Sweden’s Goteborg Film Festival is famous for the social experiments it does on its audiences – and the 2022 edition will be no different.
For this year’s event, the festival will experiment with mass hypnosis in an attempt to “transform the audience’s state of mind in accordance with the mood and theme” of each film.
Films due to be screened at the 2022 festival include Memorial starring Tilda Swindon and Christian Tafdrup’s psychological thriller Speak No Evil.
Goteborg’s artistic director Jonas Homburg said the experiment is meant to “raise questions about submission, transgression, and control”.
In a trailer for Goteborg’s Hypnotic Cinema, prospective attendees are asked: “Do you dare let go of control?” The experiment, meanwhile, is described as “mind-bending”.
In previous years, Goteborg audiences have been locked in coffins to test the limits of claustrophobia, while the notion of social isolation was taken to a new level when a single viewer was stranded for a week on an island in the North Sea. Films due to be screened at the 2022 festival include Memorial starring Tilda Swindon and Christian Tafdrup’s psychological thriller Speak No Evil.
The chosen film enthusiast spent seven days of total isolation on the island of Amnesia, sleeping in Peter Nosher, a former lighthouse that has been converted into luxury accommodation and a cinema.
The guest was not allowed to bring a computer, phone, or even a book to the island. “You can watch the waves, and you can watch the films,” said Homburg at the time.
Goteborg begins on 28 January 2022 and will feature more than 200 films from 80 countries.
Sweden's Goteborg Film Festival is renowned for the social examinations it does on its crowds – and the 2022 version will be the same.
During the current year's occasion, the celebration will explore different avenues regarding mass entrancing, trying to "change the crowd's perspective as per the disposition and subject" of each film.
Films due to be screened at the 2022 celebration incorporate Memorial featuring Tilda Swindon and Christian Tafdrup's thrill ride Speak No Evil.
Goteborg's imaginative chief Jonas Homburg said the examination is intended to "bring up issues about accommodation, offense, and control".
In a trailer for Goteborg's Hypnotic Cinema, forthcoming participants are inquired: "Do you dare let go of control?" The examination, in the interim, is portrayed as "mind-bowing".
In earlier years, Goteborg crowds have been secured in caskets to test the restrictions of claustrophobia, while the thought of social seclusion was taken to another level when a solitary watcher
The picked film lover went through seven days of absolute separation on the island of Amnesia, dozing in Peter Nosher, a previous beacon that has been changed over into extravagance convenience and a film. Goteborg audiences have been locked in coffins to test the limits of claustrophobia, while the notion of social isolation was taken to a new level when a single viewer was stranded for a week on an island in the North Sea
The visitor was not permitted to bring a PC, telephone, or even a book to the island. "You can watch the waves, and you can watch the movies," said Homburg at that point.
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