FOCUS: ANDERS HAMMER

Do Not Split 35 min

Original title: Do Not Split
Director: Anders Hammer
Country/year: Norway 2020
Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, English
Subtitles: English
This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Documentary and provides an ultra-close-up view of the demonstrations that broke out in Hong Kong in 2019. Over the course of a year, the film follows the pro-democracy demonstrators. They are met with violent police as they fight against the introduction of laws supported by the Beijing government that threaten the freedom of the residents of Hong Kong.

The Takeover 35 min

Original title: The Takeover
Director: Anders Hammer
Country/year: Norway 2023
Language: Dari, Pashto, English
Subtitles: English
Anders Hammer's latest film, shot in 2021 and 2022, documents Afghanistan's dramatic change as the Taliban regained control of the country after the withdrawal of the United States. This has had profound consequences for women's rights and everyday life, and the film gets up close with both activists and the Taliban regime.

Adresseavisen Conversation with Anders Hammer

Anders Hammer has lived and traveled in war and conflict zones for years. Now he travels in and out of Ukraine. After working with Afghanistan for over 15 years, what does he think about the situation today? How does he work? And what does he hope to achieve with his documentaries? Anne Dorte Lunås from Adresseavisen interviews Anders Hammer after the screening of the films Do Not Split and The Takeover. The conversation will be in Norwegian