Göteborg International Film Festival 2008

Göteborg International Film Festival


New name, same CEO Åsa Larsson, CEO of Göteborg International Film Festival, has married and at the same time changed her last name to Bernlo. We congratulate her and remind those who aim to e-mail her to use the principle: first name.last name@filmfestival.org Post production support decisions 2008 Göteborg International Film Festival Fund in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, SIDA, supports film makers living and working in countries in transition. Eight film projects were chosen for post production support in May, out of around 100 applications submitted. The fund's next deadline is October 1 2008 - for development support. Read more here» Read more about the fund here»		Filmkonst 111 - Bergman A must-have Bergman reference book. Texts about, and photographs from, all of the 49 feature films in our big Bergman Retrospective at this year's festival. Further it also contains photos by Ola Kjelbye from Fårö island. The preface contains contributions from Festival Director Marit Kapla, former festival director Gunnar Bergdahl, and directors Ang Lee, Woody Allen, Andrea Arnold and Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Buy it here by e-mail.
Thank you all! This year's festival is over, and we would like to thank all involved for making it possible! We would also like to thank the audience for the interest and commitment displayed at film screenings and seminars. Now we start to plan next year's festival. Welcome back! Things lost and found during the festival are now to be found at our office at Heurlins plats. You can still have a look at the film programme here» (in Swedish) And you can down load the programme here» (in Swedish, PDF 22MB) You can down load the Catalogue here» (in English, PDF 12MB)		New record when festival closes The 31st Göteborg International Film Festival has come to an end and it is time for som facts and figures. This year 124 000 tickets were sold for 750 screenings of 450 films from 67 different countries. 30 488 member ship cards were sold. This means that the festival manifests its strong position on the high - and even increases ticket sales with 6000 and memberships with 3 488. Read more here»