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A Fidai Film

A Fidai Film

by Kamal Aljafari
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Tuesday 10 December 2024
7pm

A Fidai Film (2024), 78 min
Arabic, Hebrew, English, with English subtitles

In the summer of 1982 the Israeli army invaded South Lebanon. They advanced as far as West… »

After Life

After Life

by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Wednesday 29 May 2024
7pm

After Life (1998), 119 min
Japanese, with English subtitles

”After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.”

If you could choose only… »

Empire City

Empire City

by Michael Blackwood
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Thursday 17 November 2022
6pm

Empire City (1985), 89min

New York, 1983. Gentrification, some urban history, and the transition from manufacturing to entrepreneurial offices. Many interviewees from different perspectives and lots of street life.
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Dust

Dust

by Hartmut Bitomsky
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Wednesday 23 March 2022
7pm

Dust (2007), 90min

Dust. It is everywhere and ever present. A conglomeration of the finest particles set in motion as soon as things are starting to settle. It is fought and… »

Death by Chocolate: West Edmonton Shopping Mall (1986-05)

Death by Chocolate: West Edmonton Shopping Mall (1986-05)

by Dan Graham
Wednesday 23 March 2022
7pm

Death by Chocolate: West Edmonton Shopping Mall (2005), 8min

We start the evening thinking about our friend Dan Graham whose sharp observations and disarming humour have enriched our lives.

Death by Chocolate: West Edmonton Mall»

Seven Women, Seven Sins

Seven Women, Seven Sins

by Chantal Akerman, Maxi Cohen, Valie Export, Laurence Gavron, Bette Gordon, Ulrike Ottinger, Helke Sander
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Thursday 5 December 2019
7pm

Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986), 109min

What constitutes a deadly sin today? Seven of the world’s best-known women… »

L'une chante, l'autre pas

L’une chante, l’autre pas

by Agnès Varda
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Thursday 18 April 2019
7pm

L’une chante, l’autre pas / One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977), 127min

Agnès Varda’s enchanting ode to female liberation chronicles the lives of two friends over the course of a… »

Das Netz

Das Netz

by Lutz Dammbeck
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Thursday 22 February 2018
7pm

Das Netz / The Net (2003), 121min

In the mid 20th century, the foundations of modernism were reconstructed with cybernetics, system theory, multimedia art and new concepts in psychology and military… »

Cameraperson

Cameraperson

by Kirsten Johnson
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Wednesday 1 November 2017
7pm

Cameraperson (2016), 102min

Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually… »

Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

by Ross McElwee
Introduction by Oskar Hallberg
Thursday 8 June 2017
7pm

Bright Leaves (2003), 105min

Bright Leaves describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North Carolina by Ross McElwee, a native Carolinian whose great-grandfather created… »