Film screening: Smile and wave
The MENSA project at UiB and Cinemateket i Bergen invite you to a screening of the film essay Smile and Wave and a moderated discussion about Norwegians鈥� values of the ocean.
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This event is organized by the project , hosted at the University of Bergen (UiB) SVT, with support from UiB Ocean and in partnership with Cinemateket Bergen.
Smile og Vinke听won听 The film's director, Eva Charlotte Nilsen, also received an Honorary Award and was Guest of Honor at Nordic/Docs 2022.
The MENSA project (2020-2025), funded by the Research Council of Norway, is capturing what the sea means to Norwegians. By making Norwegian ocean values explicit, MENSA aims to reconcile value trade-offs toward sustainable development and ethical ocean governance.
Visit the Norwegian Seascapes exhibition before and after the screening.
Film screening: (Smile and wave)
- Time: 18:00-19:00
- Place: Cinemateket
About the film:
Would you like to join us for a walk on the shore? Smile and Wave is a film essay about a coastal landscape in Vester氓len, Norway.
High-tide water and memories are mixed together in the story of the vulnerability of life and what remains when something is gone.
Can you say something about life by portraying a place? Can you understand more of yourself by examining your passions?听
At Nordahlstranda in B酶 in Vester氓len, you can wade for hours in overalls and rubber boots and find treasures. The common heart urchin is magical and secret, thinner than an eggshell and just as vulnerable as you and me. A film about how nature activates our memories and our curiosity. Ebb and flow all day, your whole life. A slow breath that never ends. As if death did not exist. In a universe of common heart urchins, waving angels and skeletons, a story of a life emerges. A beautiful, poetic and thought-provoking film.听
Smile og vinke won During Nordic/Docs 2022, the director, Eva Nilsen, was Guest of Honor during the festival and several of her films were shown in a retrospective program. Nilsen also received the Nordic/Docs Honorary Award 2022.
The film has Norwegian audio and English subtitles.
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Moderated discussion
- Time: 19.00-19:45
- Place: Cinemateket
After the film screening, UiB will moderate a conversation between the audience, the film director, and the MENSA project manager, .
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