“The Danish Girl” helmer to get Goteborg’s Honorary Dragon Award

PanARMENIAN.Net - Tom Hooper, whose latest film “The Danish Girl” has been nominated for four Oscars, will receive the Honorary Dragon Award at Göteborg Film Festival, Variety reports.

“The Danish Girl” will have its Swedish premiere at the festival. The London-born helmer, who won an Oscar for “The King’s Speech” in 2010, will be present in Goteborg to receive the honorary prize.

As previously announced, Tobias Lindholm’s “A War,” Mads Matthiesen’s “The Model” and Rúnar Rúnarsson’s “Sparrows” are among the eight Nordic films set to compete for a Dragon Award.

Other Dragon Award nominees include Måns Månsson’s “The Yard,” Martin Zandvliet’s “Land of Mine,”Hanna Sköld’s “Granny’s Dancing on the Table,” Aleksi Salmenperä’s “The Mine” and Rune Denstad Langlo’s “Welcome to Norway!”

Goteborg will also showcase eight directorial debuts which will compete for the Ingmar Bergman Intl. Debut Award. The lineup of first films comprises Brady Corbet’s “The Childhood of a Leader,” Yaelle Kayam’s “Mountain” and Senem Tüzen’s “Motherland.”

Other pics running for the Ingmar Bergman kudo include Pietro Marcello’s “Lost and Beautiful,” Nino Basilia’s “Anna’s Life,” Philippe Lesage’s “The Demons,” Pimpaka Towira’s “The Island Funeral” and Mirjana Karanovic’s “A Good Wife.”

On top of highlighting Italy with a retrospective of Swedish helmer Roy Andersson’s favorite Italo pics, Goteborg will also turn the spotlight on Nigerian film production.