Mohammad Rasoulof

Risks imprisonment – directed in secret

Mohammad Rasoulof is threatened with flogging and a long prison sentence if he returns to Iran. But it's not because of this that the Oscar-nominated director has chosen to go into exile. If I'm in prison, I can't make my films, he says.

Ali Abbasi's film can win a César

The Movies You Must See at the Gothenburg Festival

270 films from 80 countries are shown at Sweden's largest festival, which begins tonight. This year with a new artistic leader: Pia Lundberg. Here are the highlights of the Gothenburg Film Festival where Oscar favorites get a sneak premiere and Wilmer X rubs shoulders with Dylan.

Thomas Vinterberg is celebrated in Gothenburg

Thomas Vinterberg receives the honorary prize Nordic Honorary Dragon Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival, which is now releasing its program.

Iran-critical film shown at Gothenburg Film Festival

The regime-critical Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof will be one of the main guests at the Gothenburg Film Festival, which will showcase his film "The Fruits of the Sacred Tree".

Two Swedish directors have a chance at the European Film Awards

Levan Akins' "Passage" and Magnus von Horn's "The Girl with the Needle" are two of the films that have a chance to be nominated for this year's European Film Awards, according to Variety.