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”.
- Jenny Sørensen gives a introduction 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
Arr: Centre for Peace Studies in cooperation with The Norwegian Peace Film Award steering committee