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Göteborg: Thomas Vinterberg & Julie Delpy Set For Honorary Awards, Eirik Svensson To Open Fest

Eirik Svensson will open the festival with his latest film 'Safe House.'

Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival will open with a world premiere screening of Norweigan filmmaker Eirik Svensson’s latest feature Safe House (Før mørket). Set during the Central African Republic’s civil war in 2013, the film centers on a desperate Muslim man seeking refuge in a field hospital on Christmas Eve, while a threatening Christian militia gathers outside, demanding his life. The festival has said it is honoring Vinterberg for his deft talent for portraying “deeply human and complex emotions” and “challenging audiences to confront themselves” with films like The Celebration, The Hunt, Another Round, and Dear Wendy.

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