Discover the the Leading Market in the Nordics
Göteborg Film Festival, celebrating its 48th edition in 2025, is the premier film festival in the Nordics, attracting one of the world’s largest festival audiences. With a dedication to supporting filmmakers and pushing the boundaries of cinema, the festival offers a vibrant platform for professionals, filmmakers, and audiences. In 2024, the festival attracted over 270,000 visits, showcasing a diverse program of 250 films from 80 countries.
The festival hosts several major competitions, including the Nordic Competition, Ingmar Bergman Competition, and International Competition.
Göteborg Film Festival serves as the leading market for films and series in the Nordics, annually attracting over 2,000 industry delegates from more than 50 countries. Nordic Film Market showcases new and upcoming Nordic films and talents, TV Drama Vision, dedicated to drama series, brings together international business trends, creative talent, and key professionals, and the Nostradamus project presents foresight on the near future of the audiovisual sector.
Göteborg connects the Nordics with Europe and beyond.
Festival Dates
48th Göteborg Film Festival
January 24–February 2, 2025
Filmforum Sverige
January 25–26, 2025
TV Drama Vision
January 28–29, 2025
Nordic Film Market
January 29–31, 2025
Nordic Film Market
The world-leading marketplace for Nordic films, annually presenting a lineup of 60 feature films as market screenings, works in progress, and films in development seeking financing and co-production opportunities. With 500+ invited international buyers, sales agents, festival programmers, financiers, and producers, Nordic Film Market is a vibrant platform for discovering talent and international partnerships.
TV Drama Vision
Our conference and marketplace focusing on drama series, attracting delegates from across Europe. The boutique event offers exceptional networking with key industry players, featuring 50 European series in various stages of production, and insights from 100 speakers on trends, storytelling, audience engagement, and financing. Over two days at Hotel Draken, 750 attendees—commissioners, streamers, producers, financiers, creators and more—gather for a high-impact environment for connections and insights into the future of the industry.
Nostradamus
The Nostradamus Initiative forecasts the rapid shchangesfts in the audiovisual industries. Its annual, acclaimed Nostradamus Report, authored by industry analyst Johanna Koljonen, is based on in-depth research and interviews with key change-makers. Presented at major festivals and industry events, the report is a vital resource for film funds, agencies, and organizations, guiding the screen industries through upcoming challenges and opportunities. The initiative will further expand with the launch of the Nostradamus Collective in 2025.
Nordic Film Lab
Nordic Film Lab is an exclusive networking forum for emerging Nordic filmmakers, dedicated to exploring the artistic processes of filmmaking. Since 2008, the Göteborg Film Festival has nurtured this initiative, creating a unique platform for talented filmmakers to connect and collaborate. The year-long program fosters opportunities for participants to build future partnerships while engaging in deep discussions about creativity and the art of filmmaking.
Film Forum Sweden
Göteborg Film Festival's forum for the Swedish film industry, Filmforum Sverige, serves as a hub for inspiration and professional development. Through talks and networking, it fosters new visions and perspectives. The forum brings together a broad spectrum of the Swedish film industry during the festival's opening weekend.
Göteborg Film Fund
Göteborg Film Fund is an initiative with the aim to strengthen the film industry in countries or regions with an interesting cinema on a high artistic level, but with different economic or political challenges and precondition.
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