Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will be honored at the 2026 Göteborg Film Festival with the international Honorary Dragon Award.
Göteborg Film Festival
As the leading film festival in the Nordic countries, Göteborg Film Festival brings films from all over the world to Göteborg. The main goal is to be the springboard that sends new Nordic film out into the world. The festival began in 1979 and has since drawn in thousands of moviegoers to Göteborg each year. In 2015 we sold over 130,000 tickets to over 30,000 visitors who we offered 500 films from 89 countries.
Goteborg International Film Festival started in 1979 and takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden
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Agnieszka Holland to Receive Honorary Dragon Award at Göteborg Film Festival
Agnieszka Holland (Marlene Film Production)
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Noomi Rapace to Receive Nordic Honorary Dragon Award and Premiere ‘Mother’ at Göteborg Film Festival
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Marcus Carlsson’s The Quiet Beekeeper to Open 49th Göteborg Film Festival
The Quiet Beekeeper by Marcus Carlsson 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.
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48th Göteborg Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens with World Premiere of Eirik Svensson’s ‘Safe House’
Safe House (Før mørket), directed by Eirik Svensson (Graham Bartholomew, Fantefilm Fiksjon) The 48th Göteborg Film Festival taking place January 24 to February 2, 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden, unveiled the program lineup featuring 270 films from 83 countries
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Mohammad Rasoulof to Attend Premiere of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ at Göteborg Film Festival
Mohammad Rasoulof © Films Boutique 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.
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Julie Delpy to Receive Honorary Dragon Award + Premiere ‘Meet the Barbarians’ at Göteborg Film Festival
Julie Delpy (dp) Göteborg Film Festival will honor actress and filmmaker Julie Delpy with the Honorary Dragon Award at the premiere of Meet the Barbarians at the upcoming edition taking place January 24 to February 3, 2025.
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2011 Göteborg International Film Festival’s Dragon Award; She Monkeys takes top Dragon Award
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.
