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			<title>Elvine official clothing partner of GIFF</title>
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			<description>Göteborg clothing brand Elvine dresses Göteborg International Film Festival for the festival 2010. On top of that, Ekta, the artist behind the festival poster...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">Göteborg clothing brand Elvine dresses Göteborg International Film Festival for the festival 2010. On top of that, Ekta, the artist behind the festival poster has designed his own t-shirt collection for Elvine. </span><br /><br />Elvine is named after the founder Daniel Mänd’s grandmother who was a seamstress in Estonia. Elvines collections are inspired by the city of Göteborg’s unrefined subcultures and the legacy of traditional craftsmanship which results in relaxed clothes with high quality – sophisticated clothes for unsophisticated behavior. Clothes that the creators behind them – and now also the festival creators – want to carry. <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">— It feels great to be able to join this cooperation between GIFF, Ekta and Elvine.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">On one hand because we all come from Göteborg but on the other because it just feels natural, even though we all come from different trades,</span> says Mattias Edenholm, from Elvine.<br /><br />The collection designed by street artist Ekta consists of unique t-shirts with typical Ekta motifs. See them <link http://shop.elvine.se/system/content/html.asp?p=campaign _top external-link>here</link>.<br /><link http://shop.elvine.se/system/content/html.asp?p=campaign _top external-link></link>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Hausner, Wallraff and Iannucci to Göteborg </title>
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			<description>At the festival office in Göteborg we work 24/7 at the moment. But before we take at least a few days of Christmas holidays we want to take the opportunity to...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">At the festival office in Göteborg we work 24/7 at the moment. But before we take at least a few days of Christmas holidays we want to take the opportunity to present three of the high profile guests attending the 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Three christmas presents:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Christmas present no 1: Jessica Hausner, Austria, and her new film Lourdes</span><br />Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In<br />order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to Lourdes, the<br />iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees mountains. She wakes<br />up one morning seemingly cured by a miracle. The leader of the<br />pilgrimage group, a handsome 40-year-old volunteer from the<br />Order of Malta, begins to take an interest in her. She tries to hold<br />on to this newfound chance for happiness, while her cure provokes<br />envy and admiration.<br /><br />Jessica Hausner was born in 1972 in Vienna, Austria. In 2001,<br />Lovely Rita, her first feature film, was presented in Un Certain Regard as well as her second feature Hotel. Lourdes is her third film.<br />Jessica Hausner will be present in Göteborg January 29-31. <br />Lourdes is distributed by Folkets Bio.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Christmas present no 2: Günter Wallraff, Germany, and his film Günter Wallraff: Black On White</span><br />Black on White features Günter Wallraff as he traveled undercover across Germany as a Somali, wearing a dark-haired curly wig and with his white skin painted black. He spent most of his time in mostly white areas of Germany, speaking with an accent.<br /><br />Günter Wallraff is an author and undercover journalist, best known for his books &quot;Der Aufmacher&quot; (Lead Story, 1977) and &quot;Ganz unten&quot; (Lowest of the Low, 1985). The word &quot;wallraffa&quot; became a Swedish expression for describing his type of investigating journalism.<br />Günter Wallraff will be in Göteborg February 1-3. On the 2nd he will give a Masterclass.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Christmas present no 3: Armando Iannucci, Great Britain</span><br />Armando Iannucci is a comedian, writer, producer, tv host and director.<br />He has written and produced numerous critically acclaimed television and radio comedy shows, notably The Mary Whitehouse Experience and On The Hour. Iannucci has also fronted his own satirical programmes. The Thick Of It, which won Best New TV Comedy at the 2005 British Comedy Awards, and the spoof clip show Time Trumpet, were both written/directed and co-produced by Armando Iannucci. His recently released feature film In The Loop is a comedy set in the world of Whitehall and Washington, Armando is a regular columnist for The Observer. <br />Armando Iannucci will be present in Göteborg February 2-5. He will be the keynote speaker on February 4, at Meeting Point Television during The Nordic Film Market. <br /><br />Read more about the programme and guests at Meeting Point Television <link 46 _top internal-link>here</link>...]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Nominerade till Startsladden</title>
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			<description>Det starka startfältet till 2010 års Startsladden är nu uppställt. Bland de tävlande filmerna hittar man allt från historiskt drama och animerad nutidshistoria...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">Det starka startfältet till 2010 års Startsladden är nu uppställt. Bland de tävlande filmerna hittar man allt från historiskt drama och animerad nutidshistoria till dokumentär nakenhet.</span><br /><br />Göteborg International Film Festival är Sveriges största arena för svensk kortfilm. Festivalen visar över hundra svenska kortfilmer varje år. Åtta av dessa tävlar om Startsladden, ett av världens största kortfilmspriser, bestående av filmteknik och en summa kontanter att spendera på vinnarens nästa filmproduktion. Jonas Odells vinnarfilm 2006,&nbsp;Aldrig som första gången, resulterade i uppföljande succéfilmen Lögner. Såväl Lögner som 2008 års vinnarfilm Istället för Abrakadabra, av Patrik Eklund, har visats i tävlan på Sundancefestivalen. Nu är I stället för Abrakadabra aktuell för en Oscar, samtidigt som Patrik Eklunds nya film Slitage (visad i Cannes 2009 och producerad med hjälp av Startsladdenvinsten) också den är aktuell för Sundance. <br /><br />Årets Startsladdenpris uppgår i dagsläget till närmare 900.000 kronor i form av resurser, teknik och kontanter. De som står bakom priset är Resursföretagen för film och TV i Sverige, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Filmpool Mitt, Filmregion Stockholm-Mälardalen, Folkets Bio och Teaterförbundet.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">– Det känns väldigt roligt att få presentera detta tävlingsurval av fantastiska kortfilmer. Speciellt roligt är det att startfältet är så varierat. Både vad gäller filmgenre men också om man tittar på filmarnas bakgrund, där vi har en bredd som sträcker sig från filmskole-elever till världskända kortfilmare och prisvinnande långfilmsregissörer. Ett fint bevis på att kortfilmsgenren har utrymme för alla,</span> säger <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mirja Hildbrand</span>, projektledare för Svenska Bilder.<br /><br />De nominerade kortfilmerna kommer att visas som förfilmer till de långfilmer som tävlar om det Nordiska filmpriset, samt i ett gemensamt paket som visas vid tre tillfällen. Vinnaren utses under filmfestivalens första helg vid en Startsladdengala i Göteborgs Stadsteaters foajébar. Vinnarfilmen kommer sedan att visas i SVT vid flera tillfällen.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">De åtta nominerade filmerna är:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pillow talk</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regi</span>: Ylva Gustavsson<br />Pillow talk är en hyllning till kärleken i form av en global kavalkad av älskande par.<br />Ylva Gustavsson är född 1963 i Stockholm. Hon är utbildad på Dramatiska Institutet där hon gick ut 1995. Sedan dess har hon regisserat ett flertal kortfilmer och även långfilmen Förortsungar som vann fem guldbaggar 2007.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tussilago</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regi</span>: Jonas Odell<br />Tussilago är en spännande nutidshistoria i form av en animerad dokumentär.<br />Jonas Odell är född 1962 i Stockholm. Flera av Jonas kortfilmer har tidigare rönt stor framgång. Hans film Aldrig som första gången vann Startsladden 2006. Filmen gick även vidare och vann bland annat Guldbjörnen för bästa kortfilm vid Berlin filmfestival.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Echo</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regi</span>: Magnus von Horn<br />Echo är en rekonstruktion av ett mord i form av att ett smärtsamt drama.<br />Magnus von Horn är född 1983 i Göteborg men är nu bosatt i Warszawa, Polen där han studerar vid The Polish National Film Television and Theatre School.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nudisten</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regi</span>: My Sandström<br />Nudisten är en dokumentär om Kerstin, som bestämt sig för att alltid vara naken.<br />My Sandström är född 1986 i Lyckeby, men bor numera i Göteborg. Hon har studerat vid Diagonalakademin och läser nu vid Filmhögskolan i Göteborg. Hennes animation Förfluten ensamhet visades på GIFF 2009, efter att ha blivit utvald från Novemberfestivalens program.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vi bor faktiskt här</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regi</span>: Ann Lundberg, Sara Svärdsén<br />Vi bor faktiskt här är en poetisk betraktelse av människorna i ett bostadsområde.<br />Ann Lundberg är född 1984 i Stockholm och har gått Fridhem Folkhögskolas 2-åriga filmlinje. Sara Svärdsén är född 1983 i Sunne och har studerat på Broby grafiskas manusutbildning, samt på Fridhem Folkhögskolas filmlinje.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I väntan på examinering</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regi</span>: Elisabet Gustafsson<br />I väntan på examinering är ett drama om två unga människor i ett konformistiskt samhälle.<br /><br />Elisabet Gustafsson är född 1972 i Stockholm. Hon har en fil. kand i litteratur och har studerat vid Dramatiska Institutet. Hon har ett flertal kortfilmer bakom sig, där hennes senaste Den store trollkarlen hade premiär på GIFF 2007.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Altona</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regi</span>: Hugo Lilja<br />Altona är ett mardrömslikt drama i 1700-tals miljö.<br /><br />Hugo Lilja är född 1979 i Umeå, men bor numera i Stockholm där han går 3:e året filmregi på Dramatiska Institutet.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inte panik</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regi</span>: Elisabeth Marjanovic Cronvall<br />Inte panik är en skildring av ungdomar som försöker greppa en oviss framtid. <br />Elisabeth Marjanovic Cronvall är född 1983 i Huddinge och har studerat filmregi vid Filmhögskolan i Göteborg. Hennes examensfilm Chaque minute hade premiär på GIFF 2009.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>”Sharing”  – main theme at 33rd festival</title>
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			<description>The word ”Sharing” will be the main theme during the 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival. – The idea came to mind when a political party called The...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The word ”Sharing” will be the main theme during the 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">–&nbsp;The idea came to mind when a political party called The Pirate Party got 7% of the Swedish votes in the election fo the EU Parliament and it became obvious that the immaterial rights on the Internet is a thing that really&nbsp; concerns people. Another source of inspiration is of course the Copenhagen Climate Conference, where the subject is the sharing of natural resources,</span> says Festival Director <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marit Kapla. </span><br /><br />The Sharing theme&nbsp; will pervade the whole festival; seminars , an extensive art film programme and of course, the main film programme. And of course the the meeting point for all the 35 000 festival visitors: The Festival tent, where gourmet chef Leif Mannerström – normally the one serving stars as Bruce Springsteen and Bono on their Göteborg stop overs –&nbsp;will share his knowledge about Swedish food and cooking with the hungry film buffs.<br /><br />Watch clip from the press conference <link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqISwv1TZEM _top external-link>here</link><br /> ]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Africa in focus at festival 2010	</title>
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			<description>During Göteborg International Film Festival 2010 we take a closer look at the African continent. Among the highlighted films is Soul Boy from Kenya, produced...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">During Göteborg International Film Festival 2010 we take a closer look at the African continent. Among the highlighted films is Soul Boy from Kenya, produced by Tom Tykwer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">–&nbsp;There are so many things going on in the countries on the African continent and it is important to find and screen films portraying it, created by the people who live and work there, </span>says <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marit Kapla</span>, festival director at Göteborg International Film Festival.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />Last winter a Swedish delegation with representatives from different organizations traveled to the Fespaco festival, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The goal was to find new ways of cooperating with filmmakers from the African countries. <br /><br />The cooperation with the Rotterdam festival and their project “Forget Africa” is another measure to look for films and filmmakers in a new way. <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">–&nbsp;Normally the African films screened at international festivals come from North Africa, the country South Africa and the former French colonies. Due to the extremely exciting “Forget Africa” project we will be able to give a more complete picture of the African film landscape this time,</span> says <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marit Kapla</span>.<br /><br />
<h3>The African focus will be presented in several different ways during the festival: </h3>
<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-weight: bold;">In the film programme</span>: The African programme consists so far of nine films – stretching from music documentaries to realistic stories from the hoods in Kenya to the upper middle class in Mali:<br />&nbsp; <br />- Burdening Memories of a Cleaning Lady (Souvenirs encombrants d’une femme de ménage) by Danii Kouyaté, Burkina Faso<br />- Le Fauteuil by Missa Hebié, Burkina Faso<br />- Harragas by Merzak Allouache, Algeria/France<br />- Sawa by Martin Nganguem Kamdem, Cameroon<br />- Seasons of a Life by Charles Shema Joyah, Malawi<br />- Shirley Adams by Oliver Hermanus, South Africa/USA<br />- Soul Boy by Hawa Essuman, Kenya/Germany<br />- St Louis Blues (Un transport en commun)&nbsp; by Dyana Gaye, Senegal/France<br />- Tell Me Who You Are (Min Yè) by Souleymane Cissé, Mali<br /><br />•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-weight: bold;">Through the project “Forget Africa”,</span> in cooperation with International Film Festival Rotterdam. Around ten African projects will be presented, in pairs with international film makers who have documented their meetings with chosen African countries.<br />&nbsp; <br />During the last six months Rotterdam programmer Gertjan Zuilhof, together with commisioned daring film makers from all over the world, has travelled to African countries normally almost invisible on the cinematic map. The goal was to rediscover a continent on its own terms.<br /><br />Read more about “Forget Africa” <link publik/info/forget-africa.html _top>here</link><br /><br />•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-weight: bold;">In the seminars “Forget Africa” and “Producing African films”</span>, where representatives from the festival’s film fund, financed by SIDA, participate together with African film makers. <br /><br />•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-weight: bold;">On the guest list</span>. At least four representatives from “Forget Africa” will attend, as well as several other directors of the films in the programme. <br /><br /><br />•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-weight: bold;">At parties, events and happenings</span> during the festival period. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
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