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The films I saw at Göteborg Film Festival 2024
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- DirectorAkihiro TodaStarsRuka IshikawaYuki KuraYûki MorinagaA woman is driven to shroud her identity, caught in a web of secrecy. As she conceals herself, the intricate layers of her hidden life unravel, revealing her
- DirectorSébastien VanicekStarsThéo ChristineSofia LesaffreJérôme NielResidents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAnaïs DemoustierEdouard BaerJonathan CohenA French journalist meets the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí on several occasions for a documentary project that never came to be.
- DirectorIvan OstrochovskýPavol PekarcikStarsNikita TyshchenkoViktoriia MatsYana Yevdokymova12-year-old Niki and 11-year old Vika are hiding from the terrifying war at a Kharkiv metro station. Daylight is synonymous with mortal danger, and they are not allowed to leave, living under the constant glow of their neon lights.
- DirectorDemián RugnaStarsEzequiel RodríguezDemián SalomónSilvina SabaterIn a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to "give birth" to evil itself. They decide to get rid of the body, only to end up unintentionally spreading chaos.
- DirectorThea HvistendahlStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieBahar ParsOn a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
- DirectorJérémie PérinStarsLéa DruckerMathieu AmalricDaniel Njo LobéSet in the 23rd century on Mars, the plot follows the investigation on a murder case carried out by the couple formed by private investigator Aline Ruby and her android companion Carlos Rivera.
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsCate BlanchettAswan ReidDeborah MailmanA nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.
- DirectorRainer SarnetStarsUrsel TilkEster KuntuKaarel PoggaA guard on the Soviet-Chinese border who, after surviving a deadly attack, decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's capable of becoming the enlightened man he set out to be.
- DirectorIsabel HergueraStarsMiren ArrietaRanjitha RajeevanManu KhuranaInés sets out on a voyage of discovery around India in search of Ladyland, the Utopian land of women.
- DirectorEllen FiskeIt tells the story of Christian ex-fundamentalists. They gather at a retreat and try to free themselves from the communities they were born into.
- DirectorDK WelchmanHugh WelchmanStarsKamila UrzedowskaRobert GulaczykMiroslaw BakaJagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village - a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.
- DirectorTonya NoyabrovaStarsKaryna KhymchukMaksim MikhaylichenkoNatalia LazebnikovaKira is living her life with the teenage confidence that the world revolves around her. Born and raised in the late Soviet Ukraine, she sees her life predictable and clear. But it doesn't last long.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.
- DirectorEna SendijarevicStarsHayati AzisRenée SoutendijkFlorian MyjerTumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid.
- DirectorAnna HintsStarsKadi KiviloMaria MeresaarElsa SaksIn the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
- DirectorKilian RiedhofStarsPaula BeerBekim LatifiDamian HardungStella, grows up in Berlin during the rule of the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer, despite all the repressive measures she is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, her life turns into a culpable tragedy.
- DirectorSean Price WilliamsStarsTalia RyderEarl CaveSimon RexA picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.
- DirectorJessica HausnerStarsMia WasikowskaKsenia DevriendtLuke BarkerA teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
- DirectorVincent PerezStarsRoschdy ZemDoria TillierGuillaume GallienneParis, 1887. Duels have been officially outlawed but are still regular practice. For many, they are the only way to defend their honor. Fencing master Clément Lacaze tries in vain to prevent his nephew from engaging in an uneven duel with the more experienced Colonel Berchère. Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre, a feminist fighting for women's equality, tries to show that honor is not just a male affair. Actor and director Vincent Perez's historical film makes excellent use of various forms of duels - with épées, pistols, and sabres on horseback.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsNatalie PortmanChris TenzisCharles MeltonTwenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
- DirectorPaul DuaneStarsSimone CollinsCharlie MaherCatherine SigginsA young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they surreptitiously record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past.
- DirectorBenjamin ReeStarsZoe CroftKelsey EllisonEd LarkinMats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.
- DirectorNiclas LarssonStarsEwan McGregorRhys IfansTaylor RussellThree children are brought together when their mother refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store.
- DirectorSophia BöschSkalde lives in a small rural community, far from a world that may no longer exist. She is an interloper in her own home, having been born to an 'outsider' mother and therefore marked by a social stigma she cannot easily erase. Displaying a loyalty to the codes of the community, she has earned the respect of the village elder. However, when she encounters a mysterious girl in the local woods, Skalde risks everything by befriending her, eventually giving the girl a home. She attempts to hide her subterfuge to maintain her standing with the villagers, but her plans threaten to unravel.
- DirectorOle BornedalStarsFanny Leander BornedalNikolaj Coster-WaldauAlex Høgh AndersenMartin's daughter, Emma, takes up a night watch job to find out what happened to her parents almost thirty years ago. A meeting with Wörmer in his cell pulls the serial killer out of his coma and sets in motion a chain of fateful events.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsJosh O'ConnorCarol DuarteVincenzo NemolatoA group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
- DirectorJames ErskineRachel RamsayStarsElvira AracenBrandi ChastainBirte KjemsTold by the pioneering women who participated, this is the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women's Soccer World Cup, a tournament witnessed by record crowds that has been written out of sporting history - until now.
- DirectorRaphaël BalboniAnn SirotStarsLucie DebayLazare GousseauVincent LecuyerRémy and Sandra are unable to conceive a child as they suffer from the "Past Love Syndrome". In order to be cured, they only have one solution: they have to sleep once again with each and every one of their past lovers.
- DirectorAlice Maio MackayStarsChris AsimosJoni Ayton-KentStanley BrowningAncient parasites rise from a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible hosts. A young filmmaker finds herself as the only one who can sense the possessed resistance before the horror escapes and spreads.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsAnthony HopkinsLena OlinJohnny FlynnSir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
- DirectorJee-woon KimStarsSong Kang-hoLim Soo-jungOh Jung-seDescribed as an experimental and genre-defying drama shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha KrookA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
- DirectorPatrik EklundStarsJimmy LindströmDaysury ValenciaCecilia NilssonThe time of change is on the threshold for fifty-three-year-old Kaj, who recently has started to question his authority as Sensei. After a workplace accident, Kaj is forced to find a way out of the past and a way into the present.
- DirectorKarin Franz KörlofStarsWilliam W. WåhlströmTo attract new members to the church, a bizarre event is organized where a young man is to fall from the church tower. The young man already has a large group of followers, and in the region, no one wants to miss this fascinating event.
- DirectorAmin Zouiten
- DirectorAgnes SkonareStarsGarance MarillierEva JohanssonAmalia HolmOn a vibrating train station, a young woman desperately tries to get rid of a baby she claims isn't hers.
- DirectorSimon VahlneStarsJosephine Kylén CollinsUlf AhlbergJonas CarlbergHired to shoot a tourism campaign in Sweden, American photographer Nick accidentally steps into an ongoing culture war the small town is engulfed in.
- DirectorOlga KrüssenbergOn the Norwegian island of Svalbard, home to the world's northernmost permanent human settlement, time both stands still and is running out. In this meticulously shot study of how climate change is reshaping even the sturdiest environments, Olga Krüssenberg focuses on locals, who are surrounded by processes beyond their control and are forced to rethink the world they once knew.
- DirectorBalder LjunggrenStarsFelix GöranssonTherese KjellgrenAurora KurtiA girl disappears without a trace while playing with her friend. The friend is asked to explain how it happened, but the adults around him find it hard to believe his story.