In conjunction with the French Embassy and Unifrance, the 28th Göteborg International Film Festival (January 28 through February 7, 2005) is putting French films in the spotlight.
29 films will be showcased in the "French Connection" selection, with 10 directors in town to present their films:
"10e Chambre instants d'audiences" by Raymond Depardon
"Aaltra" in the presence of Benoît Delépine
"A ce soir" in the presence of Laure Duthilleul
"A tout de suite" by Benoît Jacquot
"Arsène Lupin" in the presence of Jean-Paul Salomé
"Autumn" by Ra'up McGee
"Bienvenue en Suisse" in the presence of Léa Fazer
"Cinévardaphoto" by Agnès Varda
"Darwin's Nightmare" by Hubert Sauer
"A Decent Factory" in the presence of Thomas Balmès
"Exiles" by Tony Gatlif
"La Femme de Gilles" by Frédéric Fonteyne
"Genesis" by Marie Perennou, Claude Nuridsany
"Le Grand Voyage" by Ismaël Ferroukhi
"Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants" by Yvan Attal
"Wall" by Simone Bitton
"La Nuit de la vérité" in the presence of Fanta Régina Nacro
"Les Petits Fils" in the presence of Ilan Duran Cohen
"Lightweight" by Jean-Pierre Améris
"The Origins of AIDS" by Peter Chappell
"Pinochet et ses trois généraux" by José Maria Berzosa
"La Première fois que j'ai eu 20 ans" in the presence of Lorraine Lévy
"Les Revenants" by Robin Campillo
"Salvador Allende" in the presence of Patricio Guzman
"Tarfaya" by Daoud Auolad-Syad
"Tout un hiver sans feu" in the presence of Greg Zglinski
"Vénus and Fleur" in the presence of Emmanuel Mouret
"Viva Algeria" by Nadir Moknèche
"Wild Side" by Sébastien Lifshitz
The increasingly strong position of French films at leading Scandinavian film festivals – as shown by the "French Connection" selection at the Göteborg festival and the introduction of French film sections, such as the 1st appearance of the "French Touch" category at the Stockholm Film Festival in November 2004 (an initiative of the French Embassy) – is effectively raising the profile and exposure French films in this region.
The Göteborg International Film Festival in figures:
Budget: €1,037,000
400 films
110,000 spectators
60 seminars
Around 1,800 accredited professionals
In 2000, the festival established the "Nordic Event," a Scandinavian film market. 140 buyers are invited to attend the market.
Festival website: www.filmfestival.org/filmfestival/
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