Goteborg Film Festival sends lone nurse to lighthouse in Sweden
1 Feb, 2021 07:17 PM
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By: David Keyton
A Swedish nurse has been banished to a remote lighthouse in the North Sea for seven days. But the desolate destination is somewhere film fan Lisa Enroth was delighted to be sent, as a twist on Sweden s largest film festival. No one but you and 60 film premieres for seven days, was the pitch.
Cinema in lockdown: Scandinavia s largest film festival is exploring the social isolation resulting from COVID-19 by setting up a temporary cinema-for-one on a desolated island in the North Sea with the only companionship the events entire movie selection and enough food to last the week.
An emergency ward nurse has been selected to spend a week on an isolated island in the North Sea to watch the entire movie programme of Scandinavia’s largest film festival.
Lisa Enroth was chosen from 12,000 volunteers to enjoy the temporary cinema-for-one on the island of Hamneskar at Pater Noster, a former lighthouse turned boutique hotel, off the coast of Sweden.
The nurse, from Sweden, has a passion for film, and said the isolation would give her “time to reflect and be alone” after a busy year dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
The lighthouse and cabin on the island (Thomas Johansson/AP)
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