GötaFilm AB (est.1988) is one of the leading independent production companies in Scandinavia and acts as a creator, producer and co-producer of feature films, documentaries and TV-series. The company focuses on developing, financing and producing high quality drama and has a track record of both award winning and commercially successful films and TV-series. Since its foundation, GötaFilm has produced more than 20 features, 30 hours of TV-drama, 10 documentaries and 20 shorts.
The company has long experience of international co-productions. We have co-produced films and TV- series with Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, UK, Germany, France, Holland and Italy. Amongst our public financial supporters/investors are all the Nordic Filminstitutes and Nordic Film&TV Fund; Regional Funds like Film i Väst, Filmpool Nord, Film Fyn, Berlin-Brandenburg and Hamburg; TV-stations like SVT, TV4, Kanal 5, Canal+, DR, NRK, YLE, ZDF, ARTE, AVRO etc.
Our films are represented by Non-Stop, Trust, Nordisk Film, SF and SVT-sales.
GötaFilm also acts as line producer for international films wanting to shoot our do post production in west parts of Sweden (the Film i Väst-region).
Productions from GötaFilm has been screened on film festivals all over the world and received a number of awards both national and international.
2011
I MISS YOU premiered on Göteborg International Film Festival and won the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film - Audience choice. In March the film also received the Young People´s Jury´s award on BUFF Film Festival.
Both I MISS YOU and SIMON AND THE OAKS will open in the cinemas, distributed by nordisk Film this autumn. We have several new and exciting both national and international projects in development.
2010
The feature SIMON AND THE OAKS (Simon och ekarna) was shoot in Sweden and Germany with Lisa Ohlin as director. The script is written by Marni Blok and based on Marianne Fredriksson´s best selling novel. The film is a co-production between GötaFilm and AstaFilm/Denmark, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv/Germany and Filmkameratene/Norway.
The new episodes of SALTÖN was shown in Swedish Television during the winter and was once again appreciated by a big audience. COFFEE IN GDANSK competed in Göteborg International Film Festival.
2009
During the summer four new episodes of SALTÖN was shot with Lena Koppel as new director.
The feature film I MISS YOU (Jag saknar dig), written and directed by Anders Grönros, was co-produced with Garagefilm, Filmpool Nord and Kinoproduction OY/Finland. The script is based on the youth novel ”Jag saknar dig, Jag saknar dig” by Peter Pohl och Kinna Gieth.
Short film COFFEE IN GDANSK was shot in Poland with director Per-Anders Ring.
MARIA LARSSON´S EVERLASTING MOMENTS (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) was nominated for a Golden Globe and won five of awards at the national Swedish film awards Guldbaggen, among them Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress.
2008
MARIA LARSSON´S EVERLASTING MOMENTS (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) was Sweden’s choice for the foreign language Oscar, selected for Toronto Master Class and won Best Actress Award and Best Cinematography at Valladolid Film Festival in Spain. TV series HOW SOON IS NOW!? (Upp Till Kamp) won
Prix Italia 2008, FIPA D'OR Grand Prize 2008, Prix Circom Regional 2008,
EBU 2008 (For the most creative and innovative Drama-series 2007).
Shortfilm CAN´T COMPLAIN (Synd att klaga) competed in Göteborg Int Film Festival and shortfilm I AM GAY (Jag är bög) was shown in Swedish Television and in film festivals all around the world.
2007
MARIA LARSSON´S EVERLASTING MOMENTS (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick), written by Niklas Rådström and directed by Jan Troell, was shot during summer. The feature was a co-production with Final Cut/Denmark and Motlys/Norway. SALTÖN II och HOW SOON IS NOW!? (Upp Till Kamp) aired on Swedish Television. SALTÖN II was a huge success and HOW SOON IS NOW!? got fantastic reviews. CIAO BELLA competed in Berlinale, Generation 14+ och First Feature Award and was selected for Karlovy Vary.
2006
GötaFilm produced UPP TILL KAMP (How soon is now!?), in co-production with Swedish Television and Film i Väst, an epic TV drama (four episodes) about love, rebellion and growing up in an age when all is possible. CIAO BELLA , a humorous feature about teenage love during the world's biggest football tournament, the Gothia Cup, was produced together with Sandrew Metronome and Film i Väst.
GötaFilm also produced four more episodes of SALTÖN, dramatized and directed by Carin Mannheimer. The feature OFFSIDE, written by Oskar Söderlund and directed by Mårten Klingberg, was theatrically released in August with great success.
2005
GötaFilm produced the comedy OFFSIDE in association with MTV Mastiff, Sandrew Metronome, Svedish Television and Film i Väst with the support from the Swedish Film Institute and Nordic Film & TV Fund. The documentary REPETITIONER (Rehearsals) participated in the Joris Ivens Competition at IDFA, won the It's All True 2005 Award for Best International Documentary (Brazil) and was shown at YIDFF in Japan. The 5-hour TV-series SALTÖN was a great success and took 30% of the Swedish viewers.
2004
GötaFilm produced SALTÖN in co-production with Swedish Television and Film i Väst. The series is based on Viveca Lärn's novels and have been dramatized and directed by Carin Mannheimer. The final version of the documentary REPETITIONER (Rehearsals) by Michal Leszczylowski and Gunnar Källström was theatrically released. GötaFilm also co-produced the feature GAME OVER with KinoFinlandia/Finland, Film i Väst and Globe Film/UK. SOLISTERNA (The Soloists) won PRIX EUROPA Television Programme of the Year 2004 – TV Fiction. DETALJER (Details) won the national award "Guldbaggen" for best male actor.
2003
- SOLISTERNA (The Soloists) written by Åsa Lantz and directed by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen, a drama series in three parts for Swedish Television.
- SMALA SUSSIE (Slim Susie), a gangster-comedy by Ulf Malmros
- DETALJER (Details), based on a stage play by Lars Norén and directed by Kristian Petri, had theatrical release.
2002
- DETALJER (Details) a Swedish/Danish/English/Italian co-production.
- VIRUS IN PARADISE co-produced with Cipango/France, Film i Väst, CNC/France and others. A French mini-series (2 x 90´) for France 2 and SVT/Sweden.
- SMALA SUSSIE (Slim Susie) a gangster-comedy by Ulf Malmros.
- BÄST I SVERIGE (We can be heroes), was released in cinemas.
2001
- GÖTEBORGSDRAMAT, a joint venture, is formed together with MTV Mastiff; a first look-deal is formed with Sandrew/Metronome International.
- DET NYA LANDET (The New Country) received a number of International prices and took part than 100 festivals during 2001-2002.
- Won the Ecumenic Price at Berlin Film Festivaland the FIPA D'OR Grand Prize. A feature was released for an international market.
- THREE DAYS IN EUROPE, a documentary for TV about the EU-Summit in Gothenburg in June 2001.
- BÄST I SVERIGE (We can be heroes!), a feature by Ulf Malmros and Peter Birro.
1999-2000
- DET NYA LANDET (The New Country), a four part series for Swedish Television by Peter Birro and Lukas Moodysson, directed by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen. Won the PRIX EUROPA IRIS Multicultural Fiction Television Programme of the Year 2000, Best Nordic Film in Haugesund and a Swedish Guldbagge.
- OVANLIG VÄNSKAP, a film and a book by Annamaria Dahlöf
- THE LOVERS OF SAN FERNANDO, an epic documentary by Peter Torbiörnsson
- REPETITIONER (Rehearsals), documentary by Michal Leszczylowski and Gunnar Källström.
1998
- SJUKHUSET (The Hospital), 8-part documentary series for TV 4 by Anders Berggren and Carl Javér.
- HONOUR OF THE HOUSE, feature by Gudny Halldorsdottir, co-production with UmbiFilm/Iceland.
1997
- ELDSJÄLAR (Driving Forces), 5-part documentary by five directors for Swedish Television.
- SOMMARSPRÅNG, short film by Boel Amegrissi
- DRAKRESAN, by Ylva Julén for "Stockholm Cultural Capital of Europe 98".
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