2020

Internships available

Are you curious about how a film festival is made and interested in documentary film? Then you should apply for one of our internships!

HUMAN International Documentary Festival is Oslo’s largest documentary film festival presenting the newest Norwegian and International documentaries in combination with debates, talks, seminars and workshops, art exhibitions, theatre plays and more. The festival consists of two competition programs: One for best Norwegian documentary, the other for best international human rights documentary. The festival also presents a broader program spanning the best new documentaries regardless of genre. HUMAN idff 2021 takes place in Oslo from 1st to 7th of March.

As an intern, you will take part in the preparations and the execution of the festival. You will be assisting the core festival team in their communication work and other tasks. This is a good opportunity to gain relevant experience for persons who are interested in documentary filmmaking and festival work.

For HUMAN IDFF 2021, we are looking for 2-3 interns to assist us in our communications work.

The interns will assist and contribute to the work of giving the audience good information about the festival events. Other tasks may also be added, in agreement with the interns. Due to the Covid-19 situation, this year’s festival will be different, and changes may occur with regards to the tasks of the interns. We are looking for:

One or two interns to assist us in work related to our design profile, such as image editing and social media presence.
One or two interns to assist us with our webpages, primarily through web publishing.

Your schedule will be flexible, but for the first weeks of February and during the festival week (1-7 March), up to 100% full time work is to be expected. We understand that the interns will often be students or have other work, and will work to ensure that the internship is compatible with other commitments.

This work is unpaid. As an intern you will have access to screenings and other festival events for free, and receive a certificate for your effort.

Qualifications

You must have started or completed relevant higher education, or have relevant experience from similar work.
You must be proficient in Norwegian and English in writing and orally.
Experience with InDesign or photoshop is advantageous for the design profile position, but not required.
Some experience with WordPress or similar tools are required for the web publishing position.
You are interested in festival production and good documentaries!

Something for you?

Send CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
Application deadline: 15 December

Do you have questions? Contact Program Officer Even Sebastian Skallerud ([email protected])

Velkommen inn i kinomørket i høst!

I samarbeid med Oslo Dokumentarkino og Vega Scene fortsetter vi tradisjonen med onsdagsvisninger på Vega Scene med tre gode dokumentarer som på hver sin måte tar for seg sider ved musikkindustrien. I tillegg byr vi på de nye dokumentarene “Meet the Censors” med samtale om sensur, og “the Art of Fallism” med påfølgende samtale om avkolonialisering i Norge.

Velkommen inn i kinomørket, og husk: Dokumentarfilm er best på kino!

Laurel Canyon

– A place in time

Noen ganger skapes det musikkmiljøer som i sin periode er enormt kreative og påvirker utviklingen i en hel verden. Laurel Canyon i Los Angeles var et sånt sted i tiåret 1965-75.

Jim Morrison, The Doors, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell, The Mamas and The Papas, Jackson Browne, The Byrds, Little Feat og en rekke andre musikere bodde, møttes og skapte nye konstellasjoner og ny musikk, i Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, i perioden 1965 til 1975. Stedet ble til et av de store kraftsentraene for amerikansk musikk i et tiår med store politiske og sosiale endringer og kriser.

Vises onsdag 14. oktober kl. 20:00 på Vega Scene.

Billetter kjøper du her.

The Art of Fallism

#RhodesMustFall

Samtale etter film: Avkolonialisering i en norsk kontekst.

Introduksjon til filmen ved regissør og produsent.

Samtale etterpå med Mohamed Abdi, Melike Leblebicioglu og Sarah Lookofsky, ledet av Yohan Shanmugaratnam.

I 2015 oppsto #RhodesMustFall-protestene på Universitetet i Cape Town. En stor gruppe studenter ønsket å fjerne en statue av Cecil Rhodes, en hvit kolonialist og rasist som var statsminister i Sør Afrika under apartheid.

Mandag 19. oktober 2020 kl. 17:30 på Vega Scene

Gratis, men du trenger billett. Klikk her.

Once Were Brothers

Historien om et bands (The Band) liv og død.

The story of the The Band was a beautiful thing. It was so beautiful it went up in flames.
– Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson og Levon Helm spilte sammen fra slutten av 1950-tallet. Etterhvert samlet de sammen musikerne som senere ble til The Band som gjorde enormt inntrykk fram til den grandiose avslutningskonserten The Last Waltz i 1976. De var en periode Bob Dylans backingband men skapte i første rekke sin egen sjanger og har satt varige spor i amerikansk musikk. Plata Music from Big Pink er nummer 34 i Rolling Stone Magazines liste over de 500 beste album noensinne.

Once Were Brothers er først og fremst gitarist Robbie Robertsons historie om bandets liv og død.

Vises onsdag 21. og 28. oktober kl. 18:00 på Vega Scene.

Billetter kjøper du her.

Oslo-premiere på ny norsk film:

Meet the Censors

Hva er sensur – egentlig?

I samarbeid med Medieoperatørene og Cinemateket.

I filmer som handler om ytringsfrihet møter vi som regel mennesker som blir undertrykket og tvunget til taushet, men i Meet the Censors er det de som sensurerer som får snakke. Hvilken rolle mener de selv at de har i samfunnet?

Kjersti Løken Stavrum er styreleder i PEN og leder av Ytringsfrihetskommisjonen. Jon Wessel-Aas er advokat i Lund og co. med møterett for Høyesterett og leder av Advokatforeningen. Nazneen Khan-Østrem er forfatter og forlagsredaktør og var medlem av den første Ytringsfrihetskommisjonen, ledet av Francis Sejersted. Kjetil Ansgar Jakobsen er historiker og professor ved Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap ved Nord Universitet.

Regissør Håvard Fossum er ordstyrer.

Tirsdag 3. november 2020 kl. 17:30
på Cinemateket

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On the Record

“On the Record” følger Drew Dixon, Sil Lai Abrams, Alexia Norton Jones, Juni Lumet og Sheri Sher, som betaler dyrt for å ha varslet om overgrep begått av musikkmogulen Russel Simmons i Def Jam. Filmen er ikke bare en sterk historie om trakassering og kvinneforakt i den amerikanske musikkbransjen, men er også en fortelling om afroamerikanske kvinners kamp for å bli hørt i #MeToo-debatten.

Vises onsdag 4. og 11. november på Vega Scene. Billetter blir snart lagt ut for salg.

Extra screening of For Sama sunday night

The tickets for both screenings of the Oscar nominated For Sama sold out in a flash, so we have programmed an extra screening sunday 21:00 på vega scene – sal 3.

Don’t miss this extraordinary documentary, buy your tickets for Vega Scene sal 3, at 21:00 Sunday.

Buy tickets here

First films of HUMAN 2020 – Syria, Chinese puppet theatre and antibiotic resistance

We proudly present the first six documentary films of HUMAN international documentary film festival 2020!

In these last weeks before Christmas, we have several difficult choices to make in the HUMAN festival. What color should the festival’s tote bags be? How should we make sure to include enough feel-good movies in a program focusing on human rights violations? How can we make sure that everyone knows that it is possible to give a festival pass to someone you love as a christmas present? And how on earth are we going to be able to include all the amazing documentaries we’ve seen in recent months?

Because now that we have been lucky enough to experience a wealth of good, new documentaries at festivals elsewhere in the world, we would very much like to ensure that you also get the opportunity to see these films during HUMAN idff 2020!

Thanks to filmmakers from Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, China, and elsewhere in the world, their tireless and fearless efforts to tell us new stories and give us new perspectives, we can compose a program so diverse that it should accommodate something for everyone. Whether it is organic farming, the struggle for land rights in the face of the greed of big corporations, how to survive in a besieged city in Syria, Philippine President Duterte’s mass murder of drug addicts, or riveting Chinese puppet theater, we promise to take all the issues seriously by giving you the very best cinema experience.

There is much to look forward to, and here we present six of the films you will be able to watch, in combination with conversations and debates, during next year’s festival.

Wishing you all an peaceful Christmas,

Silje Poulsen Viki

Head of programming

Ticket sales begin in January, but until December 25th you can buy festival passes at a discounted price.

Resistance Fighters

Germany / 2019 / 98 min / English, German
Dir: Michael Wech
Prod: BROADVIEW Pictures

Will antibiotic resistance be our apocalypse?

In 2015, the nightmare became a reality: The first bacteria resistant to all known antibiotics was discovered. This science thriller presents the shocking story of ignorance and greed that has brought us to the very edge, and it paints a dramatic picture of our near future: By 2050 we will no longer have antibiotics that work. We are losing the race, and this documentary puts us face-to-face with the researchers, diplomats and doctors who are the frontlines of the battle against this scenario. New antibiotics must be developed, and the excessive use, especially for animals, must end. But are the billion-dollar industries and politicians willing to do what is neccessary to avoid yet another disaster created by humans?

Máxima

Peru, USA / 2019 / 88 min / Spanish, English
Dir: Claudia Sparrow
Prod: Claudia Sparrow, Ryan Schwarz / Trustfall Films

A cinematically grandiose drama about one Peruvian woman’s fight against big business.

Máxima Acuña has become a worldwide symbol of the tireless battle against large multinational corporations for the rights to her own land. This riveting documentary follows her staunch attempts to defend her rights facing the world’s largest gold mining company, which through an alliance with the police is pushing to expropriate her farm through violence and sabotage. Máxima refuses to budge through trial after trial, in spite both her and her lawyer receiving death threats, and that the whole system seemingly is rigged against her.

For Sama

UK / 2019 / 95 min / Arabic, English
Dir: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Prod: Waad al-Kateab

How do you justify giving birth to a child in a war zone?

The most gripping film of the year is the Syrian journalist Waad’s harrowing story of her life in Aleppo, told to her daughter. Through Waad’s lens we get an extremely close and personal look at the fate of Syria, from Waad’s participation in the infancy of the optimistic student demonstrations, all the way to the horrific warfare of the Syrian regime and siege of Aleppo. At the same time, this is the story of life in spite of the war – Waad gets married, becomes pregnant and gives birth, while the world around her is literally collapsing. She and her husband run the very last hospital in Aleppo, and they refuse to leave all they have been fighting for. But what about their daughter? For Sama has won numerous awards globally, and this testimony is just as painfull as it is beautiful.

Our Time Machine

China, USA / 2019 / 81 min / Mandarin, English
Dir: Yang Sun, S. Leo Chiang
Prod: S. Leo Chiang / Walking Iris Media, Betsy Tsai

Beautiful and heartwarming story of a Chinese puppeteer and his aging father.

This documentary gem is about a son’s attempt to connect with his father, who is disappearing into dementia. At the same time it provides an enchanting glimpse into a China which is also disappering, and is a declaration of love for the traditional Chinese art forms. In the ancient streets of Shanghai, Maleonn runs a renowned puppet theater, and has a lifelong dream of cooperating with his father, a famous former director of the Shanghai Opera. However, time is running out, and Maleonn pushes ahead with an ambitious theater project he hopes will work as a time machine for his father, and rekindle his memories one last time.

On the President’s Orders

Germany / 2019 / 98 min / English, German
Dir: Michael Wech
Prod: BROADVIEW Pictures

Will antibiotic resistance be our apocalypse?

Advocate

Canada, Israel, Switzerland / 2019 / 108 min / Hebrew, Arabic, English
Dir: Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaïche
Prod: Home Made Docs

A thrilling court drama on the controversial Israeli advocate Lea Tsemel.

The unapologetic 74-year-old has spent her whole life defending Palestinians charged with serious violent crimes, and argues that most of these acts of violence are acts of resistance against the Israeli apartheid regime. The documentary follows a 13-year-old Palestinian boy risking life imprisonment for stabbing Israelis on the streets of Tel Aviv, and a Palestinian young woman charged with an attempted suicide bombing. Tsemel’s attempts to humanise her clients provokes strong reactions, and it is few and far between the victories in a legal system rigged to gross inequality between Israeli and Palestine accused. The documentary exposes how the political development in Israel has led to an increasingly autocratic society.