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Some of the films that will be screened at the festival were only finished in 2008. Others are the very best from recent years, have already made their impression on audiences around the world and taken their place as 'must sees'. And we have a whole day of Erling Borgen's investigative films.
Every film will have a short introduction or comment afterwards, with the chance for the public to ask questions and contribute to the discussion. See Guests/Talks for details,
All the films screening at Parkteatret, Oslo from 3rd to 7th December 2008 are listed below.
For more information on a particular film, and on others related to the same theme, click on the relevant picture below.
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Darwin's Nightmare
2005, 107mins, France, Hubert Sauper
A community by Lake Victoria becomes devastated as their fish and livelihoods are victims of globalisation and arms trade. Oscar nominated for a good reason.
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An Independent Mind
2008, 90min, UK, Rex Bloomstein
An excellent and thought-provoking film on Freedom of Expression. Diverse stories from people whose lives are fundamentally affected by the limits of free speech imposed by their societies.
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Slavery
2000, 90mins, UK, Kate Blewett and Brian Woods
Devastating and multi-award winning film. Three stories (domestic help in UK and USA, carpets in India and the cocoa in the Ivory Coast) that expose the tip of the iceberg that is the modern slave industry.
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China Blue
2005,
88mins, USA, Micha X Peled
Shot clandestinely in China, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retail companies don’t want us to see – how the clothes we buy are actually made.
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Power Trip
2005, 85mins, UK, Paul Devlin
A powerful American corporation has bought the electricity rights in Tbilisi, Georgia. How can they balance the hardships privatisation brings to the people with a professed genuine desire to help the country rebuild itself in post-Soviet times?
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Shadow of the Holy Book
2008, Finland, 90mins, Arto Halonen
A slightly absurd documentary in an absurd country- Turkmenistan, ruled by an absolute dictator, where people have little basic rights, and where the Rhunama book determines who gains entrance into this oil-rich nation.
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Total Denial
2006, 75min, Bulgaria/Italia, Milena Kaneva
A court case against a major oil company UNOCAL who built a pipeline in Burma, a country where human rights abuses are all too frequent.
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The Corporation
2004, 4x55mins, Canada, Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott.
This is the film that explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time- the corporation. Narrated by Naomi Klein and winner of many prizes and audience awards around the world, it is a must see for everyone interested in modern business and the people it affects. |
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Digital Cemeteries
2007, 55mins, Greece, Yorgos Avgeropoulos
Where does your computer go when it dies? Rich countries choose to export the toxic waste to developing countries where billions of people are forced to choose between poisoning and poverty.
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Undercover in Tibet
2008, 48mins, UK, Jezza Neumann
Tibetan exile Tash Despa returns to his homeland to reveal the regime of terror that dominates daily life and makes freedom of expression an impossibility.
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This Way Up
2007, 60mins, France, Georgi Lazarevski
Just east of Jerusalem, the construction of the wall of separation continues a few meters from a senior citizens home. The inhabitants are gradually and unavoidably isolated.
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What Remains of Us
2004, 76mins, Canada, François Prévost and Hugo Latulippe
Kalsang Dolma travels back to Tibet with a video greeting from the Dalai Lama. The film records the response of those that watch the video and reveals a society balanced between losing its culture and hanging onto the Dalai Lama's messages of peaceful resistance.
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The Devil Came on Horseback
2007, 87mins, USA, Annie Sundberg and Riki Stern
Brian Steidle had unique access as a military observer to get images and stories of lives systematically destroyed in Darfur. Frustrated by the inaction of the international community, he resigns and tries to use his pictures to generate a response.
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The Yes Men
2004, 80min, USA, Dan Olman, Sarah Price, and Chris Smith
The story follows Andy and Mike from their beginnings with GWBush.com, and on to their tasteless parody of the WTO's website. Some visitors don’t notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO.
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The World According to Monsanto
2008, 109min, France/Canada, Marie-Monique Robin
Monsanto has become one of the most controversial companies in industrial history, and little seems to have changed as a result of its reinvention as a 'life science' company working on sustainable development.
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Shockwaves
2007, 52min, Canada, Pierre Mignault
The journalists of Radio Okapi believe that freedom of speech is the most important factor in building stable democratic institutions. They risk everything to ensure local voices report the truth about the violence and oppression that dominates this country.
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Freedom of Expression
2007, 52mins, USA, Media Education Foundation
Resistance and repression in the age of intellectual property. A look at how creativity and free expression of ideas is restricted by intellectual property law. The legal and ethical battles are being fought in all arenas to gain control over our cultural commons. |
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Letter to Anna: the Story of Journalist Politovskaja's Death
2008, 84mins, Switzerland, Erik Bergkraut
A film about the life and death of Anna Politkovskaya the Russian journalist and human rights activist well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and Russian president Putin.
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Ironeaters
2008, 85min, Germany, Shaheen Dill-Riaz
The workers who dismantle the oil tankers and container ships disposed of by the Western World. Exploitation and the poverty trap illustrated through stunning cinematography.
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The Day After Peace
2008, 81mins, UK, Jeremy Gilley
Against all odds an individual creates an UN day of global ceasefire. But will he silence the cynics? Can an artificially created day make any difference and save any lives?
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A Lesson of Belorussian
2006, 56mins, Poland, Miroslaw Dembínski
Lukachenko rules Belarus as a dictatorship. Despite brutal repression young Belarusians get organised and call for a democracy.
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Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
2008, 81mins, USA, Lisa Merton and Alan Dater
An inspiring story of the human rights environmentalist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. The movement she created was evidence of grass roots democracy working in the face of Daniel Arup Moi's dictatorship.
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A Walk to Beautiful
2007, 85mins, USA, Mary Olive Smith
Five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries and embark on a journey to reclaim their lost dignity. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are left to spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and shame.
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Dictator Hunter
2007, 75mins, Netherlands, Klaartje Quirijns
If you kill one person, you go to jail. If you kill 40 people, they put you in an insane asylum. But if you kill 40, 000 people, you get a comfortable exile with a bank account in another country, and that's what we want to change here," Reed Brody, Human Rights Watch.
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Faces
2007, 83mins, France, Gmax
A group of friends, artists, activists, use giant photographs pasted in unavoidable positions to question why Palestinians and Israelis do not get on with each other. Each portrait features a pair of people, with the same job, from the different communities. The result is the film...
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Erling Borgen retrospective
Et Lite Stykke Norge
De Fattiges Plass
I Skyggen av Statoil
Diktatorgjeld
Kringsatt av Fiender (Norwegian première)
Et Tårn av Løfter |
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