Each year, MIRAGE moves its Opening Night to a new location in Oslo. We seek out spaces that can be transformed and offer cinema a different setting, places where a screening becomes more than simply the film on the screen. Previous editions have opened in a disused cinema, a former factory and on a boat, each transformed through film, scenography and music. This year, we move into the National Gallery, filling some of its historic rooms with moving images, sound and music.
During the evening there will be several screenings, art installations, surprises throughout the galleries, a DJ set and plenty of time to mingle. The films that we want to share with you in this night is:
At Night
Six women move through a neon-lit Paris as conversations about love, motherhood, desire, work and fear drift into dreams, poetry and performance. Beatrice Gibson’s sensuous 16mm film won the award for Best Emerging Director at Locarno.
Time of Plenty
Robin Jensen’s essayistic short film uses the story of Rapa Nui as the starting point for a wider reflection on human-made climate change and our place in the universe. The film is narrated by Renate Reinsve.
Joy Boy
A raw, polyphonic and musical tribute to African American pianist, composer and activist Julius Eastman. A fiercely uncompromising figure in New York’s experimental music scene, Eastman died in poverty and was overlooked by music history for many years.
There will also be art installations, surprises throughout the galleries, a DJ set and plenty of time to mingle.
Admission is included with a festival pass. Capacity is limited and places are available on a first-come, first-served basis.