Göteborg Film Festival: Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology of Water’ & Sophy Romvari’s ‘Blue Heron’ Among Films Set For International Competition

The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart’s debut characteristic arsenic a director, and Canadian filmmaker Sophy Romvari’s buzzy show favourite Blue Heron, are among nan header titles Göteborg has group for its 2026 International Competition. Scroll down for nan afloat lineup. 

This year’s Göteborg Film Festival will tally from 23 January to 1 February. The festival’s 2026 programme features 266 films from 76 countries. Blue Heron and The Chronology of Water will get successful Sweden aft extended 2025 show runs. Stewart’s movie debuted astatine Cannes. Based connected Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir and adapted for nan surface by Stewart, nan movie is nan image of a female who, aft an abusive childhood, escapes into competitory swimming, intersexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction earlier uncovering her sound done writing.

Blue Heron opened astatine Locarno, wherever it won nan First Feature Award. Romvari besides landed nan Best Canadian Discovery Award astatine TIFF, wherever nan family play was 1 of nan astir talked-about titles. We said pinch Romvari astir nan movie connected nan crushed successful Locarno. You tin publication that question and reply here. 

Elsewhere, Göteborg will adjacent pinch Chloé Zhao’s latest Hamnet, and Noomi Rapace will beryllium handed nan festival’s Nordic Honorary Dragon Award. Ruben Östlund will besides return portion successful what nan show has described arsenic an exclusive Q&A convention wherever he will talk his seventh feature, The Entertainment System Is Down. 

Nordic Competition:

Ingmar Bergman Competition

Nordic Documentary Competition

International Competition