
Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will be honored at the 2026 Göteborg Film Festival with the international Honorary Dragon Award.

Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will be honored at the 2026 Göteborg Film Festival with the international Honorary Dragon Award.

The world premiere of Marcus Carlsson’s The Quiet Beekeeper will open the 49th edition of the Göteborg Film Festival taking place in Gothenburg and in cinemas across Sweden, from 23 January –1 February, 2026.

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will attend the 2025 Göteborg Film Festival, and present his film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which is banned in Iran. The Seed of the Sacred Fig is the centerpiece of the festival’s Focus: Disobedience and will have its premiere on January 30 followed by a Directors Talk with Rasoulof. Mohammad Rasoulof is also featured as the screenwriter of Seven Days by Ali Samadi Ahadi, which will be shown during the Göteborg Film Festival.

Lisa Aschan’s feature debut She Monkeys took the top award – the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film at 2011 Göteborg International Film Festival’s Dragon Award Gala on Saturday night in Scandinavia. She Monkeys also received the FIPRESCI Award, which is handed out by the international federation of film critics. The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award was given Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance.