Israël Palestine on Swedish TV (1958-1989)

Israel Palestina på svensk tv 1958-1989

  • Göran Hugo Olsson
  • 2024
  • Sweden, Finland, Denmark
  • 206'
  • English, Arabic, Hebrew
    • Sat 29
    • March
    • 13h00
    • Christine Cinéma Club
    • Book
    • + discussion
  • © Göran Hugo Olsson_STORY
    © Göran Hugo Olsson_STORY
  • © Göran Hugo Olsson_Story
    © Göran Hugo Olsson_Story
  • © Göran Hugo Olsson_Story
    © Göran Hugo Olsson_Story

During the years 1958 to 1989, the Swedish public broadcaster SVT’s reporting from Israel and Palestine was unique. Their reporters were constantly present in the war-affected region, documenting everything from everyday life to international crises.

Screening followed by a discussion on archives and the representation of the Israeli-Palestinian war, led by Alice Leroy (visual studies researcher, critic at Cahiers du cinéma) with Göran Hugo Olsson, Dominique Vidal, freelance journalist and co-author of Palestine-Israël. Une histoire visuelle (Seuil), Mohanad Yaqubi, film-maker and producer.


Göran Hugo Olsson

Born 1965 in Lund, he has studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm after film studies at Stockholm University. He is a Documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and inventor of the A-cam, the world smallest Super-16 film camera, and D2 the only uncompressed digital camera. He’s also editor and founder of the short documentary TV program Ikon (SVT). Prior to that on SVT:s Elbyl-series. Co-founder of Story AB. Member of the Editorial board of Ikon South Africa – a platform for the creative documentary in South Africa. for the SABC. Film Commissioner at the Swedish Film Institute 1999-02, he has travelled the world making films, commercials, information films and music videos.


    • Sat 29
    • March
    • 13h00
    • Christine Cinéma Club
    • Book
    • + discussion
  • International sales company : RESERVOIR DOCS
  • Production : Story, SVT / Sverige Television, Film i Väst, Tekele Productions, Ström Pictures
  • Editing : Britta Norell
  • Music : Gary Nilsson
  • Copy contact : Urban Group / amelia@urbangroup.biz