Program

A star line-up of film directors competing for the festival's most prestigious award, The Silver Mirror Award, consisting of films from the greatest film festivals in the world.

The section that shows trends and movements on the international film scene, where unestablished directors impresses with groundbreaking visions and great storytelling.

Documentaries gives us a small piece of the world that opens our eyes for the best, worst and most fascinating sides of human nature. They also give us some of the greatest cinematic experiences at this year's festival.

Humanist and social critic Jafar Panahi is this year's recipient of the Honorary Award at Films from the South. The director is now imprisoned in Iran and we want to give present a mini retrospective along with a screening of his most recent film, NO BEARS.

As a part of our focus on Korean cinema we are giving special attention to Han Jae-rim – a master of blockbusters from South Korea and known for his riveting action films.

From all parts of the world we are serving a varied group of films; From horror in Senegal to life in a garbage heap in Nicaragua, from shamanism in Cuba to life on a river boat in Bangladesh.

South Korean culture is taking off, and we have gathered some of the best K films from the last year.

The Critical Room (TCR) is our forum for debate and conversation. We invite exciting guests from both Norway and abroad to discuss topics that are highlighted in both documentaries and fiction films. This year we are showing five films in the TCR section, each of which in its own way addresses current social issues and problems related to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Anime fans can immerse themselves in our cyberpunk focus at this year's edition of Mangapolis.

«It was wrong to give the World Cup to Qatar», former scandalized FIFA president Sepp Blatter recently told Dagbladet. We are joined by the football magazine Josimar to tell more about why.

The hunt for the «fifth» taste, alongside sour, sweet, salty and bitter, marks this year's culinary film menu.

From the desert steppes of Altiplano to the deep rainforests of the Amazon we invite you to thought-provoking stories showing human follies in the face of nature and indigenous peopl.

We take a closer look at Colombia and a generation of youths falling out of society, but at the same time show strength, courage and admirable will to make something out of their hopeless situation.

We take a look at the historical roots of a conflict ridden Mali. The great optimism following the independence in 1960, and the new fight against the islamist many years later.

This year's Japanese double bill is a formidable revisit of the cult film Tarantino has said he would have loved to have made himself, and the hilarious new acquaintance with office ladies who know how to kick ass.