Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival will open with a world premiere screening of Norweigan filmmaker Eirik Svensson’s newest function Secure Home (Før mørket).
Set throughout the Central African Republic’s civil battle in 2013, the movie facilities on a determined Muslim man looking for refuge in a discipline hospital on Christmas Eve, whereas a threatening Christian militia gathers outdoors, demanding his life. On the coronary heart of the occasions is Norwegian support employee Linn, performed by Kristine Kujath Thorp, who should make ethical choices to guard the person with out endangering her colleagues.
The movie will display in satellite tv for pc venues throughout Sweden concurrently the Göteborg premiere. The movie may also be obtainable to observe by means of the pageant’s digital platform.
Göteborg will this yr additionally hand honorary awards to Thomas Vinterberg and Julie Delpy. The pageant has mentioned it’s honoring Vinterberg for his deft expertise for portraying “deeply human and sophisticated feelings” and “difficult audiences to confront themselves” with movies like The Celebration, The Hunt, One other Spherical, and Expensive Wendy. As a part of the awards ceremony, Vinterberg will give an on-stage ‘Administrators Speak’ after a screening of The Celebration at Stora Teatern on January 28.
The pageant described Delpy — who will obtain her honorary award on January 29 — as “one in all worldwide movie’s most versatile and gifted voices.”
Göteborg inventive director Pia Lundberg mentioned Delpy’s movies “have a uncommon mix of humor, depth, and sensitivity that contact audiences worldwide. She is a pioneer and a supply of inspiration, and we’re very proud to have the ability to honor her with this yr’s Honorary Dragon Award.”
Delpy’s honorary award will probably be held along side the Swedish premiere of her newest directorial effort Meet the Barbarians. She may also participate in a ‘Administrators Speak’ session.
Different highlights from this yr’s Göteborg programme embrace a centenary celebration of Swedish filmmaker Mai Zetterling. The pageant will display her movies Loving {Couples} (1964), Night time Video games (1966), The Women (1968), Dr. Glas (1968), The Moon Is a Inexperienced Cheese (1977), Scrubbers (1982), and Amorosa (1986).
Up to date movies corresponding to Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Magnus von Horn’s The Lady with the Needle, and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Finish may also display on the pageant.
Göteborg runs from January 24 to Feburary 2. This yr marks Lundberg’s first yr in cost. She was introduced as Jonas Holmberg’s successor in November 2023. Holmberg ran the pageant for a decade.
