29th Göteborg Film Festival (2006)
Göteborg Film Festival 27 Jan - 6 Feb 2006, complete list
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobbie RobertsonMuddy WatersNeil YoungA film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.
- DirectorSturla GunnarssonStarsHringur IngvarssonSpencer WildingStellan SkarsgårdIn Denmark, during the 6th century, Danish king Hrothgar and his warriors kill a troll whose son, Grendel, vows revenge.
- DirectorSuzanne OstenStarsJan MalmsjöGhita NørbyErland JosephsonIn a sanatorium for people in their 60s, Walter meets Virginia and falls in love, but his boyish invitations only upset her. In another attempt to capture her interest he directs "Romeo and Juliet" starring the residents of the sanatorium.
- DirectorDagur KáriStarsJakob CedergrenNicolas BroTilly Scott PedersenA young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through times and struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsBent MejdingAnders W. BerthelsenJens Jørn SpottagA boy, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., challenges a repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.
- DirectorAmir ChamdinErik EgerStarsNina PerssonAmir ChamdinJulia AleniusImmigrant Juan meets Finnish tango singer Juli in the summer of 1975 in Stockholm, and romance blooms.
- DirectorAleksi MäkeläStarsJasper PääkkönenElina HietalaJuha VeijonenA ski jumper descends from winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with allegations of domestic violence are fictionalized sympathetically in this dramedy. Alleged exploitation/manipulation of Matti, due to his naivety and gullibility, along with deterioration of his skiing ability due to heavy drinking and bad decisions is emphasized. Many Matti malapropisms a la Yogi Berra, attributed to the Finnish skiing legend, are employed as biopic comic dialogue.
- DirectorUlrik Imtiaz RolfsenStarsEmil MarwaKhawar Gomi SadiqAssad SiddiqueIzzat (honor), the concept of honor in North India and Pakistan.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsMaría Fernández AcheKharl Anton LeighPeter CoyoteA husband and wife tangle with an investigator over her dead brother's million-dollar insurance policy.
- DirectorAnders BankeStarsPetra NielsenCarl-Åke ErikssonGrete HavnesköldVampires terrorize a city in Norrbotten.
- DirectorErik GandiniTarik SalehLooks at the link between Guantanomo Bay and the torture methods used in Iraq. How US forces handle the task of retrieving information from the detainees. Ex detainee Mehdi from Sweden breaks his vow of silence.
- DirectorSusanna EdwardsStarsMårten KlingbergPjotr GiroRobert JelinekA married man and a free spirit find love - and tragedy - in this powerful, bittersweet gay love story that was inspired by a real-life 1997 hate crime.
- DirectorÅsa BlanckJohan PalmgrenStarsFolke SilvénPeter KleinwichsMax WejstorpA substitute teacher working in the suburbs of Stockholm finds himself increasingly disillusioned about his job. He calls his mentor, a 75-year-old veteran, who travels to Stockholm. Together they try to make a difference in the students' lives.
- DirectorJon LindströmStarsPeter HaberAmanda RenbergPer MattssonHomeless man finds a bag with half a million in cash.
- DirectorRafael EdholmStarsAndreas WilsonSara SommerfeldHassan BrijanyJojo is out of money and must work for his stepfather's shady car dealership to pick up a car that belongs to a Russian gangster.
- DirectorAlexander KamionskySam KlebanovVasily MaslennikovThe story of instant volunteers - ordinary people, who in the middle of the chaos, destruction and confusions after the tsunami hit Sri Lanka, decided to act and help victims along the coastline
- DirectorCecilia ParsbergMaj WechselmannStarsK.G. HammarMaj Wechselmann and Cecilia Parsberg travel around Israel and listen to Palestinians' stories about their difficult everyday lives. People whose houses have been destroyed and whose land has either been taken from them.
- DirectorBengt BörjesonStarsBengt BörjesonIvar DahlbergLennart ErikssonA documentary about a Swedish diving club's expedition to the Red Sea in 1955.
- DirectorMai ZetterlingStarsHarriet AnderssonGunnel LindblomGio PetréThree expectant mothers think back over their sex lives.
- DirectorMai ZetterlingStarsIan EllisJoseph RobinsonTwo boys quarrel about a toy pistol. The game becomes serious. On the roof in a skyskraper district they risk their lifes for the toy pistol.
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmAugust FalckEdith ErastoffTerje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
- DirectorVictor Bergdahl
- DirectorWaldemar J. Adams
- DirectorCecilia ActisA colorful animated documentary on graffiti.