Who are we?
FRA ØST TIL NORD️ is an Oslo-based non-profit organization that aims to raise visibility of Asian cultures in Nordic countries and promote cultural exchanges. We curate film screenings, art exhibitions, panel discussions, and other cultural events. We believe in the benefit of curiosity, the necessity of dialogue, and the strength of compassion.️
Vi er en Oslo-basert ideell organisasjon dedikert til å formidle asiatisk kultur i Norden. Vi organiserer filmvisninger, kunstutstillinger, debatter og andre kulturarrangementer. Vi tror på viktigheten av nysgjerrighet, dialog, og medmenneskelighet.️
Co-founders
FRA ØST TIL NORD is a fast-growing NGO founded by two young female Chinese immigrants currently living in Oslo – Mingmin Liu and Yunyun Zhou. Both are passionate about independent cinema from Asia and the Sinophone world and are embedded in transnational networks of Sinophone film distribution and screening in Europe.
Mingmin has many years of experience in various educational and cultural NGOs in China and is currently working as business consultant in Oslo;
Yunyun is an academic working on Chinese feminism and social movements. She is currently based at Queen Mary University of London and previously worked at the University of Oslo.
Team
Curators
Pelin Çılgın 夏豪恬
董一骄 Heather
Beatrice Terzo
Jiangnan Wang
Designer
Tianqi 天琦
Qianbao 芊宝
Mingrui Dai 戴明芮
Social media
久衣 Joy
Ada
Partners
The curation of the screening program is done by Mingmin and Yunyun in collaboration with these main partners:
Chinese Independent Cinema Observer
based at Newcastle University, UK
Chinese Independent Cinema Observer is a bi-lingual peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of Chinese independent films and film culture. It publishes twice a year on the official website of Chinese Independent Film Archive (CIFA).
CILENS Indie Chinese Cinema Project
based at Transtopia, Berlin.
C/LENS is a Berlin-based, non-profit film curation project that explores the potential of cinema as a space for transcultural dialogues, through the showcase of rarely exhibited Chinese independent films.
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