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STOCKHOLM, Jan.31 (Reuters) – Scandinavia’s biggest film festival is taking place this year despite the coronavirus pandemic, but will be hosted on a remote island and will admit only one participant – a healthcare worker, selected among 12,000 applicants.
Swedish nurse and movie buff Lisa Enroth has been cast as the 2021 Gothenburg Film Festival castaway who will spend a week on the isolated island of Pater Noster watching film after film.
“In the health field, I seem to have spent years listening, testing and consoling. I feel like I’m running out of energy, ”Enroth said.
Pater Noster, on the edge of a dense archipelago off the coast of western Sweden, is known for its lighthouse.
“The wind, the sea, the ability to be part of a whole different reality for a week – it’s all really appealing,” said Enroth, who will be keeping a daily video diary that will appear on the festival site.
Festival CEO Mirja Wester said: “I feel especially good to be able to offer this once in a lifetime experience to one of the many heroes in the healthcare system who are all working so hard against COVID-19.”
(Report by Colm Fulton edited by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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