In his decade at the helm of Scandinavia's leading film festival, Holmberg was known for achieving gender parity and for quirky gimmicks including 'coffin screenings' and an experiment with mass hypnosis.
Along the way, Holmberg has also transformed Göteborg into a hybrid event, with a digital platform running alongside its in-person screenings and its own, stand-alone streaming service, Draken Film, now Sweden’s leading VOD platform for arthouse movies. The board of Göteborg Film Festival has begun the search for his replacement.
“Next festival will be my tenth as artistic director. It has been a difficult decision, but it feels like a good moment to step aside,” said Holmberg. “We have successfully navigated through the pandemic, and both Göteborg Film Festival, alongside our industry platforms Nordic Film Market and TV Drama Vision, as well as Draken Film, are thriving. I will be leaving colleagues whom I admire and have learned a lot from, but before that, we will organize one last festival together.
Göteborg is Scandinavia’s largest film festival, drawing an annual audience of some 270,000, with around 2,000 industry attendees. The 47th Göteborg Film Festival runs from January 26 to February 4, 2024.
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