The Göteborg Film Festival has long established itself as the most important film festival in Sweden, something that was in evidence this year, thanks to an impressive line-up of both Nordic and international films.
On the 27th January the curtains will go up on the 29th Göteborg Film festival, with the Swedish premier of the biopic <i>Good night and Good luck</i> directed by George Clooney.
Director Björn Runge is in line for a magnificent seven at the 2005 Guldbagge awards, Sweden's national film awards. His film <i>Mum mot mun</i> (Mouth to mouth) has been nominated in seven categories, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.
She is one of the most successful Swedish film actresses of her generation, and has appeared in films over seven decades. Now Swedish journalist Jan Lumholdt has brought out a unique book of interviews with Harriet Andersson.
One of the things I like about living in my patch of Stockholm is that there are famous people everywhere. But what I like even more is that I don't recognise any of them.
Zozo, directed by Josef Fares, has been selected to be the Swedish Oscar contribution for best foreign language film category of 2005. The five nominations for this category from will be decided on January 31, 2006 ahead of the Oscar ceremony on March 5th, 2006.
Greta Garbo, the mythical Hollywood diva adored by millions, came from humble origins in Sweden where she grew up as Greta Gustafsson, whose father was a toilet cleaner and mother a seamstress.
The winner of this year's Stockholm's French Film Festival was François Favrats' debut film Le Rôle De Sa Vie (The Role of a Lifetime) starring Agnès Jaoui and Karin Viard. It grossed the highest box office sales from the festival and received TV5's audience-based prize.
The start date for the anticipated international website dedicated to Ingmar Bergman - Ingmarbergman.se has been announced. The electronic publication of assorted artifacts of the great Swedish film director will be launched on September 1st.
Tuesday sees the documentary trilogy <i>Ingmar Bergman Complete: Bergman And The Cinema / Bergman And The Theatre / Bergman And Fårö Island</i> directed by Marie Nyreröd screened in the Cannes Classic section of the 58th Cannes Film Festival.
<img src="/images/articleRelated/parasite2.jpg" alt=<span class="smallPrint"><br><span class="smallPrint">Jonas Inde as Niklas in The Parasite (Photo: Niklas Johansson/Migma Film)</span></a>
<img src="/images/articleRelated/sasombig.jpg" alt="Someone's got into a bad habit" class="articleImageLeft"><i>Bad habits revealed in the costume competition</i>
