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Pia Lundberg is set to succeed Jonas Holmberg as the new artistic director of Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia's leading film event.

Pia Lundberg, a Swedish film industry veteran, is set to succeed Jonas Holmberg as the new artistic director of Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia’s leading film-TV event. Lundberg most recently served as counsellor for cultural affairs at the Embassy of Sweden in London for the last five years. A former journalist, Lundberg also served as head of international at …

Solitary cinema Not exactly paradise W HEN THE Goteborg Film Festival offered the chance for a film fan to spend seven days alone on an island, with only 60 films for company, the organisers weren’t sure if anyone would want to apply. The pandemic has been isolating enough, even for Swedes, who have yet to lock down like other Europeans. The lucky winner would not be able to bring a phone or contact friends and family during a week of stormy seas and dark Swedish winter. No one was expecting that the festival would get over 12,000 applications from 45 countries. Listen to this story

Search Swedish film festival to screen on remote island for audience of one Entertainment - By Reuters | February 2nd 2021 at 10:05:00 GMT +0300 Lisa Enroth. The Swedish nurse was chosen among 12,000 to be only attendee of Scandinavia's biggest film festival (Courtesy) Scandinavia’s biggest film festival is going ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic, but will be hosted on an isolated island and admit only one attendee - a healthcare worker, selected from 12,000 applicants. Swedish nurse and film fan Lisa Enroth was chosen to be the 2021 Gothenburg Film Festival’s castaway wh...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Lisa Enroth, 41, on her way to the festival. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images A Swedish nurse won a viral competition to watch the Gotëborg Film Festival from a remote lighthouse.  Lisa Enroth, 41, was chosen from over 12,000 applicants to enjoy the 60-film program.  She will spend one week at the lighthouse without access to her phone or computer.  A Swedish nurse has won a viral competition to become the s...