At these events you do not need a ticket
Not all the events at the Arab Film Days require a ticket or festival pass – check out this list for all the free admissions!
Babel filmklubb – Omar
Thursday April 9th, 6:00pm, Arne Næss´ auditorium, Georg Morgenstiernes hus, Blindern
Tonight at the University of Oslo, Babel Filmklubb are kickstarting the film festival by screening Omar, the opening film at last years festival. Arab Film Days and Babel Filmklubb will arrange two free events at Blindern together, especially aimed at students.
- Students have always been our most important audience and we want to keep attracting students by providing discounts and arranging several events with free admission at Blindern, says Gjermund Granlund, project leader at Arab Film Days.
- Omar is a sparkling psychological thriller about growing up under the ccupation. It´s about universal themes like friendship, love, betrayal and how the occupation affects all these difficult and important themes, says Granlund.
The film is a thrilling psychological drama with a romantic Romeo and Juliet-story interwoven. If you have already seen it, it´s about time you see it again.
Debate: Should we support cultural and academic boycott of Israel?
Friday April 17th, 2.15-3.30 pm, Auditorium 6, Eilert Sunds hus (SV), Blindern
What is cultural and academic boycott, does it work and should all Israeli films be boycotted – the ones the Arab Film Days are screening as well? Cultural and academic boycott are, together with economic boycott, viewed as the most important non-violent strategies in the fight against the Israeli occupation.
- Arab Film Days have almost every year shown one or several Israeli productions. The films have in different ways provided new perspectives on the Israeli occupation, told by Arabs or Israeli Jews, says Gjermund Granlund.
- It would have been a big loss for the festival not to screen these films, because the result would be a less complex picture of the situation. This is why we invite you to debate cultural and academic boycott, to emphasize this issue, he says.
We have invited three panel participants who will discuss these questions.
Mazin Qumsiyeh, Palestinian researcher, activist and author born in Beit Sahour. In addition to being an active participant in public debate and having more than 40 000 readers of his newsletter, he has published more than 120 scientific articles about history, evolutionary biology and genetics.
Jay Weissberg is a film critic at Variety, has been in the jury and curated several sections at film festivals all over the world. He is a stated opponent of cultural boycott.
Kathrine Jensen is the director of the Palestine Committee of Norway. She is engaged with boycott campaigning, a priority area for the Palestine Committee of Norway. Kristian Takvam Kindt, project leader at the Arab Film Days, and researcher at FAFO will be moderating the debate. Free entrance, the debate will be in English.
Debatt: Who are fleeing by sea and what responsibility lies on Europe?
Saturday April 18th. 5.00pm in the basement at Victoria
What have caused the increased stream of refugees the last two years? Saturday 18th Catherine Wihtol de Wenden and Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert discuss the dynamics and motivation of the migration to Europe and how migrant communities experience their first interactions with European societies and European immigration policies.
- The increased stream of refugees crossing the Mediterranean and the many shipwrecks constitutes a humanitarian crisis by our boarders for the rest of the world, and here lies several unanswered questions that must be asked, says Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, senior researcher at PRIO and moderator during the discussion.
- What have caused the increased stream of refugees the last two years? How should and can Europa respond? What should be the immediate response and how can the long-term politics develope? Jumbert asks, and add that the media coverage of the motivation behind migration to Europa is insufficiently small.
- One example is the boat refugees on the Mediterranean, who are often presented as a huge, homogenous group, but among those who choose this risky way to get to Europe there are so many different destinies, stories and reasons for embarking, she says.
The discussion will be in English.
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, Professor at Sciences Po-CERI, expert on international migration and a outspoken activist for the right for immigration to France.
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, Senior researcher at PRIO
Saturday April 18.th: Party – Arabian Nights 10.00pm at Victoria.
Arab Film Days invite you to the most fun dance floor in Oslo, together with Atlas band with friends Saturday 18th at Victoria. The band will play danceable rythms from the rich musical Middle Eastern tradition – from Iraq to Morocco, classical Arabian music, folk, pop, rai, chaabi and gnawa. And of course it is possible to enjoy the great atmosphere and company in more quiet corners of the room. The age limit is 18 years.