1215-1400:
Film screening: Omar, winner of the 2014 NoPFA Award, Introduction by Roswitha Skare, Professor Media and Documentation Studies, UiT and member of the 2014 NoPFA jury (http://www.tiff.no/en/program/2014/omar)
1400-1530:
Seminar with introduction and panel discussion:
Peace film awards from 2004 to 2015: Can a film make a difference?
Changing ideas and evaluations of what constitutes “peace film”.
Introduction by Jenny Sørensen about her 2014 MA thesis from the University of Bergen about the development of peace film festivals as a specific kind of film festival. Followed by comments and questions by the panel:
- Mona Pedersen, Associate Professor, Hedmark University College, representative from the “Norwegian Movies on War Festival”
- Sara Karoline Steinmoen, student from the Master Program in Peace Studies and Conflict Transformation, UiT the Arctic University of Norway.
- Holger Pötzsch, Associate Professor Media and Documentation Studies, UiT the Arctic Univetsity of Norway.
- Questions and comments by the audience.
NoPFA: https://www.facebook.com/PeaceFilmAward