On April 1 Marit Kapla took up her duties as new Festival Director at Göteborg International Film Festival. On her former place as Programme Coordinator we will now find Andreas Degerhammar. He has a past as a film journalist, for written press as well as national tv, and at the festival daily, The Dragon.
This means that the programming of the 31st festival can start with full power. So far a few festivals have been visited but the big starting shot will be the Cannes festival, where a big number of the Göteborg programmers will be present.
Resigning Festival Director Jannike Åhlund will, among other things, continue to work with Göteborg's "little sister", The Bergman Week at Fårö, which takes place June 26-July 1, 2007 (www.bergmanveckan.se).