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Göteborg Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup, Sets Sidse Babett Knudsen Honor and Thierry Fremaux-Ruben Ostlund Conversation
Göteborg Festival honors Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ewan McGregor, opens with Norwegian competition title ‘Handling the Undead.’
Among the highly anticipated titles vying for the coveted Best Nordic Film Dragon Award worth SEK 400,000 ($39,000), is Norway’s “Handling the Undead” by Thea Hvistendahl, set to kickstart the festival on the heels of its Sundance world premiere. Further Nordic Dragon contenders take in real-event inspired “Madame Luna,” from Sweden’s “Morbius” director Daniel Espianosa, about an Eritrean refugee who, trapped in Libya, becomes a notorious human trafficker. Göteborg will close with the screening of the heart-warming Danish drama “Meeting in Rome” by Niklas Bendixen, in which Rolf Lassgård and Kristian Halken play Bodil Jørgensen’s love interests.
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