Scar Formations (2026, Siri Hermansen, 41 min.)

Harstad Kino, screen 1.

Artist Siri Hermansen will be in conversation with Hanne Hammer Stien, Professor of Art History at UiT, following the film. A third panelist with specialized knowledge of the High North is currently being confirmed. The discussion will be in Norwegian. The film features English subtitles.

Kjetil Berge, the lead curator for AMIFF 2026, presents a retrospective of the work by Siri Hermansen at the festival.

About Scar Formations (2026, Siri Hermansen, 41 min.)

Geopolitical instability and the changing security situation in Europe have reactivated the militarized landscapes along the border between Norway and Russia. At the same time, personal and collective memories of the Second World War and the Cold War have acquired renewed political significance.

Scar Formations investigates how historical events continue to shape contemporary society, and how memories of war, resistance, liberation and political betrayal are preserved, contested and reinterpreted across generations.

The project takes its point of departure in Eastern Finnmark, a region where the consequences of the Second World War and the Cold War remain deeply embedded in both the landscape and collective memory.