Program

Films

A Cup of Covid

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

A CUP OF COVID is an innovative and experimental short film by Nefise Özkal Lorentzen. Cinematic Tea: An Hour of Reflection & Dialogue.

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Oct 15

13:00

Vega 3

Cinematic Tea: An Hour of Reflection & Dialogue

ANQA

Helin Çelik

A mesmerising poetic insight into the life of three women, all trapped in the confinement of their homes.

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Oct 13

19:30

Vega 2

TALK | Director Helin Çelik & Cinematographer Raquel Fernández Núñez

Oct 14

16:15

Vega 3

TALK | Director Helin Çelik & Cinematographer Raquel Fernández Núñez

After Work

Erik Gandini

This sci-fi crystal-bowl documentary explores the future and how humans will adapt when AI and robots have taken over our jobs.

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Oct 12

18:00

Vega 1

TALK | Director Erik Gandini

Oct 13

17:00

Vega 3

TALK | Director Erik Gandini

An Asian Ghost Story

Bo Wang

A visually captivating time machine of a film that brings forth the connection between ghost stories, wigs made from communist hair, and the Cold War.

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Oct 15

17:45

Salongen

Being in a Place – A Portrait of Margaret Tait + Ex Nihilo

Luke Fowler

An homage to the enigmatic, yet forgotten Scottish filmmaker Margaret Tait. Luke Fowler honours her originality and creativity, bringing her into cinema history.

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Oct 12

21:00

Vega 2

Between Revolutions

Vlad Petri

An emotional time machine and a poem about two inseparable friends, Zahra and Maria, torn apart by parallel revolutions.

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Oct 13

17:30

Vega 2

TALK | Editor Cătălin Cristuțiu

Oct 15

18:00

Vega 1

Blade

Stephen Norrington

Part of our Club-Night at Vega. True to the 90s Blade is screened from VHS. Lean back, let the thirst for excitement wash over you, and joins us for an all night party.

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Oct 13

0:30

Vega 2

MIRAGE Cinema Club | FREE ENTRY

De Facto

Selma Doborac

A disturbing exploration of the nature of war crimes and the ordinary people’s lust for destruction.

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Oct 12

13:00

Vega 3

EAMI

Paz Encina

Asojá, the bird | god | woman who transmutes spirit. She was a tiger, a plant, a jaguar, and today the girl Eami who must heal her pain and fly.

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Oct 13

20:00

Vega 3

TALK | Sound Designer Javier Umpierrez

Ex Nihilo

Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo

A humorous and reflective portrait of one of Norway's most significant painters, but also a mirror on a filmmaker on a quest to find his film.

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Oct 12

21:00

Vega 2

TALK: Director Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo

Fragments of Paradise

KD Davison

Let Jonas Mekas, the Godfather of avant-garde cinema, lead you into the beauty and poetry of the everyday.

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Oct 12

17:00

Vega 2

Oct 15

21:00

Vega 2

Geographies of Solitude

Jacquelyn Mills

A fantastic audiovisual journey to a sable-shaped sand dune of an island inhabited by horses and a solitary researcher looking for biodiversity.

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Oct 13

22:00

Vega 2

TALK | Director Jacquelyn Mills & Sound Designer Andreas Mendritzki

Oct 14

18:45

Vega 3

IDFA: World Shorts I

Shinya Isobe | Zsófia Paczolay | Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade

The world's largest and most important documentary film festival, IDFA, presents a selection of the most exciting short films from the past editions.

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Oct 12

19:45

Vega 3

Oct 13

0:30

Vega 3

MIRAGE Cinema Club | FREE ENTRY

IDFA: World Shorts II

Katelyn Rebelo, Kira Dane | Eneos Carka | Pegah Ahangarani

The world's largest and most important documentary film festival, IDFA, presents a selection of the most exciting short films from the past editions.

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Oct 12

21:30

Vega 3

Oct 13

0:30

Vega 3

MIRAGE Cinema Club | FREE ENTRY

Jonas Mekas Shorts

Jonas Mekas

A selection of short films by the master, the soul and the heart of the independent film, the personal diary form and the short format.

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Oct 14

18:45

Salongen

Oct 15

19:00

Salongen

Knit's Island

Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h

Welcome to DayZ: A real virtual world that encompasses all desires and everything the earthly life should contain, almost.

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Oct 14

20:30

Salongen

Oct 15

15:30

Salongen

Liberté

Albert Serra

A dark creation of a film about some castaways on a lustful cruising to look for a sexual partner in the era of King Louis the XVI.

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Oct 7

18:15

Vega 2

MIRAGE Warm Up Screening

Listen to the Wallflowers

Johanne Wilbrink

Listen to the Wallflowers is a poetic and cinematic short documentary which will be screened as a part of our curated short film program.

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Look!

Magnus Lysbakken

LOOK! is a testament to the magic of childhood and the art of storytelling by Magnus Lysbakken and will be screened as a part of our curated short film program.

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MIRAGE: Norwegian Shorts

Magnus Lysbakken | Juno Jensen | Johanne Wilbrink | Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

A selection of daring and cinematically sensitive Norwegian filmmakers experimenting with the short-format.

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Oct 12

17:30

Vega 3

Man in Black

WANG Bing

A naked man moves through a building charged with the memory of how his artistic genius was tried, strangled, and exploited.

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Oct 12

19:15

Vega 2

Live Reading of Poetic Text by Author Linda Gabrielsen

Oct 14

19:30

Vega 1

Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros

Frederick Wiseman

Legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman gives yet another profound study of an institution, 3 restaurants and a family that has no comparison.

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Oct 15

13:00

Vega 2

Microcosmos

Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Join us on a journey to the micro world and visit the tiniest crawlers and bugs in this essential classic from the 90s.

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Oct 13

13:00

Vega 3

Baby Cinema

Notes From Eremocene

Viera Čákanyová

NOTES FROM EREMOCENE is a playful, yet thought-provoking work that delves into the speculative future, in a techno-optimistic way.

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Oct 14

15:00

Vega 2

TALK | Director Viera Čákanyová

Pacifiction

Albert Serra

This Cannes sensation is a truly remarkable work that challenges traditional filmmaking.

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Oct 14

15:30

Vega 1

Oct 15

17:45

Vega 2

Plastic Semiotic

Radu Jude

Plastic Semiotic delivers a cinematic experience where miniature figures take on a grand dimension when projected on a big screen.‍

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Oct 11

18:00

Urtegata

MIRAGE Opening | Limited capacity

Pornomelancolía

Manuel Abramovich

Lalo is a sex-influencer: he posts photos of his naked body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of followers on social networks.

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Oct 12

20:30

Vega 1

TALK | Photographer Fin Serck-Hanssen & Curator Ana María Bresciani

Oct 14

21:15

Vega 3

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Jonas Mekas

As the godfather of independent cinema and the pioneer of the diary and essay-film, this is probably one of Jonas Mekas’ most magnificent, beautiful and personal films.

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Oct 8

17:00

Vega 3

MIRAGE Warm Up Screening

Oct 14

14:00

Salongen

Rewind & Play

Alain Gomis

Getting really close to legendary jazz pioneer Thelonious Monk in the fabulous remake of a manipulated TV show in Paris.

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Oct 13

21:30

Vega 1

Live Solo Sax before the screening by André Roligheten + Intro by Audun Vinger

Oct 15

19:15

Vega 3

Room 999 + Room 666

Lubna Playoust

Is cinema dying? 40 years after Wim Wenders gathered the world's finest filmmakers in Room 666, the question is again being re-raised.

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Oct 13

16:30

Vega 1

TALK | Directors Lubna Playoust (Room 999) & Albert Serra (Pacifiction)

Oct 14

13:00

Vega 3

TALK | Director Lubna Playoust

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Anna Hints

SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD is a funny, emotional and elegant exploration of being a woman, of friendship and the magic of the sauna itself.

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Oct 14

13:00

Vega 1

Oct 15

20:30

Vega 1

TALK | Cinematographer Ants Tammik

Steam of Life

Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen

A moody, comic and moving study of Finnish men framed by the national obsession with the sauna.

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Oct 13

15:30

Vega 2

Oct 13

21:45

Salongen

Oct 15

13:00

Vega 1

TIDF & Taiwan Docs: A Glimpse of Asian Documentaries I

Wang Chun, Hikky Chen | Tang Han | Hsu Che-yu | Yuri Muraoka

The best of Asian short and mid-length films presented by the fantastic Taiwan International Documentary Festival and Taiwan Docs.

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Oct 14

21:30

Vega 2

TIDF & Taiwan Docs: A Glimpse of Asian Documentaries II

Nguyễn Trinh Thi | Hsu Che-Chia

The best of Asian short and mid-length films presented by the fantastic Taiwan International Documentary Festival and Taiwan Docs.

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Oct 15

17:00

Vega 3

The Echo

Tatiana Huezo

A story about the echo of what clings to the soul, about the certainty of shelter provided by those around us.

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Oct 14

21:00

Vega 1

Oct 15

21:00

Vega 3

The Island

Juno Jensen

The Island by Juno Jensen blend storytelling with a sense of mystique and artistic expression. This film will be screened as a part of our curated short film program.

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The Recovery Channel

Ellen Ugelstad

THE RECOVERY CHANNEL is a dedicated news channel for mental health, human rights, and coercion.

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Oct 15

15:00

Vega 1

TALK

The Tuba Thieves

Alison O’Daniel

Bring your most attentive eyes and ears for this peculiar and magical journey exploring the capacity of our senses.

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Oct 14

17:15

Vega 2

Oct 15

14:30

Vega 3

Videocracy

Erik Gandini

Silvio Berlusconi passed away earlier this year in June, VIDEOCRACY might not be a tribute, but a cacophonous audiovisual exploration of his exploitation.

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Oct 12

21:00

Salongen

INTRO | Director Erik Gandini

Vintersaga

Carl Olsson

A tragicomic and somewhat romantic look at the essence of the dark Scandinavian soul and winter's firm grip with shaping its population.

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Oct 14

19:45

Vega 2

Oct 15

20:45

Salongen

Art

Art in the Making: Jonas Daatland

Vega Scene

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Vega Scene

EXHIBITION: Orgasm Addicts and North Sea Pioneer Divers

Fin Serck-Hanssen

Vega Scene

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Vega Scene

POSTER EXHIBITION: Norwegian Journal of Photography

Vega Scene

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Vega Scene

Talks & Masterclasses

BOOK LAUNCH: Norwegian Journal of Photography's 6th Edition

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Oct 12

18:00

Salongen

BOOK LAUNCH: Norwegian Journal of Photography's 6th Edition

DAY 1: Meet the people at the Norwegian Film Institute

MIRAGE Professionals Opening

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Oct 11

10:00

Urtegata 11

DAY 1: Meet the people at the Norwegian Film Institute

DAY 2: Artistic Research

Erik Gandini | Nina Grünfeld

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Oct 12

14:45

Salongen

DAY 2: Artistic Research

DAY 2: Deep Dive: Javier Umpierrez - The visuality and Psychology of Sound

Javier Umpierrez

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Oct 12

10:00

Salongen

DAY 2: Deep Dive: Javier Umpierrez - The visuality and Psychology of Sound

DAY 2: Music vs Sound in Cinema (and the Blur in Between)

Gisle Tveito, Ola Fløttum

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Oct 12

11:30

Salongen

DAY 2: Music vs Sound in Cinema (and the Blur in Between)

DAY 2: The Performative Element of Cinema, The encounter with Audiences and the Unexpected

Gianmarco Donaggio, Greg Pope, Konstantin Helmers

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Oct 12

13:30

Salongen

DAY 2: The Performative Element of Cinema, The encounter with Audiences and the Unexpected

DAY 3: Roundtable - A Sense of Place

Award Nominees in conversation

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Oct 13

14:00

Salongen

DAY 3: Roundtable - A Sense of Place

DAY 3: Making Relevant - Cinema as a Collaborative Artform Copy

Nordic Unions (Cinematography, Sound, Editing)

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Oct 13

15:20

Salongen

DAY 3: Making Relevant - Cinema as a Collaborative Artform Copy

DAY 3: Meet the Producers - (ACE Producers + Looking Up Talents)

MIRAGE

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Oct 13

10:45

Salongen

DAY 3: Meet the Producers - (ACE Producers + Looking Up Talents)

DAY 3: Meet the Production Companies

Meet the industry

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Oct 13

9:30

Salongen

DAY 3: Meet the Production Companies

DAY 3: Meet the talents of the craft

Talent presentation

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Oct 13

0:00

Salongen

DAY 3: Meet the talents of the craft

Talent presentation

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Oct 13

12:00

Salongen

DAY 3: Meet the talents of the craft

KUNZT Discussion with painter Jonas Daatland

Jonas Daatland | Silje M. Engja Sigurdsen

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Oct 15

14:15

Mezzaninen

KUNZT Discussion with painter Jonas Daatland

FREE ENTRY

KUNZT Discussion with painter Jonas Daatland

MASTERCLASS: Michael Christopher Brown

Michael Christopher Brown | Laara Matsen | Fritt Ord

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Oct 13

19:30

Vega 1

MASTERCLASS: Michael Christopher Brown

PICK MY BRAIN: Short Film Distribution

FREE ENTRY

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Oct 12

20:45

Mezzaninen

PICK MY BRAIN: Short Film Distribution

SESSION BETWEEN IDFA SHORT I & II

PICK MY BRAIN: Short Film Distribution

Sound, Memories, Places and Communities

Gisle Nataas | Javier Umpierrez | Christian Pagh

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Oct 13

18:30

Salongen

Sound, Memories, Places and Communities

FREE ENTRY

Sound, Memories, Places and Communities

Festival routes

Festival Route 1

Festival Route 2

Experiences

At Urtegata - MIRAGE Opening 2023

Urtegata

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For the grand opening of MIRAGE 2023 a gritty industrial workshop comes alive with visual performances, a silent cinema concert and cinematic short films followed by an afterparty!

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Opening

Cinematic Experiences

Live Performance

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MIRAGE Opening 2023

At Urtegata - MIRAGE Opening 2023

ICONOCROM - Live Cinema and Music Performance

Urtegata

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A live performance merging cinema and music generated from paying attention to the tiniest details of things, entering the micro-world. If you look close enough you will find beauty in everything.

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Opening Event

Visuals

Live Editing

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Oct 11

18:00

MIRAGE Opening | Limited capacity

ICONOCROM - Live Cinema and Music Performance

Urtegata

ICONOCROM - Live Cinema and Music Performance

MIRAGE Cinema Club

Vega Scene

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MIRAGE Cinema Club takes over Vega Scene.

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Party

Film

Social

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Oct 13

0:30

FREE ENTRY

MIRAGE Cinema Club

Vega Scene

MIRAGE Cinema Club

MIRAGE MINI

Vega Scene

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For our youngest audience. Experience live narration cinema, live film performances and theatre.

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Live Film Performance

Live Narration Cinema

Theater

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Live Performance In Visible Light with Gianmarco Donaggio

MIRAGE MINI

Microcosmos with Live Narration by Hazel Barstow

MIRAGE MINI

LØVE with Cirka Teater

MIRAGE MINI

MIRAGE MINI: Cirka Teater with LØVE

Teatersalen

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Perfect for the little ones, LØVE is a theater performance by Cirka Teater that will engage thought and emotion.

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Mini

Theater

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Oct 15

12:00

MIRAGE MINI: Cirka Teater with LØVE

Teatersal

Oct 15

13:00

MIRAGE MINI: Cirka Teater with LØVE

Teatersal

MIRAGE MINI: Cirka Teater with LØVE

MIRAGE MINI: In Visible Light

Salongen

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Bring your children on an exploration of electricity through this live film performance. An explosion of colors and lights. A compelling and mesmerizing experience unlike all.

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Mini

Cinema

Performance

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Oct 14

13:30

Gianmarco Donaggio

MIRAGE MINI: In Visible Light

Salongen

MIRAGE MINI: In Visible Light

MIRAGE MINI: Microcosmos with Live Narration

Salongen

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This excerpt from MICROCOSMOS takes us on a truly unique journey with storytelling by artist Hazel Barstow to guide us.

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Mini

Live Narration

Film

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Oct 15

13:30

MIRAGE MINI: Microcosmos with Live Narration

Salongen

MIRAGE MINI: Microcosmos with Live Narration

MIRAGE Outdoor Cinema

Eventyrbrua Akerselva

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Cover up in warm and cosy clothes, bring your camping chair and enjoy a whole day full of screenings by the river - its free for all!

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Outdoor Cinema

River Cinema

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Oct 14

14:00

MIRAGE Outdoor Cinema

Eventyrbrua Akerselva

MIRAGE Outdoor Cinema

Oslofjorden LIVE

Oslofjorden

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A unique LIVE experience from the bottom of the endangered Oslofjord.

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Live Experience

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Oct 14

14:30

A unique LIVE experience from the bottom of the endangered Oslofjord

Oslofjorden LIVE

Vega Scene

Oslofjorden LIVE

PERFORMANCE: In Visible Light

Vega Scene

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Prepare to witness a fusion between cinema and live artistry as IN VISIBLE LIGHT takes audiences on a live performance that explores electricity's visuality.

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Live Performance

Music

Visuals

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Oct 13

23:00

PERFORMANCE: In Visible Light

Vega 3

Oct 14

13:30

PERFORMANCE: In Visible Light Mini

PERFORMANCE: In Visible Light

Salongen

PERFORMANCE: In Visible Light

POETRY PERFORMANCE: Guri Ama Gaia & Andreu Jacob

Mezzaninen

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A Poetry Performance by multiartists Guri Ama Gaia and Andreu Jacob.

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Poetry

Performance

Music

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Oct 15

17:00

FREE ENTRY

POETRY PERFORMANCE: Guri Ama Gaia & Andreu Jacob

Mezzaninen

POETRY PERFORMANCE: Guri Ama Gaia & Andreu Jacob

RADIO CINEMA: Oslofjorden

Vega Scene

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Reading concert for the Oslofjord by Ane Hjort Guttu and Mari Kvien Brunvoll

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Radio Cinema

Film

Music

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Oct 13

20:30

RADIO CINEMA: Oslofjorden

Salongen

RADIO CINEMA: Oslofjorden

SILENT CINEMA CONCERT: Nothing But Time

Urtegata

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As a part of the opening of MIRAGE you will get the chance to immerse yourself in a world from a different time with this silent cinema concert. ‍

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Silent Cinema

Concert

Drinks

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Oct 11

18:00

MIRAGE Opening | Limited capacity

SILENT CINEMA CONCERT: Nothing But Time

Urtegata

SILENT CINEMA CONCERT: Nothing But Time

SOUND PERFORMANCE: Gisle Nataas

Salongen

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Unlock the secret symphonies of architecture in Gisle Nataas' mesmerizing sound performance at MIRAGE 2023. There will be a talk after the performance so stay put!

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Sound Performance

Talk

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Oct 13

18:00

FREE ENTRY

SOUND PERFORMANCE: Gisle Nataas

Salongen

SOUND PERFORMANCE: Gisle Nataas

Sauna Cinema

Albatrossen

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In collaboration with Oslo Sauna Association (Oslo Badstuforening) we will screen one of the films in our program STEAM OF LIFE.

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Sauna Cinema

THEATER: Klasserommet

Teatersal

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A theatre performance by Cirka Teater in collaboration with Vega Teater. Get a discount to the play with the MIRAGE festival pass!

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Theater

Live Music

Visuals

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Oct 12

19:00

THEATER: Klasserommet

Teatersal

Oct 13

19:00

THEATER: Klasserommet

Teatersal

Oct 14

14:00

THEATER: Klasserommet

Teatersal

Social

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Films

Art

Talks

Experiences

Social

Plastic Semiotic

MIRAGE Opening | Limited capacity

10/11/2023 18:00