IN TRANSIT: MIGRATION
IN TRANSIT M I G R A T I O N
7 films focusing on people in movement, selected and presented by 7 contemporary playwrights from China, Norway, Italy, the United States, and Tatarstan. “Migration” was the theme a writing workshop called New text, new stage which has c ulminated in a collective piece premiering at Hålogåland Theater (The Arctic Theater) during TIFF 2017: APENE I HIMALAYA. The 7 writers involved in the workshop have been invited to select one film each related to the theme of migration, a film that has inspired them or provoked them in their own work. The result is an eclectic selection of films that o ffers stimulating perspectives on migration from a totally different angle than we know from news media. Each writer will introduce his or her film at one of the screenings, explaining their reasons for the choice. Please see the schedule or tiff.no for more information on the times.
2017 PROGRAM BE WITH ME
Hanne Ørstavik
Norway
(122)
BEFORE THE RAIN
Liv Heløe
Norway
(123)
THE GREAT GATSBY
Zhu Yi
China
(124)
LIFE OF PI
Gu Lei
China
(125)
MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Kim Davies
USA
(126)
SHUN LI AND THE POET
Letizia Russo
Italy
(127)
WAR FOR THE UNFORGIVEN
Sombel Gaffarova
Tatarstan
(128)
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