Graduation Exhibition Film: Master Programme

The students from the master's program screen their film, and host debates, talks and Q&A’s with invited guests Ruben Östlund, Mia Engberg and Masoud Kamali. This event will be English spoken

Watch the live-streaming event on Vimeo.The Saturday and Sunday programs are closed screenings. To access the live-streaming events during the weekend, please sign up by sending an email to Mirka.Duijn@gu.se. All the films and talks will also be available to watch on-demand online, email Mirka Duijn if you want access to our online showcase.

Please note: Earlier it was communicated that the venue from which the events are screened, Bio-Valand, would be open for public. Due to the current Covid restrictions this is not the case. The events will not be hosted at Bio-Valand, but only streaming-online. The accompanying exhibition in HDK-Valand's gallery Monitor that was planned has unfortunately also been cancelled.
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Film screenings - programme Saturday February 5

• 12.00 Introduction, Mirka Duijn, senior lecturer HDK-Valand
• 12.15 Green Space (23 min)– Jamie Fraser
• 12.35 Being Seen Seeing (29 min) – Majse Vilstrup
• 13.05 Q & A with Ruben Östlund, film director
• 13.40 Introduction
• 13.45 Neighbour (20 min) – Yaser Kassab
• 14.05 City Fables (12 min) – Gabriel Gezaw
• 14.20 Q & A with Masoud Kamali, debater, professer in Social Work
• 14.55 Introduction
• 15.00 Du som aldrig bliver min / You Who Will Never Be Mine (15 min) – Cecilie Evert Kjær
• 15.15 My Mother´s Island (20 min) – Kaya Pakaslahti
• 15.35 How to say goodbye (20 min) – Vangelis Kollias
• 15.55 I Who Will Always Be Yours (20 min) – Maximilien Acuña
• 16.20 Q & A with Mia Engberg, film director
• 17.00 End

Guests

Ruben Östlund

Students Jamie Fraser will go into a conversation with Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund. Ruben Östlund is known for his provocative, satirical films like Force Majeure and The Square, in which he questions our global capitalist society and societal structures today. Jamie, Majse and Ruben will discuss and compare how, as filmmakers, to use film as a means to explore societal structures.

Masoud Kamali

Students Yaser Kassab and Gabriel Gezaw will be in conversation with guest speaker Masoud Kamali. Masoud Kamali is a scholar who has a focus on stuctural racism and the political oppression of minorities in general and Muslims in particular in the context of the the Swedish neoliberal society. After screening their films Yaser Kassab and Gabriel Gezaw will discuss the films and their research behind it with Masoud Kamali, departing from questions about how to avoid repeating hegemonic narratives in film and how to deal with the depiction of oppressed minorities in film as filmmakers. The conversation is moderated by artist Ali Ardalan.

Mia Engberg

Students Cecilie Kjaer, Kaya Pakaslahti, Max Acuña Acosta and Vangelis Kollias will go into a conversation with Swedish filmmaker Mia Engberg. Mia Engberg is known for her autobiographical films Belleville Baby and Lucky One. In her work Mia explores intimacy in relationships, memories, and experiences. She will be in conversation with students Cecilie Kjaer, Kaya Pakaslahti, Max Acuna Acosta and Vangelis Kollias. After screening their films, they will discuss how, as filmmakers, to work from personal, intimate memories and stories, comparing approaches and methods, difficulties and revelations.

More information about the weekend events and the students can be found here.