One World Echoes in Oslo

After a successful debut last year, One World Echoes in Oslo returns for its second edition bringing a selection of four award-winning documentaries to the Norwegian capital. Each screening is followed by a conversation with filmmakers, protagonists, activists, journalists, and subject-matter experts.

The event takes place in the heart of Oslo at Cinemateket, a renowned cinema operated by the Norwegian Film Institute, known for its commitment to quality film experiences.

These post-film conversations delve deeper into the issues raised on screen, while also connecting them to the Norwegian context through the voices of local activists, artists, journalists, and experts.

Program highlights include:

• The Other One (Norwegian premiere)
  Directed by Marie‑Magdalena Kochová
  Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2024 | 87 min

The winner of the Czech Competition of the One World International Film Festival.

- Q&A with director Marie‑Magdalena Kochová and Norwegian psychologist/researcher Torun Vatne

• The Sky Above Zenica
  Directors: Nanna Frank Møller (Denmark) & Zlatko Pranjić (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
  Dnmark/Bosnia-Hercegovina | 2024 | 92 min

Best Human Rights Documentary at the Bergen International Film Festival and the main prize in the Testimonies competition at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.

Q&A with protagonists, Samir Lemeš, Bosnian activist, university professor and member of Eko Forum and Aslak Heika Hætta Bjørn, a Sami artist, writer and activist.

• From Ground Zero
  Directors: Various (Artistic Supervisor: Rashid Masharawi)
  Palestine / France / Qatar / Jordan | 2024 | 113 min

Winner at Torino Film Festival, selected as Palestine’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Award.

Q&A with Norwegian journalist reporting on Palestine and Israel Pernille Solheim, Palestinian activist and artist Ahmed Tobasi and Doctors Without Borders fieldworker Anders Holm.

• Songs of Slow Burning Earth
  Directors: Olha Zhurba (Ukraine)
  Ukraine / Denmark / Sweden / France | 2024 | 95 min

Q&A with producer Anne Köhncke and a sociologist, activist and co-founder of the Norwegian-Ukrainian Advocacy Hub Nataliya Yeremeyeva

Films are screened with English subtitles, and all discussions are held in English.

Tickets are available through Cinemateket's website.