Norwegian Competition
New Norwegian documentaries in competition
Anchorage Welcomes You
For many inhabitants of Anchorage, Alaska, daily life is defined by homelessness, drug use and open wounds from early childhood. Over the course of a year we have interviewed and been allowed to portray the …
Oslo Premiere
Brazilian Inferno
The story of a group of rebellious workers from Rjukan in Telemark who, a century ago, emigrated with their families to Brazil to build a utopian community deep in the jungle. Their dream soon turned …
Lifeline
Each year, thousands of people in the small northern town of Alta enter the salmon lottery, where seven hundred winners receive an 18-hour fishing license. This event, known as Døgnet (“The 24 Hours”), is a …
Premiere
Memoirs from a dream
Tromsø, Norway, 2019. Fifteen years after Daggi’s dream collapsed, his band Hangface—once backed by legendary producer Eddie Kramer (Kiss, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles)—remains a ghost of its promise. Their improbable rise into Hollywood’s inner circle …
Oslo Premiere
The Lions By The River Tigris
In Mosul, a city devastated during the battle for liberation from the Islamic State, the fight to heal and preserve its identity, culture, and art is far from over. Three men refuse to let Mosul …
The New Museum
For over six years, filmmaker Birgitte Sigmundstad and cinematographer Line K. Lyngstadaas followed the creation of Norways New National Museum in Oslo, a monumental project that merged four institutions under one vast, temple-like roof designed …
Tøyen Pop-Up
Tøyen Pop-up is a hybrid documentary that explores the consequences of gentrification in the east end district of Tøyen in Oslo. The district is a growing place, where newcomers are attracted by the mix of …
International Competition
Ten new international documentary films in competition
Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment
Revealing film about Teslas production of self-driving cars. In Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment, we hear from former Tesla employees, whistleblowers, and victims of Teslas self-driving cars. We gain insight into Musks nonchalant …
Norwegian Premiere
Endless Cookie
In this eccentric animated universe, we meet two half-brothers, Seth and Peter, who’ve set out to make a film. We find ourselves on the Shamattawa Reservation in Canada, where the countrys largest First Nation communities, …
Enough is Enough
In wartorn DR Congo, music and dance become a force of resistance. For decades, armed conflict has been raging in eastern DR Congo, on the border with Rwanda. The background to the cruel fighting is …
Norwegian Premiere
How To Build a Library
A reckoning with Kenyas colonial past by rebuilding a library. How can one contribute to the reckoning of a country’s colonial past? Author Shiro Koinange and publisher Angela Wachuka have set out to do just …
Kabul, Between Prayers
A rare insight into the life as a Taliban soldier. The human rights situation in Afghanistan has only worsened since the Taliban took control in 2021. In this fascinating and disturbing documentary, we follow Taliban …
Norwegian Premiere
Memory
Reflections on the wars in Chechnya through the unique perspective of childhood memories. The house in Grozny, where director Vladlena Sandu spent much of her childhood, is the focal point of this deeply fascinating documentary …
Past Future Continuous
In an apartment in Tehran, surveillance cameras are installed in every room. Through their images, Maryam can follow the daily lives of her aging parents. In an intimate voice, Maryam reflects on the consequences of …
Norwegian Premiere
Steal This Story, Please!
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act,” is written on the back of Amy Goodman’s laptop. She has made a name for herself as one of the most relentless …
Norwegian Premiere
Human Rights Human Wrongs
Ten documentaries compete for best Human Rights film, awarded by Amnesty International Norway and The Norwegian Helsinki Committée.
A Fox Under a Pink Moon
The strong-willed Afghan 16-year-old Soraya has been trying to flee Iran for five years to reunite with her mother in Austria. Through artwork made from materials she finds on the escape route, she expresses her …
Norwegian Premiere
Cutting Through Rocks
On a motorcycle in Iran, we meet Sara Shahverdi, who is fighting a passionate fight for women’s rights in a society steeped in patriarchal traditions and structures. Sara has been elected as the first female …
Identidad
A personal account from one of Argentina’s stolen babies. Argentine Daniel, a 46-year-old man, has long had doubts about who he is. He has discovered that his parents were carrying a big secret; Daniel was …
Norwegian Premiere
Landmarks
Masterful film about indigenous people in Argentina from iconic Lucrecia Martel. This film takes us to the green plains and lush hillsides along the Andes Mountains in northern Argentina. People have lived here for centuries, …
Mailin
A shocking portrait of a strong woman abused as a child by a Catholic priest. How to stand up for yourself and move on after being sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest? Mailin …
Norwegian Premiere
My Father and Qaddafi
A daughters search for her missing father, former foreign minister in Qaddafis Libya. This is a brilliantly told documentary about a daughters search for answers about her fathers disappearance. Jihan, the films director, wants to …
Norwegian Premiere
Politzek Film + samtale med to Nobelprisvinnere
Talk with two
Film+samtale
Politzek Voices that Defy the Kremlin
A film about Russias growing number of political prisoners and the families fighting to get them back. Politzek is the informal name given to political prisoners in Russia, of which there are more and more …
Asif Kapadia retrospektiv
Asif Kapadia kommer til HUMAN torsdag 5. mars, og holder Q&A etter alle visninger.
Amy
An honest and engaging portrait of the life of artist Amy Winehouse, from her childhood until her tragic death from alcohol poisoning in 2011. Asif Kapadia will be present at the screening for a Q&A. …
Diego Maradona
This is the last film in Asif Kapadias trilogy about fame, talent and destructive forces. This time it is one of the greatest football stars of all time that is portrayed DIEGO MARADONA. His …
Kenny Dalglish
A cinematic portrait of Liverpool and Scotland football legend Kenny Dalglish. Kenny Dalglish tells the story of his journey from Celtic to Liverpool FC, becoming a European soccer legend and Liverpool icon, through his impact …
Norwegian Premiere
Senna
The life of the worlds greatest racing driver of all time, Brazilian Ayrton Senna, came to a violent end after a short but amazing career. The film is shown as part of HUMANs Asif Kapadia …
Just Human
High-quality documentaries from all over the world
Agenda Item: Erasure
A group of Israeli activists and dissidents gather at theatre director Einat Weizman studio in Tel Aviv to rehearse a play based on a recently declassified transcript. The document comes from a government meeting in …
Norwegian Premiere
Becoming Led Zeppelin
The incredible story of how the legendary British rock band was formed, their breakthrough and their explosive first years together, told by the band members themselves.
Better Go Mad in The Wild
Award-winning film about eccentric twin brothers on a farm in the Czech mountains. A humorous yet serious portrayal of identical twin brothers Franta and Ondra Klišík who have spent almost their entire lives together on …
Norwegian Premiere
Climate in Therapy
Seven climate scientists participate in group therapy about climate anxiety. Climate in Therapy is a humorous yet deeply serious film experiment. In a hotel, the scientists gather to do something they rarely do in their …
Norwegian Premiere
Coexistence, My Ass!
A funny and heartwrenching film about Israel, Palestine and stand-up comedy. Raised in Neve Shalom, a village infamous for being the one fully integrated Jewish-Arab community in Israel, stand-up comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi is living …
Confessions of a Swedish Man
A Swedish single dad travels into the rabbit hole of the manosphere . A Swedish single father, filmmaker and self-proclaimed feminist travels to a conservative men’s camp in Denmark. He wants to understand the men’s anger …
Norwegian Premiere
Cuba & Alaska
Two young Ukrainian women, codenamed Cuba and Alaska, volunteer for the front as paramedics. Amidst all the violence, pain and sorrow, they also find friendship, love and dreams of a life without war. Director Yegor …
Norwegian Premiere
Den norske filmskolen presenterer
Den norske filmskolens masters students present conceptual documentary in progress. Screening of the short films Daughter , La Infancia and excerpts from A Room of Ones Own and The Irish Red Deer . After the screening there …
Shortfilm
Agenda Item: Erasure
A group of Israeli activists and dissidents gather at theatre director Einat Weizman studio in Tel Aviv to rehearse a play based on a recently declassified transcript. The document comes from a government meeting in …
Norwegian Premiere
Den norske filmskolen presenterer
Den norske filmskolens masters students present conceptual documentary in progress. Screening of the short films Daughter , La Infancia and excerpts from A Room of Ones Own and The Irish Red Deer . After the screening there …
My AI Election
A Trump supporter and election denier joins Georgia’s election board to expose fraud but, through conversations with a ChatGPT assistant and firsthand experience, he discovers the system’s surprising integrity — and realizes large-scale voter fraud …
Norwegian Premiere
Unfinished Stories
Strong and painful stories from Gaza During the genocide in Gaza, filmmaker Nidal tries to document the people living in the midst of the disaster – the stories that arise in loss, in everyday life …
Norwegian Premiere
HUMAN Live
Alt som ikke er film
Agenda Item: Erasure – Film + Talk
Short film + Talk: What is it like to be in open opposition to occupation and genocide in today's Israel?
Film+samtale
Den indre fienden – et skeivt blikk på det russiske regimet
Samtale om minoriteter som står opp mot Putins regime.
Panel discussion
Den norske filmskolen presenterer: Film + samtale
Den norske filmskolens masterstudenter presenterer konseptuell dokumentar i prosess
Film+samtale
Det nye museet: Film + samtale
Samtale med regissør Birgitte Sigmundstad og arkitekt Børre Skodvin.
Film+samtale
Dommedagsdebatten 2026: Faller verden fra hverandre? Hva gjør vi nå?
Vår verdensorden er i oppløsning. Hvordan kan vi forstå denne nye verdenen og hva gjør vi?
Panel discussion
Døgnet – Et lakselotteri: Film + samtale
Samtale om naturtap, å miste sin verden, ledet av filmskaper Aslaug Holm.
Film+samtale
Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment: Film + Talk
Talk after screening with the film's Producer Anne Von Petersdorff.
Film+samtale
En dag uten kvinner: Film + samtale
Kvinnekamp før og nå - Talk before screening, led by Thea Joramo Lysne.
Film+samtale
Mini-HUMAN Family Day
Dokumentarfilm for barn i alle aldre, med aktiviteter og god festivalstemning for hele familien!
1. klassingene
A child-friendly and warm documentary about five-year-old Marion who is about to start first grade. Marion is five years old and excited about starting school: Is it difficult to read and write? Will she make …
Familiedag
1. klassingene
Salto, Pus & bucketlisten
When life feels a little too big, its good to have a dog that both understands you and answers back. For 12-year-old Tuni, the dog Salto and the cheeky cat Pus have their own …
Familiedag
Stories of strength: Animasjonsverksted for barn
Screening of the short films made in a three-day animation workshop for children aged 10-12 at Cinemateket during the festival. The animation workshop is led by Palestinian artist and filmmaker Rasmi Damo. The screening is …
Stories of strength: Animasjonsverksted for barn
Short Film Program
Sønn av sirkuset
An enchanted documentary about a boy growing up in one of Germanys last circus families. Santino is eleven years old and his family runs a circus. They are always on the move, from city to …
Familiedag
Fest
DumDum Boys i Dødens Dal
Free concert screening, part of the festival party at Vega
Fest
Husfest på Vega
Festival Party at Vega, open for all, with a free screening of the concert film DumDum Boys i Dødens Dal.
Fest
Memoirs From a Dream – Etterfest
After party at Kafé Hærverk after the Oslo premiere of Memoirs From a Dream. Open for all!
Fest
Åpningsfest
Opening party in Salongen after the Opening film. All are welcome!
Fest
Bransjeprogram
Bransjedag 1: Onsdag
Masterclass
Bransjedag 2: Torsdag
Masterclass
HUMAN Ung
Gratisvisning for 16 - 26 år. Et ungdomsråd har valgt ut filmene. Støttet av Sparebankstiftelsen.
A Fox Under a Pink Moon
The strong-willed Afghan 16-year-old Soraya has been trying to flee Iran for five years to reunite with her mother in Austria. Through artwork made from materials she finds on the escape route, she expresses her …
Norwegian Premiere
Cuba & Alaska
Two young Ukrainian women, codenamed Cuba and Alaska, volunteer for the front as paramedics. Amidst all the violence, pain and sorrow, they also find friendship, love and dreams of a life without war. Director Yegor …
Norwegian Premiere
Endless Cookie
In this eccentric animated universe, we meet two half-brothers, Seth and Peter, who’ve set out to make a film. We find ourselves on the Shamattawa Reservation in Canada, where the countrys largest First Nation communities, …
Lowland Kids
The sea is rising in the American South. In this cinematically striking portrait, we follow two young people who are slowly losing the only life they know when their island disappears underwater. Howard and Juliette …