Underskog

PROGRAM:
17:30 DOORS OPEN
18:00 DEBATE 1: SOUTH SUDAN STATE BUILDERS
19:15 DEBATE 2: BURMA UPDATE
19:45 MEET THE FESTIVAL GUESTS
21:00 PERFORMANCE: THE MAKING OF BIG MEN WITH RACHEL BOYNTON
21:30 MINI-CONCERT WITH MORTEN ZAKARIA WITH BAND

Tickets are sold at the door – free entry with a cinema ticket from the same day! 100 kr/ 70 kr (students)

17.30 DEBATE: HOW TO BUILD A NATION FROM SCRATCH, Presented by The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – NUPI

Is there a one-size-fits-all model for building a democratic state?
When South Sudan became an independent country in 2011, they started from scratch after 50 years of civil war. Do international experts and the UN have the right recipe?

With: Cedric de Coning, Head of the research group for Peace Operations and Peacebuilding at NUPI, Øyvind Eggen, Policy Director for the Evaluation Department at NORAD and Liv Tørres, Secretary General at the Norwegian People’s Aid. Moderator: Tove Gravdal, Morgenbladet.

19.15 DEBATT: BURMAS UTFORDRINGER (30 MIN), Presentert av Den norske Burmakomité

Burma er i gang med en bemerkelsesverdig reformprosess som
har blitt applaudert av en hel verden. Det er ingen tvil om at det har skjedd store positive forandringer, men bildet er mer nyansert og problematisk enn det ofte presenteres i media. Regjeringen er ikke valgt av folket og militæret har fortsatt avgjørende makt.

Med: Oddny Gumaer, Partners Norge og Kristian Stokke, professor Universitetet i Oslo. Debate in Norwegian.

19.45. MEET THE FESTIVAL GUESTS

Alfredo Corchado is a journalist and the author of the book Midnight in Mexico. He reports on the drug wars in Mexico.
Dechen Pemba is invited by Voice of Tibet to talk about freedom of expression in Tibet.
Andrei Sannikov is a former presidential candidate in Belarus.
Orwa Nyrabia is active in the Syrian opposition movement and the producer of Return to Homs.

21. 00 THE MAKING OF: BIG MEN

A film about greed in West African oil exploration Rachel Boynton is the director of Big Men. She will show clips, talk about the making of the film and share her thoughts about the topic. Will Ghana escape the resource curse? Boynton has a unique ability to gain access and to delve deep into complex subjects.

21.30 CONCERT: MORTON ZAKARIA (sax) will play throughout the evening.