To accommodate evolving public health recommendations regarding COVID-19, we are adopting a hybrid virtual-and-in-person festival model for CFFS 2022. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes are available here.
⚠️ For the sake of public safety, NWFF patrons ages 5+ will be required to present proof of COVID-19 vaccination and to double-mask while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. ⚠️
NWFF is adapting to evolving recommendations to protect the public from COVID-19. Read more about their policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.
Hello World (Hei Verden) is a fun and engaging documentary that celebrates kids and young people who
have the courage to be different and take pride in their identities, whether that means coming out as queer to their communities, colouring their hair blue, or dressing without conforming to gender. While many of their classmates and friends are doing everything they can to fit in, Runa, Dina, Viktor, and Joachim are defining themselves differently. They are the first and only openly queer students in their classes, and the youngest in their respective communities to come out.
But building pride is not easy in a world where hate messages are just a click away, and school administrators seek to erase and marginalize outstanding voices. What is it really like to be the only openly queer student in a school? What goes through your head when you've resolved to come out, but your school asks you to wait so that they can "prepare" the news first? How do you begin to date as the queer minority at a school? Does queer life get easier over time?
- Year2021
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageNorwegian
- CountryNorway
- PremiereWest Coast
- Notewith English subtitles. CW: Some of the young subjects in "Hello World" swear and talk about sex.
- DirectorKenneth Elvebakk
To accommodate evolving public health recommendations regarding COVID-19, we are adopting a hybrid virtual-and-in-person festival model for CFFS 2022. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes are available here.
⚠️ For the sake of public safety, NWFF patrons ages 5+ will be required to present proof of COVID-19 vaccination and to double-mask while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. ⚠️
NWFF is adapting to evolving recommendations to protect the public from COVID-19. Read more about their policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.
Hello World (Hei Verden) is a fun and engaging documentary that celebrates kids and young people who
have the courage to be different and take pride in their identities, whether that means coming out as queer to their communities, colouring their hair blue, or dressing without conforming to gender. While many of their classmates and friends are doing everything they can to fit in, Runa, Dina, Viktor, and Joachim are defining themselves differently. They are the first and only openly queer students in their classes, and the youngest in their respective communities to come out.
But building pride is not easy in a world where hate messages are just a click away, and school administrators seek to erase and marginalize outstanding voices. What is it really like to be the only openly queer student in a school? What goes through your head when you've resolved to come out, but your school asks you to wait so that they can "prepare" the news first? How do you begin to date as the queer minority at a school? Does queer life get easier over time?
- Year2021
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageNorwegian
- CountryNorway
- PremiereWest Coast
- Notewith English subtitles. CW: Some of the young subjects in "Hello World" swear and talk about sex.
- DirectorKenneth Elvebakk
