Movie-talk evening on the role of media in conflicts

Join us at Institut français de Norvège to discover the movie Sympathy for the Devil and have a discussion on the role of journalists in war settings

We invite you to discover the French-Canadian-Belgian war drama film Sympathy for the Devil (100 min), directed by Guillaume de Fontenay in 2019. Based on the book written by the French war correspondent Paul Marchand, the film stars Niels Schneider as Marchand covering the Bosnian War in the 1990s. Multi-awarded in Canada, the movie raises moral questions and depicts the reality of war correspondents, highly contemporary themes in the context of the conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine.

Synopsis: “1992, war is raging in what will become Ex-Yugoslavia. Paul is covering the siege of Sarajevo. Racing through Sniper's Alley in his white Ford, the Frenchman relentlessly tells the apathetic western world about the ongoing massacre. In a urban war zone where everything that moves is a target, Paul tries to live, love and inform.”.

Watch its trailer: https://youtu.be/UbSYzjjPxcY

The screening will be followed by an discussion with specialists:

* Christian Borch is journalist and former news anchor and TV presenter at NRK where he spent more than 20 years as foreign affairs reporter. 

* Dr. Kristin Skare Orgeret is head of the research group Media, War and Conflict (MEKK) at OsloMet and specialist of journalist safety.

The discussion will tackle journalism as a profession and the specific working conditions of foreign correspondents; it will raise questions on the role of media in war and conflicts.  

The movie-talk evening will end with a French buffet!

This France Alumni Norvège event is OPEN TO ALL, FREE and in ENGLISH 

⚠️ Don't forget to register ⚠️

https://www.france.no/no/2024/universitetene/movie-talk-evening-on-the-role-of-media-in-war-and-conflicts/