| MEET THE CENSORS (100 min) China/Germany/Iran/Norway/South Sudan/Sweden/US |
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Director: Håvard
Fossum
Producers: Ingvil Giske
Description:
From a Kafkaesque
office for social media in Germany and a South Sudan military
headquarters, to conversations with an Iranian Ayatollah and Chinese
news editors. Norwegian filmmaker Håvard Fossum intimately follows
the daily working lives of the censors. With remarkable access to a
secretive world, we get a rare insight into the ways information is
controlled, from the Communist Party in Beijing to the corridors of
power in Washington. Hearing the word censorship makes us cringe, but
is it a misunderstood idea? If there's one thing the censors have in
common, it's that they’re all convinced they’re working for a
good cause. At once laugh-out-loud funny, deeply shocking and
thought-provoking, this timely and intelligent doc will stay with you
long after you watch it.
Biography:
Håvard Fossum with a
background in journalism, anthropology and art, Norwegian filmmaker
and cinematographer Håvard Fossum makes documentaries that mix
approaches and play with conventions of truth and objectivity. Often
political in theme, but darkly funny in tone, his films have ranged
from satires to investigative stories, been broadcasted and competed
in festivals such as CPH:DOX, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Ji.hlava and
Winterthur.
Ingvil
Giske has
more than 10 years experience as director and producer of
documentaries, shorts and animation-films (Tongue
Cutters, Dugma:
The Button).
Ingvil joined Medieoperatørene, an independent production company
that has produced award-winning documentaries, short films and
television programmes, in 2011.
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