In October, we joined a cult… film seminar. We visited Cinemateket for Filmklubbforbundet and Z filmtidsskrift’s annual film seminar. This year’s theme was cult cinema. We spent our weekend listening to four informative lectures coupled with four interesting films, and then interviewed four academics on their respective interest regarding the cult genre.
Les merI’ll admit that historically I’ve been a bit of a baby when it comes to horror, but I couldn’t resist the temptation of dipping my toes further into the genre when the Norsk Filmklubbforbund (Norwegian Federation of Film Societies - NFK) announced its annual film seminar theme would indeed be that.
Les merReturning to Oslo for the third time on October 11-15, 2023, MIRAGE is an international film festival that celebrates “the art of the real.” Racha Helen Larsen, Festival & Program Director, elaborates on what this philosophy entails and how it is reflected on this year’s program.
Les merOslo Short Film Festival offered more than a dozen colourfully different stories, varying both in origin country, language, and mood. PRESSET. writers Matilda Forss and Arina Kosareva attended and explored the journey of the nineteen carefully-curated short films.
Les merAfter a three-year COVID-induced break, the Oslo Film Festival finally returned to Norway’s capital with an exceptional selection of independent films from all over the world. Held for two weekday evenings in a row in what once was a bank vault (!), the event gathered quite a diverse and international crowd, which chimed nicely with one of its principal themes – an everlasting fascination with multiculturalism and the controversiality of the daily.
Les merMarin Alsop is the first female conductor to run world famous orchestras on three continents: North and South Americas and Europe. The Conductor (2021), brought to Norway by Oslo/Fusion Film Festival, follows Alsop’s professional and personal life, proving that there is nothing a woman can’t do—especially if she is told so.
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