The nine Oscar nominations for Norwegian Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value" and two Palme d'Or awards won by Swede Ruben Östlund are signs of far large Scandinavian creative scene. That could be one ...

The Quiet Beekeeper' duo Marcus Carlsson and Adam Lundgren talk need for 'original' Swedish films instead of leaning on ...

The 49th edition of Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival will open on Jan. 23 with a gala screening of Swede Marcus Carlsson’s “The Quiet Beekeeper” (“Biodlaren”), hailed by Variety this year as a breakout ...

Maria Sødahl’s The Last Resort has clinched the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at the 2026 Göteborg Film Festival, which encompasses a prize sum of SEK 400,000, or over $40,000. The jury - ...

Rúnar Rúnarsson's Icelandic drama took the top honor at the Swedish fest, Eirik Svensson's Norwegian thriller 'Safe House' won the audience award and 'Memoir of a Snail,' the international competition ...

Göteborg’s prime Nordic Film Market where last year’s Cannes sensations “The Girl with the Needle,” “Armand” and “When the Light Breaks” were first showcased as works in progress, has announced ...

08/01/2026 - The festival, which will place focus on the concept of "truth", will honour Agnieszka Holland and Noomi Rapace and welcome Ruben Östlund for a special talk about his forthcoming film With ...

Visitors to this year’s Göteborg Film Festival will be offered the chance to take part in a real-life lie detector test, and participants who pass the test will be rewarded with festival tickets as ...

24/01/2025 - The Swedish festival reaffirms its commitment to artistic freedom and free speech, launching an initiative to fund residencies for filmmakers working in oppressive conditions At the heart ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nine Oscar nominations for Norwegian Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” and two Palme d’Or awards won by Swede Ruben Östlund ...

The opening night slot marks further recognition for Swede Carlsson from Göteborg, where he won an Audience Award for “Dirtbags,” an early short, in 2014 The director of now three features, Carlsson ...