loayza GrisiStarsJosé CalcinaLuisa QuispeCandelaria QuispeIn the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, Virginio and Sisa face a dilemma: resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself.
- DirectorKaltrina KrasniqiStarsTeuta AjdiniAlketa SylajRefet AbaziVera is a middle-aged sign language interpreter, whose life is disrupted by her husband's suicide who has to face the raw reality of going against the deep-seated gender issues of our times.
- DirectorAraceli LemosStarsAbigael LomaHasmine KillipEirini InglesiA young Filipina searches for the missing links between her strange bleeding condition and her faraway mother's healing powers.
- DirectorEric GravelStarsLaure CalamyAnne SuarezGeneviève MnichJust when Julie finally gets an interview for a job that will let her raise her children better, she runs into a national transportation strike.
- DirectorIrfana MajumdarStarsJaihind KumarShreeja MishraAdwik MathurThe friendship between a little girl born into a privileged family and a village man who is the family servant.
- DirectorAman NielStarsMustapha AarabEmma BrooméAdam BelaliaJosef is unexpectedly invited to an apartment party by a couple of middle-aged women who party with younger men on child-free weekends. Josef slowly understands what is going on in the apartment and what is expected of him.
- DirectorDesireè MwepuStarsAisha AbdiEike AfvanderEmilia GrönvallTwo friend groups during the same vibrating summer night in a Stockholm suburb. Same place, two different worlds.
- DirectorSaraKlara HellströmStarsBuster BlomqvistPhilip Torres ÖrningRäkan and Fabbe are bros 4 life. But when Räkan is forced to a girl's party, he becomes aware of the exclusion he has so often felt but never confronted with. Until now.
- DirectorGustav BohmanThe gig economy falls under the microscope as two filmmakers create ad videos that they then try to sell to the company's representatives. Prejudices are both confirmed and come to shame in a film that with humor and acuity moves between different narrative levels.
- DirectorAlexander AbdallahMustafa Al-MashhadaniStarsErwa Abdu AbdallaAlexander AbdallahIsaac Abdul HamidAlexander has gathered his childhood friends in their old classroom to show them a short film he's made about them. A short film about the bullying within the macho culture and the hard jargon that kills young mens dreams from the suburbs.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametRebecca FergusonZendayaA noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
- DirectorRichard HobertStarsSven-Bertil TaubeRebecca FergusonDan EkborgA widower overhears his children plan to inherit early. He blackmails his maid to help retaliate. The children discover their father's mistress, triggering family drama and revelations.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael StuhlbargIn 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsChloë Grace MoretzTilda SwintonDoris HickA darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
- DirectorYlva FornerStarsJohan EhnSimon KlingJohan CharlesThe St Sebastian Academy, an all-male school where homosexuality is the norm.
- DirectorMong-Hong ChungStarsAlyssa ChiaGingle WangYi-Wen ChenWhile quarantining, the relationship between a mother and daughter takes an unexpected turn.
- DirectorMaureen FazendeiroMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateCarloto CottaJoão Nunes MonteiroFollows Crista, Carloto and João who are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden and share household routines, but they are not the only ones.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsKatia PascariuClaudia IeremiaNicodim UngureanuEmi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.
- DirectorArsalan AmiriStarsNavid PourfarajPourya Rahimi SamHoda ZeinolabedinInvestigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.
- DirectorShoja AzariShirin NeshatStarsSheila VandMatt DillonWilliam MoseleyIn an effort to understand and control its populace, the government begins a program to record citizens' dreams.
- DirectorEran KolirinStarsAlex BakriJuna SuleimanSalim DawA gently satirical tale of a man and his family trapped by military blockade inside a tiny Arab village in Israel.
- DirectorSorayos PrapapanStarsNattapong PipattanasubWachara KanhaPatiparn AmornthipparatIt is based on human life during the Covid-19 pandemic under the Emergency Degree and follows many characters from different scenarios who share the same awkward situation.
- DirectorHilke RönnfeldtStarsLisa CarlehedEmilie KruseA fence is built between Denmark and Germany to separate wild boars from domestic farm pigs, to avoid the spreading of a deadly swine virus. Ebba wakes, just an arm length away from her girlfriend Jona, the reminiscence of her dream about separation and a longing for unity takes its toll on them.
- DirectorOvHere you are SCUM, creature in cage. Your gaze waves inside the rage of our age/era. Your scream testifies us an individual and societal wound, traumatic memory of our condition to overthrow. Your gesture, survival drive, questions our visceral link to violence. SCUM, in your hands of silicon young germs are growing - they are in mutation.
- DirectorRisto-Pekka BlomStarsIlona HuhtaPekka LepistöMika Siira
- DirectorMarianne BlicherStarsRagnhild KaasgaardIsabella Møller HansenKristian HalkenIn a small Danish town, we meet two generations of women. 61-year-old Solvej and the 17-year-old, Kate. Their meeting kickstarts an unlikely friendship, as the wounds of the past are revealed and the seeds of hope are sown.
- DirectorTeemu NikkiStarsPetri PoikolainenMarjaana MaijalaSamuli JaskioJaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face but they talk on the phone every day. When he hears about her declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city; a challenge if you can't see and are paralyzed from the chest down.
- DirectorChristian TafdrupStarsMorten BurianSidsel Siem KochFedja van HuêtA Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
- DirectorStefan ConstantinescuStarsNicu BaneaAna CionteaBogdan DumitracheIn the midst of the Corona outbreak, Doru returns to Romania for a baptism, but in fact he is secretly pursuing his wife's alleged infidelity.
- DirectorIzer AliuStarsGorgees KhoshabaJohn HannaGustav TielemanA 16-year-old boy in Ryd, Sweden, who has to do 12 misdeeds to prove his loyalty to his gang of mates.
- DirectorViktor NordenskiöldStarsJohan CarlsonLena HallengrenChrister JansonBehind the scenes of the first corona wave in Sweden, where state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell went solo on a global scale - and became an involuntary public figure overnight.
- DirectorHanna BergholmStarsSiiri SolalinnaSophia HeikkiläJani VolanenA young gymnast, who tries desperately to please her demanding mother, discovers a strange egg. She hides it and keeps it warm, but when it hatches, what emerges shocks them all.
- DirectorClaes OlssonStarsNicke LignellLinda ZilliacusGörel AhlnäsIn the 70s lower class Frej becomes close with upper class Stella when they are teens but their relationship is harder to sustain during the ensuing decades.
- DirectorHans-Erik TherusStarsEbbot LundbergBjörn OlssonPatrik CaganisA feature documentary about the Swedish rock group Union Carbide Productions
- DirectorTinna HrafnsdóttirStarsAníta BriemKristín Þóra HaraldsdóttirTinna HrafnsdóttirAfter being hit by a fierce epilepsy seizure Saga's life changes forever. Long forgotten repressed memories suddenly start to come back, forcing her to face a disturbing truth about her past, and present, and her role in life as a daughter, sister, partner and mother.
- DirectorEngeli BrobergFive years in the life of a child in a film about not recognizing yourself in either of the two genders the world offers you - with a singular Gabi center stage.
- DirectorEva BelingStarsLevan AkinHarriet AnderssonNils AstherPrejudice and Pride is a rainbow colored roller coaster ride through a stunning collection of films. From Mauritz Stiller's filming of the world's first gay romance in 1916 to Sweden's exciting new wave of Scandinavian transgender films.
- DirectorMax ErikssonStarsAli BoulalaAmanda BoulalaOmar BoulalaAli Boulala, a skateboarding legend of the 1990s. The poignant story of a skateboarding genius's staggering career and the tragic turn it took.
- DirectorMåns NymanStarsEllen BökmanTyra OlinOn the way home from a party, teenagers Fanny and Lova get the chance to change their lives. An unlocked car gets the ticket away from the boredom and idiotic guys, but can you really just pull away from it all?
- DirectorMarcus SöderlundStarsAmed BozanElectra HallmanAron SkoogErik and Karim are people smugglers bringing refugees through the Swedish wetlands. One day they meet Maria a mother hoping to cross the border with her infant. Soon she will be faced with an impossible choice.
- DirectorMalin Erixon10-year-old Eden feels invisible and forgotten by her parents who only argue or are busy with other things. Then she escapes into a fantasy world with the help of a homemade pair of binoculars, which turns out to be magical.
- DirectorAgnes SkonareStarsNattapong TongkongnamSutthipong TongkongnamRachanon ChaisangDuring an exceptionally hot summer in Sweden, a Thai migrant worker has to navigate the forest and his increasingly quarrelsome relationship with his older brother, in order to find the blueberries needed to afford passage home.
- DirectorPetra Koppla DahlbergStarsAnn HageusWhen Ann's son Gösta dies in the tsunami disaster in 2004, Ann struggles to take control of her emotions so they don't take control of her. But 16 years after the disaster, she can no longer bear to be a prisoner in her own body. Through Ann's movements, we approach the innermost core of grief, the brutal, the definitive, and a man's struggle to live on without his child.
- DirectorJohan Jan JonasonStarsSandra AndreisCharlotta BjörckJohan Jan JonasonAn upper-class couple is on their way home from a party at a mansion when an employee, dressed as a savage, suddenly refuses to participate in an agreed-upon role-playing game. The exchange of ideas that follows triggers an absurd chain reaction that overturns the entire established order of power.
- DirectorSara KadeforsStarsFred ForsströmFabian HedlundEster HolménA middle-aged woman peeks at a young man in a window across the street and begins to think about her own life as a young woman. One day she is interrupted in her thoughts, and her life takes an unexpected turn.
- DirectorPhilip W. da SilvaStarsTorkel PeterssonJimmy LindströmSimon suffers from mental illness and compulsive thoughts. Once his life gets all screwed up again, he is picked up by his dutiful younger brother. But instead of a comfortable trip home, an emotional crescendo of problematic childhood memories, brotherly love, and cold baths awaits.
- DirectorJohanna StällbergStarsKodjo Akolor
- DirectorNowell EmanuelStarsNova HultbergHugo HultgrenMatheo Lindberg VivienThe story of a deranged young man, told by the one person closest to his heart.
- DirectorMaria BolmeAn animated short documentary based on interviews with parents of young people active in right-wing extremist groups. About guilt, sorrow and the hope of a way back.
- DirectorLove Von HauswolffStarsOliver AnderssonJacqueline GeorgetMaria Grudemo El HayekA young woman prepares a memorial for her deceased mother in an art gallery in Stockholm. When her father surprises everyone by conducting a speech the evening takes a turn for the worst.
- DirectorMatilde SköldMarcus SvanbergStarsCarla SehnHedda StiernstedtTwo young women move into a new apartment. When they spot their doppelgangers in the house across the street, the situation quickly turns from weird to something much more terrifying.
- DirectorJakob MarkyStarsJoel SpiraMoa SilénAlfons KsytDirector Jakob is in the middle of recording when he becomes obsessed with the authenticity of a cosmetic hickey. Despite repeating his mantra of assuming responsibility, he soon oversteps all boundaries and ends up in a pinch with his own self-image.
- DirectorJasmijn KooijmanStarsAmina AvdicMaria FahlSiri and her granddaughter Lente meet again after a long time apart, in the raw winter landscape of the island Öland. Their silent but comfortable relationship is based on shared memories that become increasingly important when they understand that this might the last time they see each other.
- DirectorKim EkbergStarsHampus EkbergOlivia Ring Hedlund
- DirectorMona NamerIn a dreamscape outside the physical world, body and mind float between different mental states in search of total release. Based on the dance styles Hip Hop, House and modern, the choreography explores concepts such as identity, vulnerability, exhaustion, dreams, struggle, the collective and balance.
- DirectorTind Soneby Wäneland
- DirectorLina BergerStarsRahaf Al-TamimiSouki DahlbergThe first time 10-year-old neighbors Billie and Amina meet they end up fighting but they soon realize they have more in common than they first thought.
- DirectorAlfred HedbrattStarsSimon HellLava LidénJoel ManelaChildhood friends go out to an island to camp, but one of them have invited a new friend and soon tension arises. The jokes and the obvious jargon lead to uncomfortable situations in a humorous film about the mechanisms of group dynamics and male friendship.
- DirectorJasmijn KooijmanStarsJoel Viksten AbrahamssonAnna BjelkerudThomasine Boris-MöllerWorried asylum seekers, angry activists, and obedient case workers in an equally wonderful as sharp stop-motion film about people who are all caught in the bureaucratic claws of the migration agency.
- DirectorFelix HerngrenStarsSven WollterMarianne MörckTomas von BrömssenOn a RV journey from Sweden to Switzerland, five different people come together to tend to an elderly man's last wishes. Cross-generational friendships are developed, An autumn romance is kindled and life-changing decisions are made.
- DirectorSean BakerStarsSimon RexBree ElrodSuzanna SonMikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.
- DirectorJustin ChonStarsJustin ChonAlicia VikanderMark O'BrienAs a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
- DirectorAdam BergStarsNoomi RapaceJakob OftebroDar SalimIn a post-apocalyptic world, six soldiers on a covert mission must transport a mysterious package across a frozen archipelago. Noomi Rapace stars.
- DirectorMaggie GyllenhaalStarsOlivia ColmanJessie BuckleyDakota JohnsonA woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.