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Jan Lumholdt


307 articles available in total starting from 15/03/2018. Last article published on 05/06/2025.

Pia Lundberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

Interview: Pia Lundberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

"All this talk of cinema crises - none of that can be noticed during these ten days"

The Swedish festival’s newly appointed artistic director shares some highlights from her first year in office  

03/02 | Göteborg 2025

Review: Kevlar Soul

Review: Kevlar Soul

Maria Eriksson-Hecht crafts a vibrant and intimate feature debut revolving around a tried-and-tested theme  

31/01 | Göteborg 2025

Crossing scoops the top prize at the Guldbagge Awards

Crossing scoops the top prize at the Guldbagge Awards

Levan Akin has scored another Best Film win, beating out the audience favourite, Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson’s The Last Journey  

14/01 | Festivals | Awards | Sweden

Göteborg unveils its 2025 edition

Göteborg unveils its 2025 edition

Alongside a selection of Nordic treats, Thomas Vinterberg and Julie Delpy will be special honourees, with Mohammad Rasoulof being a highlight of the “Disobedience” focus  

07/01 | Göteborg 2025

Daniel Espinosa • Director of The Helicopter Heist

Interview: Daniel Espinosa • Director of The Helicopter Heist

“I’m known and regarded as an OK guy who makes cool movies with an emphatic depiction of these surroundings”

We found out how the heist miniseries took the Swedish director on a journey that sometimes saw him cross paths with his own past  

22/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024

Series review: The Helicopter Heist

Series review: The Helicopter Heist

A 2009 cash caper involving a helicopter and some noticeably polite baddies is turned into an exhilarating rollercoaster ride, created by Daniel Espinosa and Ronnie Sandahl  

21/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024

Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the Rocks

Interview: Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the Rocks

“'Are you interested in humour?' producer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer asked. I read five pages and was good to go”

The Swedish director breaks down his process of turning a 1981 Cold War story into a wacky satirical comedy  

20/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024

Jesper Ganslandt • Director of Cry Wolf

Interview: Jesper Ganslandt • Director of Cry Wolf

“I almost get restless if I don’t test out something new now and again”

The Swedish festival regular behind Falkenberg Farewell, The Ape and other more auteur-driven titles discusses his new crime series  

20/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024

Series review: Whiskey on the Rocks

Series review: Whiskey on the Rocks

Director Björn Stein offers a burlesque account of a very real international skirmish involving a nuclear-tipped Soviet submarine hitting Swedish waters back in Cold War 1981  

19/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024

Nickel Boys wins the Stockholm Bronze Horse

Nickel Boys wins the Stockholm Bronze Horse

RaMell Ross’s historical 1960s drama film has won the top prize at the 35th edition, while Peacock by Bernhard Wenger scooped Best First Feature  

18/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024 | Awards

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