Goteborg
Film Festival

January 26 - February 4 (Sweden)

Films
at Goteborg vie for a number of prizes, including the Göteborgs-Posten's
Nordic Competition Award, in co-operation with Göteborg Film Festival
(SEK 100.000 and the statuette "The Film Fox"), for the best film;
the Kodak Nordic Vision Award (SEK 50.000) for best photography;
and the Canal+ Nordic Script Prize (SEK 50.000) for the best screenplay.
The Opening Film Film will be Nar Natterna Blir Langa by
Mona Hoel, a dark dogma work about the curse of liquor. Other films
scheduled to screen include The Icelandic Dream by Robert
I. Douglas, Badding by Markku Polonen, and more.



The following films are competing:

Nar
Natterna Blir Langa - When the nights become long (Norway) -
Mona Hoel's dark dogma film about the curse of liquor and a Norwegian
Christmas celebration in a mountain cabin that goes over the top.
Opening film. International Premiere.



The Icelandic Dream (Iceland) - Robert I. Douglas' debut
about a man in free fall who tries to make a living by introducing
a Bulgarian cigarette brand in Iceland. International Premiere.




Badding (Finland) - A story in film by Markku Pölönen about
the Finnish rock star, Rauli Badding Somerjoki. A trip filled with
the music of the 1970's, through a decade that seems so endlessly
distant, and yet still so near. International Premiere.



Hans Och Hennes - His and hers (Sweden) - Daniel Lind Lagerlöf's
new drama starring Johanna Sällström, Jonas Karlsson, Shanti Roney,
and Ralph Carlsson. Daniel Lind Lagerlöf returns, with his second
feature film, to Göteborg, the place where his successful debut,
VÄGEN UT, premiered. World Premiere.



Flickering Lights (Denmark) - One of last autumn's box office
successes in Denmark; an ironic action film debut by Anders Thomas
Pedersen. International Premiere,



Hem Ljuva Hem - Home sweet home (Sweden) - Gothenburger Dan
Ying's debut film about a family in dramatic decay, starring Mikael
Nyqvist, Anastasios Soulis, Kristina Törnqvist, and Alexandra Rapaport.
World Premiere.



Cool and Crazy (Norway) - A beautiful documentary about a
male choir in the northernmost parts of Norway that embarks on a
tour to Murmansk. Directed by Knut Erik Jensen. International Premiere.




Four Portraits: Women (Sweden) - Baker Karim's debut, this
is a realistic story of four young women in Skåne and is proof of
the continuing wave of Swedish films. World Premiere.



The jury consists of the film critic Monika Tunbäck-Hanson (chair),
and film directors Berit Nesheim (Norway), Susanne Bier (Denmark),
Ella Lemhagen (Sweden), and Auli Mantila (Finland).



The prizes will be awarded at the festival's closing party on February
3, 2001.