#GIFF14
by fanny-jahnke | created - 24 Jan 2014 | updated - 23 Apr 2014 | PublicFilms I attended at Gothenburg International Film Festival 2014
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1. Monica Z (2013)
111 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The world famous Swedish jazz singer, actress and icon Monica Zetterlund's life through stardom and hardship.
Director: Per Fly | Stars: Edda Magnason, Sverrir Gudnason, Kjell Bergqvist, Vera Vitali
Votes: 4,312
#GIFF14 Draken hade guldbaggevisningar tre dagar i rad inför filmfestivalen. Jag och Linn var där en kväll (15 januari 2014). Det var också manusförfattaren Peter Birro som hade Q&A efteråt.
2. The Book Thief (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Drama, War
While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer
Votes: 142,216 | Gross: $21.49M
#GIFF14 Såg (gratis) på Lilla Filmfestivalen den 19 januari 2014 ensam.
3. Something Must Break (2014)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.
Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark | Stars: Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani, Mattias Åhlén
Votes: 1,597
#GIFF14 Den 22 januari på Draken med alla volontärer på #GIFF14. Vi var de första i världen att se den på storduk. Även min första 2014-film.
4. Exhibition (2013)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.
Director: Joanna Hogg | Stars: Viv Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom Hiddleston, Sirine Saba
Votes: 1,567
#GIFF14. Såg den 24 januari på Folkteatern tillsammans med Josefine och Johan (oplanerat). Efteråt var det Q&A med regissören Joanna Hogg.
5. The Great Beauty (2013)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso
Votes: 97,311 | Gross: $2.85M
#GIFF14. Såg den på Draken den 24 januari.
6. Vi (2013)
92 min | Drama
This is a story of IDA and KRISTER. It's about a relationship that goes to hell. They are both crazy in love but manage to strangle the supply of oxygen and adapt to each other in a way that will lead to catastrophic consequences.
Director: Mani Maserrat-Agah | Stars: Gustaf Skarsgård, Anna Åström, Rebecca Ferguson, Kevin Vaz
Votes: 1,058
#GIFF14. Såg på mitt arbetspass på Biopalatset den 25 januari.
7. Belated (2013)
102 min | Drama
On a tobacco plantation, Ernesto and Helena, who have been married for several years, receive a visit from Joaquín, her cousin, who has just come out of rehabilitation and creates a love triangle situation.
Director: Barbara Sarasola-Day | Stars: Luis Ziembrowski, Alejandro Buitrago, María Ucedo, Marta Lubos
Votes: 85
#GIFF14. Såg på mitt arbetspass på Biopalatset den 25 januari.
8. Knucklebonehead (2012)
76 min | Documentary
Oscar is 40 years old teacher whose Jekyll and Hyde lifestyle starts to cast a shadow on his family life. Just when he is starting to show signs of calming down following the birth of his ... See full summary »
Director: Oskari Pastila | Stars: Olavi Paananen, Jarno Karjalainen, Peppe Bergström, Amos Martimo
Votes: 58
#GIFF14. Såg på mitt arbetspass på Biopalatset den 25 januari.
9. The Invisible Woman (2013)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.
Director: Ralph Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander
Votes: 10,461 | Gross: $1.23M
#GIFF14. Såg på Stora Teatern den 25 januari. Ralph Fiennes var där i egen hög person och presenterade filmen, samt höll en masterclass efteråt.
10. Hotel (2013)
97 min | Drama
Erika has it all: a good job, lots of friends and a secure relationship. Until the day it all falls apart. Suddenly this perfect life means nothing, and the feelings she once was able to ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Langseth | Stars: Alicia Vikander, David Dencik, Anna Bjelkerud, Mira Eklund
Votes: 2,592
#GIFF14. Såg på Stadsmuséet den 26/1.
11. The Last Black Sea Pirates (2013)
72 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
The Last Black Sea Pirates swim in testosterone and rugged tenderness in a land of wilderness and legends, far from civilization. For 20 years, Captain Jack The Whale and his crew have been... See full summary »
Director: Svetoslav Stoyanov
Votes: 188
#GIFF14. Såg under mitt pass på Biopalatset den 26 januari.
12. A Castle in Italy (2013)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
A family is forced to sell their Italian home.
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Louis Garrel, Filippo Timi, Marisa Borini
Votes: 1,253
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Draken den 26 januari.
13. Felix (I) (2013)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
'Billy Elliot with sax meets Buena Vista Social Club in Cape Town, South Africa.' 13-Year-old Felix dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father, Zweli, of the famous Bozza Boys ... See full summary »
Director: Roberta Durrant | Stars: Hlayani Junior Mabasa, Linda Sokhulu, Thapelo Mofokeng, Royston Stoffels
Votes: 329
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Biopalatset den 27 januari.
14. Filth (I) (2013)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots
Votes: 115,733 | Gross: $0.03M
#GIFF14. Såg med Zarah på Chalmers 27 januari.
15. Vive la France (2014)
82 min | Documentary, Crime, Family
Kua and Teriki will soon get married. They live on the distant Tureia island in the French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean and have just been told that something is wrong with their son Maokis ... See full summary »
Directors: Helgi Felixson, Titti Johnson | Stars: Kua, Teariki
Votes: 23
#GIFF14. Såg under mitt pass på Biopalatset den 27 januari.
16. Le Week-End (2013)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Jim Broadbent, Jeff Goldblum, Igor Gotesman
Votes: 8,689 | Gross: $2.22M
#GIFF14. Såg med Zarah på Biopalatset 27 januari.
17. Child of God (2013)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dispossessed, violent man's disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Scott Haze, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Steve Hunter
Votes: 4,393 | Gross: $0.04M
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på draken den 27 januari. (första dagen jag såg fem filmer)
18. Echoes from the Dead (2013)
99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Julia has lived with the guilt of her son's disappearance for 21 years. As she returns to her childhood home on Öland, old truths and lies are stirred up. Who can she trust, and what happened to her 5-year old son?
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Lena Endre, Tord Peterson, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Iggy Malmborg
Votes: 1,163
#GIFF14. Såg på mitt pass den 28 januari.
19. Studentfesten (2013)
99 min | Comedy
1994. Three overage students go on a wild ride while crashing graduation parties.
Director: Simon Sandquist | Stars: Anastasios Soulis, Anna Åström, Henrik Lundström, Filip Berg
Votes: 1,330
#GIFF14. Såg på mitt pass den 28 januari.
20. Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy
A young man named Guillaume finds out that own personality is not such a simple thing.
Director: Guillaume Gallienne | Stars: Guillaume Gallienne, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian, Nanou Garcia
Votes: 8,042
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Chalmers den 28 januari.
21. Amazonia (2013)
G | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After a plane crash, Saï, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity, finds himself alone and lost in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle.
Director: Thierry Ragobert | Stars: Martin Sheen, Isabelle Drummond, Lúcio Mauro Filho, Maria Jark
Votes: 1,107
#GIFF14. Såg med Oskar (från filmvetenskapsklassen) på Biopalatset 28 januari.
22. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Votes: 518,784 | Gross: $27.30M
#GIFF14. Såg med Zarah, Linn och Erik på Draken den 28 januari.
23. Patema Inverted (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shintarô Ôhata, Shin'ya Fukumatsu
Votes: 10,202
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Biopalatset den 29 januari.
24. Class Enemy (2013)
112 min | Drama
Relations between the students and the new teacher of German are extremely tense. When one female student commits suicide, her schoolmates blame the teacher for her death. An awareness that... See full summary »
Director: Rok Bicek | Stars: Igor Samobor, Natasa Barbara Gracner, Tjasa Zeleznik, Masa Derganc
Votes: 2,284
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Biopalatset den 29 januari.
25. R100 (2013)
Unrated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A man in search of joy hires a bondage club to have dominatrices surprise him at random times.
Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto | Stars: Nao Ômori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima, Hairi Katagiri
Votes: 2,892 | Gross: $0.02M
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Folkan den 29 januari.
26. The Zero Theorem (2013)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless. But meaning is what he already craves.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Christoph Waltz, Lucas Hedges, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis
Votes: 49,632 | Gross: $0.22M
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Biopalatset den 29 januari.
27. The Weight of Elephants (2013)
83 min | Drama
The sensitive, bullied and lonely Adrian (10) is living with his grandmother and sick uncle. He finds a friendship with a new mysterious neighbor Nicole (10). Is she one of the abducted children that they keep talking about on TV?
Director: Daniel Borgman | Stars: Demos Murphy, Angelina Cottrell, Catherine Wilkin, Matthew Sunderland
Votes: 385
#GIFF14. Såg under mitt pass på Biopalatset den 29 januari.
28. Eskil & Trinidad (2013)
104 min | Drama, Family
11-year-old Eskil and his father Roger moves around the power plants in northern Sweden. When they're about to move again, Eskil doesn't care where. But this time, he meets two people that changes everything.
Director: Stephan Apelgren | Stars: Linus Oscarsson, Torkel Petersson, Ann Petrén, Iben Hjejle
Votes: 186
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Capitol den 30 januari.
29. Love Me (2013)
80 min | Drama
A look at how a young woman's unresolved issues with her father impacts her relationship.
Director: Hanne Myren | Stars: Ahmed Maged, Julia Wildschut
Votes: 37
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Folkan den 30 januari.
30. The Dinner (2013)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
Two well-to-do couples with plenty to lose have dinner to discuss the gruesome act their teenage sons may or may not have committed together.
Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: Thekla Reuten, Daan Schuurmans, Jacob Derwig, Jonas Smulders
Votes: 2,584
#GIFF14. Såg under mitt pass på Biopalatset den 30 januari.
31. Gare du Nord (2013)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Every day, Ismael (Reda Kateb) is dazzled, fascinated and exhausted by his favourite place: the Gare du Nord in Paris.
Director: Claire Simon | Stars: Nicole Garcia, Reda Kateb, François Damiens, Monia Chokri
Votes: 291
#GIFF14. Såg på mitt pass på biopalatset den 31 januari 2014.
32. Remake (II) (2014)
73 min | Drama
Lisa's life is a movie. Everything she experiences she captures on film. Recording every memory, every step, everyone she meets. As Martin's and Lisa's relationship fall apart, the exhibitionist Lucas makes an entrance in the view-finder.
Directors: Per Gavatin, Andreas Öhman | Stars: Lisa Henni, Martin Wallström, Lucas Hazlett
Votes: 211
#GIFF14. Såg med Linn på Bio Roy. Världspremiär. Andreas Öhman och de andra i teamet var där.
33. Labor Day (2013)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg
Votes: 51,276 | Gross: $13.36M
#GIFF14. Såg med Philip på Chalmers den 31 jan.
34. Her (2013)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara
Votes: 668,629 | Gross: $25.57M
#GIFF14. Såg med Philip på Chalmers den 31 jan.
35. August: Osage County (2013)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 95,286 | Gross: $37.74M
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Chalmers den 1 feb
36. Tommy (I) (2014)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A week before Christmas, Estelle lands at Arlanda Airport. A year earlier, she had left Stockholm on the run with her husband Tommy and their daughter, after Tommy had taken part in one of ... See full summary »
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Moa Gammel, Lykke Li, Ola Rapace, Alexej Manvelov
Votes: 1,210
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Draken den 1 feb. Världpremiär. Q&A med regissören och hela gänget efteråt.
37. The Man Who Made Angels Fly (2013)
64 min | Documentary
At the age of five, Michael Meschke and his family escaped from Nazi Germany to Sweden. From there, after graduation, he set off around the world, traveling with his puppet ensemble for over six decades.
Director: Wiktoria Szymanska | Stars: Michael Meschke, Elisabeth Beijer Meschke, Irène Jacob, Michaela Meschke
Votes: 17
#GIFF14. Såg under mitt pass på Biopalatset. den 1 februari. Efteråt var det Q&A med regissören Wiktoria Szymanska.
38. Locke (2013)
R | 85 min | Drama
Ivan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call on the eve of the biggest challenge of his career that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his carefully cultivated existence.
Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott
Votes: 159,456 | Gross: $1.36M
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Draken den 2 feb. Q&A med regissören efteråt.
39. All Is Lost (2013)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Star: Robert Redford
Votes: 83,780 | Gross: $6.26M
#GIFF14. Såg ensam på Draken den 2 feb.
40. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.
Director: Frank Pavich | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss
Votes: 27,498 | Gross: $0.65M
#GIFF14. Sista filmen jag såg på mitt pass på biopalatset den 2 feb.
41. Short Term 12 (2013)
R | 96 min | Drama
A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever
Votes: 91,752 | Gross: $1.01M
#GIFF14. Såg med Linn på Draken den 2 feb.
42. Of Horses and Men (2013)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with immense consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Charlotte Bøving, Johann Pall Oddson, Kristbjörg Kjeld
Votes: 3,493 | Gross: $0.01M
#GIFF14. Avslutade festivalen på Draken med Linn den 3 februari då vi såg vinnaren av publikens val för bästa nordiska långfilm.
43. The Lunchbox (2013)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey
Votes: 60,790 | Gross: $4.23M
#GIFF14. Denna filmen förhandsvisades för festivalens plusmedlemmar på Bio Capitol den 23 april 2014.
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