Program Series: Society

16-year-old Seyduo and his cousin Mousa have saved just enough money for the journey from Senegal to Europe. It turns out to be a much more dangerous journey than they anticipated - and there is no turning back. The movie is nominated for an Oscar in the category Best International Film.

Director Ladj Ly had success with his previous film, the Oscar-nominated Les Misérables (2019), and here he follows up with a new and intense focus on the challenges of poverty in France.

World War II is coming to an end, and several hundred thousand Germans are fleeing to Denmark. College principal Jacob and his family face a dilemma when the school suddenly is to be used as an internment camp for 500 refugees. Anti-German sentiment among the Danes is strong, and those who help the refugees risk being labeled collaborators.

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, the director of Drive My Car (2021) follows up his international success with a new low-key film, an ecopolitical thriller, offering surprises along the way.

Green Border is a well-crafted and poignant film that sheds light on morality and humanity in a brave, compelling, and timely manner – a critically acclaimed film that won the jury's special prize and several other awards at the Venice Film Festival.

The screening on Tuesday 5. March 15:00 will be introduced by Beate Ekeløve Slydal from Amnesty.

What do you get when you combine Nobel Prize-winning literature with over 200,000 hours of oil painting done by over 100 artists in Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Serbia? The answer is the visually stunning animated film, The Peasants. This film is created by the directors behind Loving Vincent (2017) and is based on Władysław Reymont's novel by the same name.

The Siren depicts the chaos following a missile attack during the Iran-Iraq conflict in the early 1980s. Through detailed and poetic animation, we follow the 14-year-old Omid who witnesses his older brother disappearing to the war's front lines, while the rest of the family flees. Confronted with the city's eccentric characters, Omid searches for his brother.

New Zealand is set to face South Africa in a rugby match, and this causes major demonstrations against apartheid. 17-year-old Josh isn't particularly interested in rugby, but being of Maori descent, he must take a stance in the fight against racism and stand up for himself.

In The World Judo Championship Iranian Leila is set to compete against athletes from far more liberal countries. It's an achievement that Leila has made it this far, as it's not common for Iranian women to have a sports career – and even more unusual to succeed. As the championship unfolds, Leila achieves good results on the judo mat. But the competition takes a sudden turn when her coach, Maryam, receives a threatening phone call.

A father struggles to choose a name for his newborn son, while a mother must defend her young daughter's choice of clothing and interests. A man undergoes an uncomfortable interrogation to obtain his driver's license, while a woman must endure an inappropriate job interview. These are among the situations depicted in the various intriguing vignettes that make up this film narrative.