He has a background as newspaper and magazine editor – for 30 years. He is the editor of our ‘cinepolitical’ documentary magazine Modern Times Review (since 2017).
From 2015-2027 he has been editor/publisher of NY TID (modern times), a Norwegian quarterly non-fiction printed book magazine.
HISTORY: Previous publisher and editor-in-chief of Morgenbladet in Oslo (1993–2003) and Le Monde diplomatique (2003-2013). He was also previously editor of the magazine DOX at EDN for 4 years. Here an old selection will be available in some time (Norwegian/English)…
Latest articles in Modern Times Review:
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Recreate it!
INTERVIEW: Artistic director at The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Orestis Andreadakis.
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The coming technological decade
EDITORIAL: Will increased control or monitoring in this decade eventually leave more to algorithms that carry out actions based on so-called “actionable intelligence”?
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Docs and de-powering
FESTIVALS: Can documentaries be a part of de-powering – «destitution» – most needed in today’s power-driven societies?
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To be a meeting place
INTERVIEW: Ketil Magnussen, festival director at Human International Documentary Festival in Oslo, talks to MTR.
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Who are you?
Identity: Porto/Post/Doc is giving an important space on «identity» for a new generation of international authors. We talk with its director, Dario Oliveira.
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A lifetime in film
IDFA: What can we say about the 2019 IDFA choice of Jørgen Leth (82) and Patricio Guzmán (78) for «Lifetime Achievement Award» and «Guest of Honor» respectively?
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Ghandi’s method
PHILOSOPHY: Can traditions of brotherhood, friendship, and solidarity still be established amongst today’s majorities?
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The burns of corruption
VENICE: Was The Collective the best documentary of the Venice Film Festival?
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On the tragic mafia
VENICE: The mafia and corruption have been the topics of several films at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, but why are so many people attracted to power, even if it is so notoriously corrupting?
Some favourite essays:
The Specific Intellectual
In memory of Marker
POV: The War of the spirit
THOUGHT MADE VISIBLE: The movie auteurs
