It will be a great contrast for the film-interested emergency nurse Lisa Enroth from Skövde to go from the heavily burdened medical care to the total loneliness in the lighthouse on the barren and windswept island of Hamneskär in Bohuslän.
But that is exactly what attracts her:
God, this is going to be so much fun!
In my job in healthcare, I have listened, topped and comforted for ages, it feels like.
Drained myself of energy.
The wind, the sea and the opportunity to experience another reality for a week attracts me ", she says in a press release.
It was in early January that the festival, which this year is being held digitally, advertised for a person who wanted to be isolated in the lighthouse.
The interest became enormous and the applicants came from a number of different countries and the great search pressure meant that the festival had to set aside extra resources to catch up.
"Lisa made a strong impression"
The psychological strain that total isolation entails was an important aspect of the selection process.
Lisa already made a strong impression on us with her letter.
The interviews and tests she then underwent strengthened our image of her as the right candidate.
It feels extra fun at this time to be able to give this experience to one of all the heroes in healthcare who fights covid-19 ", says the festival's CEO Mirja Wester in the press release.
The temporary cinema out in the sea is called "The isolated cinema" and is, according to the festival management, a way to enable completely infectious festival screenings, but also an attempt to process how the pandemic has changed the audience's approach to film.
Gothenburg Film Festival runs until 8 February.
Lisa Enroth's experiences can be followed through a video diary that is published daily on the festival's website.