Volvo interest became film

"Volvo-loco". Documentary film maker Aviv Peres left Tel Aviv for Göteborg to meet people like himself; obsessed with old Volvo cars.

It started a few years back when Aviv Peres was given an old Volvo 144 by his uncle. who in turn got the car from his wife's father.

The now 32 year old Peres, who graduated from the film academy in Tel Aviv in 1995, drove the car around as he freelanced and worked as a news photographer. Pretty soon he realized that the old car "broke" and required care. At the same time it was hard for him to effect repairs and find spare parts. Peres looked for help via the internet, and came then in contact with the VROM club. VROM as in Volvo Rendezvous for Owners and Members. A club for those who collect, restore and admire old cars of this type, and who yearly meet in their "Mecca" as Aviv expresses it; Göteborg.

"I decided to go there and take part in the yearly VROM meeting".

The result was the documentary "3 Days in Gothenburg", which just had its premier showing at Cinematek in Tel Aviv.

At the meeting, which is the biggest in Europe for passionate Volvo owners, one can participate in various car parades and swap spare parts with each other.

"Cold and raw. I dropped into the city during the coldest summer imaginable (1ast year) and got a shock, Sweden is such a different country. Here you have already forgotten what we in Israel are in the process of building up. We are still trying to establish ourselves as a country, the last war we were involved in, the Gulf War, ended a few years ago. So we find ourselves in a completely different stage of our development, as far as countries go. Göteborg for me is a very well organized city, compared to Tel Aviv where we live in a chaotic 24 hour buzz ".

"I want to visit places which I wouldn't otherwise come to. The documentary made it possible for me, and it was so simple. I could travel without a film crew, and only pack a light camera.