Short movie screening: Sivil ulydighet (2022), Vi går ned med stil og engangsgrill (2022)

We continue the Bjørnson Festival exhibition program with a short movie screening. Both films are new from 2022 and were presented at the annual Autumn Exhibition in Oslo – Høstutstillingen.
The films deal in their own way with the climate crisis. Vi går ned med stil og engangsgrill (2022) also received the Autumn Exhibition Award.

Screening:
Thursday 24.11 at 19. The films will be presented by Japke Stobbe from Naturvernforbundet Molde and Håvard Brændeland from Nature and Youth – Young Friends of the Earth Norway
Friday 25.11 at 19

Free of charge and open for everybody

SIVIL ULYDIGHET
Norway 2022 37 min

SIVIL ULYDIGHET is a film about the fight to stop Norwegian CO2 emissions. It follows activists of all ages from Extinction Rebellion as they take action against oil transport at the Sjursøya terminal in Oslo. Filmmaker Thomas Østbye follows the activists so closely that he himself is arrested by the police while the camera is running. Last year, Østbye released the film EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO about the climate lawsuit against the Norwegian state.

Thomas Østbye is a Norwegian documentary and art filmmaker. Østbye has a distinctive voice in Norwegian film and is known for combining artistic reflections on the documentary genre with contemporary political dilemmas. He has previously made films such as Imagining Emanuel (2011), Out of Norway (2014), HUMAN (2009). Østbye has been nominated and won a number of awards for his films and in addition to film he works with photography and installation art. Astrid Skumsrud Johansen has been involved in editing the film.

VI GÅR NED MED STIL OG ENGANGSGRILL
Norway 2022, 16 min

VI GÅR NED MED STIL OG ENGANGSGRILL is a short film that explores the human reaction to a climate crisis that seems unmanageable. A meteorologist is among the select few who get to join those in power and technology giants of a new planet. If he leaves, he leaves his partner and the small group of people who have given up hope and would rather continue the party. The film was awarded this year’s Autumn Exhibition Award.

The film is made in collaboration between Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid, Ylva Gulpinar, Io Sivertsen and Christa Barlinn Korvald. They have different backgrounds in photography, art, documentary and sound art, but all work with film and storytelling. They are educated at the Norwegian Film School, the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, HDK Valand and the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague). In 2022, they debuted with this film at The Autumn Exhibition in Oslo. The film stars Emil Johnsen, Hamza Kader and Leif Hernes.