Göteborg Film Festival: The Hypnotic Cinema

A conflict at home, trouble at work, a pending Tinder date or whatever of all the things that are constantly trying to steal your focus. It is all part of being human. But it also affects the mood you bring into the cinema when you are going to watch a movie. Quality films deserve better.

This year Gothenburg Film Festival invites the audience to a mind-bending experiment. The Hypnotic Cinema challenges the festival visitors to let go of their own minds and undergo hypnosis before a film screening. The purpose is to explore if it is possible to intensify a film experience – for those who are brave enough to let go of control of their own thoughts.