Gothenburg International Film Festival http://www.giff.se/ Gothenburg International Film Festival en Gothenburg International Film Festival http://www.giff.se/fileadmin/templates/breastfriends/rss/feedIcon.png http://www.giff.se/ Gothenburg International Film Festival TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:22:00 +0100 This years winners! http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/this-years-winners-907.html This year's winner of the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film is Kompani Orheim (Company Orheim), directed by Arild Andresen. Since 2011 the prize is worth the... This year's winner of the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film is Kompani Orheim (Company Orheim), directed by Arild Andresen. Since 2011 the prize is worth the full sum of one million SEK and is thus one of the filmworld's biggest film prizes. This year the Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award goes to the Italian film, Corpo Celeste, directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Eight additional prizes were awarded when, on Saturday evening, Göteborg International Film Festival held its closing Dragon Award Gala.

Dragon Award Best Nordic Film

Kompani Orheim (Company Orheim) by Arild Andresen won this year's Dragon Award Best Nordic Film. As of 2011 the prize sum is worth one million SEK. The presenting partner of the prize is the Ernström Group. Other financiers include Region Västra Götaland and the City of Göteborg.

The jury's motivation: "The prize for the best Nordic film goes to a film that tells the story of a family that suffers – and is finally destroyed by – the brutality of its father. We think that this has been, and still is, the terrible experience of many children and youngsters – to be abused morally and psychologically or even physically, mostly by their fathers. The films protagonist, the son, learns throughout the film to disobey and to mistrust his father – something that is terribly hard to learn and understand for a child: That your parent is selfishly using his power over you to break your will, that your parent is a failure. We were deeply touched by following the young protagonist through his tough experience. The prize for the best Nordic film goes to Kompani Orheim (Company Orheim).

Jury: This year the Austrian director Jessica Hausner lead the jury's collaboration. Other jury members: Björn Runge, Swedish director, Linda Zilliacus, Finnish actress, John Andreas Andersen, Norwegian cinematographer and Hrönn Marinósdóttir, Icelandic festival director.

Dragon Award Best Nordic Film, Jury's Special Mention

The Jury of the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film would like to make a special mention about the Swedish film Pojktanten (She Male Snails) by Ester Martin Bergsmark.

The jury's motivation: "We have to admit that we, the jury, had a hard time choosing the best film. We had very different responses and opinions, and we had to accept that in the end it is a very subjective matter whether you find a film good or not. This is why we asked the festival for permission to name a jury's honorable mention. And this is what we're doing, we're giving an honorable mention to a film that went beyond simple storytelling and reached a philosophical quality by touching a very sensible, even existential theme: the fragile construction of what you call your personality. The film showed the diversity and uncertainty of human nature that can easily be shaken, even devastated – that what you are depends on what others see in you, and that this might not be the same as what you see in yourself. The film approaches the delicate interaction between what you want to be and what you are expected be, and puts a spotlight on the hidden sides of one's self. The jury's honorable mention goes to the film Pojktanten (She Male Snails).

The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award

The Italian film Corpo Celeste by Alice Rohrwacher is awarded with The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award. The prize is a one-week stay at Bergman Week, a DVD box with 22 Bergman films as well as a beautiful stone from Ingmar Bergman's beach on Fårö, engraved with his name.

Motivation: "For exploring complex subject matter with skillful simplicity, gentleness and sense of humor."

Jury: Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek director, Julia Dufvenius, Swedish actress and Karel Och, artistic director at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Dragon Award Best Swedish Documentary

The prize for best Swedish documentary goes to För dig naken (For You Naked) by Sara Broos.

Motivation: ”A generous and loving depiction of a strong meeting between emotions and mind. The director invites us into a film about tolerance and the importance of keeping one's heart open, and about daring to meet the unknown. With beautiful and poetic images we follow the main characters close-up through successes and setbacks.”

Jury: Sofi Lagergren, trustee at Stockholm's Film Academy, Tova Mozard, artist and Nima Sarvestani, documentary filmmaker.

Dragon Award Best Swedish Documentary

The prize for best Swedish documentary goes to För dig naken (For You Naked) by Sara Broos.

Motivation: ”A generous and loving depiction of a strong meeting between emotions and mind. The director invites us into a film about tolerance and the importance of keeping one's heart open, and about daring to meet the unknown. With beautiful and poetic images we follow the main characters close-up through successes and setbacks.”

Jury: Sofi Lagergren, trustee at Stockholm's Film Academy, Tova Mozard, artist and Nima Sarvestani, documentary filmmaker.

Audience Award: Best Nordic Film

The festival-goers voted Pojktanten (She Male Snails) of Ester Martin Bergsmark as the best Nordic film.

Audience Award: Best Feature Film

The festival-goers voted Halt auf freier Strecke (Stopped on Track) of Andreas Dresen as the festival's best feature film.

Dragon Award New Talent

House by Ahmad Saleh (Jordan) won the film festival's international, web-based shortfilm prize this year. In all, 117 contributions from 34 countries were uploaded to the competition's homepage. The prize was accepted by Ahmad Saleh himself.

Motivation: “A gripping tale we all know well, but which needs to be told again and again. Genuine craftsmanship and visual playfulness intensify the film. Since we have an Arabic focus at the festival this year, we are pleased that 2012's winner has its roots in Jordan and Palestine.”

Jury: Marit Kapla, artistic director of the Göteborg International Film Festival, Freddy Olsson, program contributor GIFF, Micael Östling, Web/IT technician GIFF and Alexandra Lind, festival producer GIFF.

Lorens Award

The producer Josefine Tengblad was awarded Lorenspriset for Kyss mig (Kiss Me). The prize, which was awarded by Stockholm Postproduction and goes to one of the producers for 2011's Swedish feature films, consists of free development of the winning producer's next feature film. The prize is worth circa 500,000 SEK.

Motivation: “This extremely creative producer has, by starting with her own life experiences and with a passionate conviction and courage, succeeded to engage the director, the actors, and the crew to collaboratively create a touching, dense, and beautiful film. The jury is impressed! The Lorens Award 2012 goes to Josefine Tengblad who receives the award for her work with the film Kiss Me (Kyss mig).”

Jury: Tony Forsberg, photographer, Petra Ahlin, cutter, Lena Koppel, director, Jesper Bergom-Larsson, producer, Dan Myhrman, photographer and Ali Boriri, film lab director and filmmaker.

Kodak Nordic Vision Award

The film Pojktanten (She Male Snails) by Ester Martin Bergsmark was awarded this year's Kodak Nordic Vision Award. The prize is film stock at a value of 50,000 SEK to the best photography among the films in the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film.

Motivation: "The film we chose for best cinematography convinced us with its development of a strong visual style, a cinematographic style that is unique and provoking, and often surprising with its delicate way of finding images that stay with us. The film speaks to us through a unique cinematographic language. As such we want to give the prize for best cinematography to both the director and the cinematographer of Pojktanten (She Male Snails): Minka Jakerson och Ester Martin Bergsmark."

Jury: See the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film.

Church of Sweden Film Award

Svenska Kyrkans Pris, worth 50,000 SEK, for best Swedish feature film goes to Flimmer (Flicker) by Patrik Eklund.

Motivation: “With warmth and shrewdness the human comedy is depicted. When darkness becomes overpowering, liberation is close at hand! The winner is Flimmer (Flicker).”

Jury: Helle Sihm, Danish actress, Ola Sigurdson, professor of systematic theology, Mikael Ringlander, priest and Mikael Larsson, Dr. theol.

FIPRESCI Award

FIPRESCI Prize goes to Sønner av Norge (Sons of Norway) by Jens Lien. The prize is awarded by The International Federation of Film Critics and goes to one of the films in the competition Dragon Award Best Nordic Film.

Juryns motivering: "The FIPRESCI award goes to Sønner av Norge (Sons of Norway), a funny, moving and creative coming-of-age tale that makes outstanding use of music for emotional and period detail. All the members of the jury were impressed by the maturity of the film as well as its daring experimental treatment of some of its oneiric scenes."

Jury: Sergey Anashkin, Russian film critic, Alissa Simon, American film critic, and Guilhem Caillard, Canadian film critic.

]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Start Industry Festival Industry Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:00 +0100 The last weekend... http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/sista-helgen-med-mnga-prlor-kvar-904.html Even the film festival has unfortunately an end...But before that, a whole weekend full of great films, seminars, and last but not least our big Dragon Award... Even the film festival has unfortunately an end...But before that, a whole weekend full of great films, seminars, and last but not least our big Dragon Award Gala at Clarion.

Saturday:

Why not see some of our films in competition for tonight's Dragon Award Gala?

Pojktanten
12.30 at Bergakungen

The Invader
19.30 at Handels

Corpo Celeste
22.00 Capitol


Seminars

10.00 Lagerhuset
The Forgiveness of Blood

12.30 Lagerhuset
Psykologer tittar på film – We need to talk about Kevin

14.00 Lagerhuset
Filmjournalistik i förändring

16.15 Lagerhuset
Arabic Focus: Rania Stephan

Tonight

LÖRDAG 4 FEBRUARI AT LAGERHUSET
HEY IT´S ENRICO PALLAZZO! GÖR DET DE GÖR 21:00-03:00

CLOSING PARTY AT YAKI-DA!
When: February 4, 10.30 PM
Entrance: SEK 140 (no pre-ordering)

Sunday

Film tips
The Woman in the Fifth
10.00 at Draken

Colombianos
15.00 at Bergakungen 4


Some more...

You can also see three films on Monday evening:
Superclásico (16.30 at Draken), Volcano (18.30 at Draken) and Monsieur Lazhar (21.00 at Draken)


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Clips from Studio Draken >]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Start Industry Festival Industry Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:06:00 +0100 Honorary Dragon Award to Michael Winterbottom http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/master-class-with-michael-winterbottom-877.html 2012 years Honorary Dragon Award has been awarded Michael Winterbottom. The prize was previously handed over just before his Master Class at Lagerhuset in... 2012 years Honorary Dragon Award has been awarded Michael Winterbottom. The prize was previously handed over just before his Master Class at Lagerhuset in Gothenburg. Winterbottom says he is honored to join in Charlie Kaufman's footsteps who received last year's Honorary Dragon Award. The Master Class was led by the festivals artistic director Marit Kapla.

When Michael Winterbottom made his feature film Welcome to Sarajevo, 1997, he chose to actually film on location, in the battle-torn city of Sarajevo. This was just months after the fighting ended in the city and it added a sense of unsettling realism to the film. Welcome to Sarajevo was eventually nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Other films by Winterbottom include the acclaimed Wonderland (1999) and 24 Hour Party People (2002), about Factory Records and the Manchester music scene. His latest feature,Trishna, is a modern adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel Tess of d'Urbervilles and is screened at the festival.

]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Start Industry Festival Industry Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0100 Festivalen i fickan http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/festivalen-i-fickan-867.html Festivalens nya app bjuder på flera nya funktioner. Bland annat kan du göra ditt egna schema, se hur många biljetter som finns kvar, kommentera och tipsa om...
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]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:08:00 +0100 Dance Music Now - best short film http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/dance-music-now-best-short-film-837.html Dance Music Now by Johan Jonason was awarded the short film prize Startsladden at Göteborg International Film Festival. The prize is worth almost SEK 1,000,000... Dance Music Now by Johan Jonason was awarded the short film prize Startsladden at Göteborg International Film Festival. The prize is worth almost SEK 1,000,000 (€ 117,000), making it one of the world's largest short film prizes.

With the statement "a film which portrays a creative tug of war between two male egos through humor and complexity" Johan Jonason’s Dance Music Now was awarded the Startsladden award by the jury.

The plot of Dance Music Now, which was also screened before the festival opening film Avalon, revolves around a neurotic singer who fails to deliver. He vents his frustration on those nearest at hand, capsizing an entire studio session.

The award is worth close to 1,000,000 SEK, consisting of cash, technical support and equipment – from rough cut to final cut. Startsladden is a collaborative award from technical companies in the trade association Resource Companies for Film & TV in Sweden, The Swedish Film Institute, Swedish Television, Film i Väst, Folkets Bio, Filmregion Stockholm – Mälardalen, Filmpool Nord, Film i Skåne, SF and the Swedish Union for Theatre, Artists and Media.

The festival audience voted for Sascha Fülscher’s animated Next Door Letters as the best short.

The Startsladden's jury: Maria Essen, scriptwriter and director, Erika Wasserman, producer, Johannes Nyholm, director and winner of Startsladden 2011, Dag Malmberg, actor and Jonas Alarik, cinematographer.

]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Start Industry Festival Industry Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:36:00 +0100 The housing – exciting programme every day! http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/the-housing-exciting-programme-every-day-815.html Fine old Lagerhuset (The Warehouse) next to the Draken cinema has become the epicenter of the film festival. The building is seething with activity most hours... Fine old Lagerhuset (The Warehouse) next to the Draken cinema has become the epicenter of the film festival. The building is seething with activity most hours of the day. At daytime, visitors can listen to interesting seminars with festival guests.

In the evenings the festival's own live web show Studio Dragon takes over the venue, delivering exciting interviews with interesting guests. All are welcome to sit in the audience! Later in the evening Lagerhuset is transformed into a cool club, with new musical acts and dj’s every night.

See program:

Studio Draken

Seminars

Clubs

]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Start Industry Festival Industry Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:03:00 +0100 Vernissage och filmer på Landsarkivet och Röda Sten http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/vernissage-och-filmer-p-Landsarkivet-och-rda-sten-813.html I dag, lördag, är det vernissage för två utställningar med koppling till festivalen. På Landsarkivet (Arkivgatan 9) ställs alla festivalens affischer genom...
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På Röda Sten är det premiär för People and the city, ett filmprogram som består av dokumentärer som fokuserar på människor och deras interaktioner med staden. Dessutom blir det liveframträdanden av Cicely Irvine och Wefring.

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(Fri entré med festivalpass på Röda Sten)]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:49:00 +0100 The festival has started! http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/the-festival-has-started-810.html Tonight the 35th edition of Göteborg International Film Festival was inaugurated. Opening film was the award-winning Swedish drama Avalon with Johannes Brost... Tonight the 35th edition of Göteborg International Film Festival was inaugurated. Opening film was the award-winning Swedish drama Avalon with Johannes Brost in the lead role. The audience can now look forward to ten days full of film screenings, seminars and parties.

Sweden's Minister of Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth held an opening speech before the curtain went up, as did the Festival’s managing director Michael Fellenius and artistic director Marit Kapla. The Mai Zetterling scholarship was awarded to Eric Gandini, director of Videocracy and director Lisa Ohlin received the Göteborg Grand Film Award for her film Simon and the Oaks.

After the film the inauguration festivities continued at the new Clarion Hotel Post, where artists like Ane Brun, Familjen and Invasionen.

See pictures here]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Start Industry Festival Industry Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:16:00 +0100 Flera Oscarsnominerade festivalfilmer! http://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/article/post/flera-oscarsnominerade-festivalfilmer-808.html Det duggade tätt bland festivalfilmerna när årets Oscarsnomineringar offentliggjordes. Av festivalfilmerna fick The Artist hela 10 nomineringar (bl a för Bästa... The Artist hela 10 nomineringar (bl a för Bästa film, Bästa regi, Bästa originalmanus, Bästa manliga huvudroll), The Descendants 5 nomineringar (bl a Bästa film, Bästa regi, Bästa manliga huvudroll) och W.E. (Bästa kostym), Margin Call (Bästa originalmanus) och Monsieur Lazhar (Bästa utländska film) varsin nominering.

Årets gala går av stapeln den 26 februari.

Läs mer om alla nomineringar här]]> Start Public About GIFF Festival Public Start Industry Festival Industry Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:15:00 +0100