• Arna’s children

    Kunstnernes Hus Wergelandsveien 17, Oslo, Norway

    Arna was an Israeli anti-occupation activist, married to a Palestinian, and the founder of the Jenin Refugee camp Freedom Theatre. The Arna's Children film documents the return of Arna's son…

  • Ten Years After the Arab Spring – Oslo World

    Kunstplass Akersgata 1, Oslo, Norway

    Ten years ago, Arab protesters reclaimed the public space for the first time in decades, sparking an explosion of defiant artistic and cultural expressions against the authoritarian powers. A decade…

  • War in Ukraine: The Earth is Blue as an Orange

    Vega Scene Hausmanns gate 30, Oslo, Norway

    Does art have power during war? Art does have power – it cracks the ice between us; it facilitates the processing of trauma. It gives witness to all that is…

  • Wild Relatives – Film + discussion

    Kunstnernes Hus Wergelandsveien 17, Oslo, Norway

    Welcome to the film screening of Wild Relatives (2018, 64') followed by a conversation between Reem Shadid and Edwin Nasr titled Slow violence and ecological erasure in artistic practices from…

  • Masahat Screens: Let’s hope it rains

    Vega Scene Hausmanns gate 30, Oslo, Norway

    On the last day of Masahat festival 2022, join us for “Let’s hope it rains”, a film program on a long and lazy Sunday afternoon, because one thing is certain:…

  • Salon Marie Rose: Queer Arabs in Exile

    Melahuset Mariboes gate 8, Oslo, Norway

    English العربي English Welcome to Salon Marie Rose: Queer Arabs in Exile, a day including a pop-up library, films on loop, finger food, poetry and readings hosted by Frida Marida…

  • Reclaiming History

    Deichman Bjørvika Oslo

    Join us on Friday 22 September, the second day of Masahat festival, for an insightful & inspiring evening at Deichman Bjørvika to talk about the right to history, archives, and heritage politics from Egypt and Norway.

  • Masahat Screens

    Vega Scene Hausmanns gate 30, Oslo, Norway

    Masahat Screens Join us on the last day of Masahat festival for a thought-provoking and inspiring Sunday at VEGA Scene with film screenings, conversations, mingling and more. The day starts…

  • Decolonize the Gaze with Orwa Nyrabia

    Vega Scene Hausmanns gate 30, Oslo, Norway

    Decolonizing the documentary has been a recurring theme at IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film festival, since Orwa Nyrabia became the Artistic Director in 2018. Under his leadership, the festival has been…

  • Vigil for Palestine

    Eidsvoll Plass Eidsvoll Plass, Oslo, Norway

    We are approaching one year of a perpetrated genocide in Gaza with no immediate ceasefire in sight and with mounting threats that a regional war would break out. We are…