Hasan, Mazen, and Khaldoon are former prisoners of conscience from some of Syria’s most notorious prisons. Convinced that the three strangers will communicate openly and honestly with each other, the director observes them from the outside of a simulated prison cell in Oslo, using three remote-controlled cameras. Despite the horrors they experienced in captivity in…
In collaboration with HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival and Nobel Peace Center The Silence of Others A shocking history about how the lack of justice after the dictatorship of Franco’s regime in Spain has forced hundreds of thousands of victims and their families to stay silent about their suffering, even today. A turning point came…
I samarbeid med Arabiske filmdager og Norsk PEN inviterer vi til visning av Still Recording + samtale med regissøren på lørdag den 23 mars kl. 16.00. Filmen følger to kunststudenter i Douma, en forstad som kontrolleres av opprørere mot regimet. I en periode på over fire år følger vi de to vennene og deres omgangskrets…
At this year’s Oslo Freedom Forum, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), in partnership with The Syria Campaign, SPACE, and Vega Scene, will feature an experiential exhibition in honor of Raed Fares, a Syrian pro-democracy activist, citizen journalist, and civil society leader who was assassinated in November 2018 in Idlib, north-west Syria. Fares was a speaker…
بالتعاون مع ميلاهوسيه، تدعوكم سبيس إلى نقاش وورشة عمل بمناسبة الانتخابات المحلية القادمة يوم 9 سبتمبر/أيلول. ورشة العمل مفتوحة للجميع ولكل من يرغب بمعرفة معلومات عن المشاركة بالانتخابات القادمة والتفاعل والتأثير على سياسات الأحزاب المحلية. ندعوكم للقدوم والمشاركة مع أسئلتكم وأولوياتكم التي ترغبون بطرحها على الأحزاب السياسية في مقاطعتكم. نرحب بشكل خاص بالمصوتين للمرة اﻷولى…
What is happening in Idlib? Who is protecting civilians and civil space - and whose responsibility is it? Welcome to a breakfast seminar with Karam Hilly, a Syrian civil society activist. Karam will give a unique insight into the current situation in Idlib, including the situation of the local population and the admirable efforts of…
SPACE, in collaboration with Oslo Dokumentarkino, Arabiske Filmdager, Vega Scene and Syrian Doc Days, invite you to a mystical evening at Vega Scene on Sept 7th. The evening starts with a film taking us on a timeless journey into the majestic world of music in Syria before the war. The film then chases the paths…
SPACE og Syrian Student Association inviterer til Demokratispill (ledet av Rafto Foundation for Human Rights) tirsdag 17.oktober, 17:00-20:00 på Sentralen. Vi skal ha et sosialt møte, der kan vi snakke sammen, ha det gøy, spise noe godt og spille sammen et brettspill «Demokratikaken» som er gruppebasert. I Demokratispillet vil deltagerne etablere sin egen stat og…
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and in the wake of decisive political junctures, how can Arab artists, musicians and authors imagine the future? It is possible to dream of a future that is centered and conceived from and for the people? In a region that is often haunted by worn-out clichés full of…
This year's Question of Syria will expand the discussion beyond nation state politics by reflecting on questions of belonging, exile, everyday political expression, right to land, citizenship and return.The Question of Syria 2019 - The Struggle for Home invites intellectuals, specialists and artists from Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Sudan as well as Norway to think together…