March 11 2010

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Gothenburg International Film Festival, Goteborg, Sweden

Start: Jan 29 2010 - 14:03

End: Feb 8 2010 - 14:03

Timezone: Etc/GMT

The Gothenburg International Film Festival is one of the biggest events on the northern-European film circuit. Featuring a juried international competition with a Nordic focus, seminars and social events, it is held at various cinemas and venues across the city.

It awards a number of prizes, including the Nordic Competition Award, a cinematography prize and a screenplay prize. The standard of both screenings and extramural events is very high and the festival is one of the main meeting points for the Scandinavian film industry.

There are balls and parties at all the major hotels along the beach, including the Copacabana Palace, Excelsior, Le Méridian and the Sofitel Rio Palace. The hotels stay open all night, serving champagne breakfasts from around 3am on 1 January. One word of advice, though: you should go dressed in white, a religious tradition that is well entrenched. If you don't, you will stand out like a sore thumb.

Around two million people are expected on Copacabana beach and therefore organisation of transport in and out of the area is vital. Roads are blocked to traffic from 6pm on 31 December until 4am on 1 January. There are taxis, tourist buses drop people off and urban buses have free access. To use the metro you must buy a special ticket in advance from certain stations. Check which stations will be open when you buy your ticket.

Visit http://www.goteborg.filmfestival.org

*Event details can change. Please check with the organisers that the event is happening before making travel arrangements.

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Latitude: 57.701328
Longitude: 11.966890
City: Gothenburg
State: Sweden
Country: SE

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