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11 Noember (Tuesday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Islam: From European, US and Bulgarian Perspective
screening of the documentary film “Base: Afghanistan/Pakistan” (54 min., Bulgaria, BNT, 2008, in bulgarian with English subtitles), followed by a debate
How do we understand Islam today? What are the dominating media images of Islam? Do US, European and Bulgarian journalists present differently what they see in the Middle East? How does the issue of Islam look through the perspective of the European, American (USA) and Bulgarian debate? Do Bulgarian journalists use a different optics when they approach the issue of Islam?
With the participation of Sevda Shishmanova (journalist and author of the film “Base: Afghanistan/Pakistan”), Prof. Ognyan Minchev (Department of Political philosophy, Sofia University “St.Kliment Ohridski”), Ass. Prof. Simeon Evstatiev (Arabic Studies) and Shamim Berkeh (correspondent of the Iranian state TV and Press TV, London)
In Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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30 October (Thursday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Filmini 2.0 Presents
Highlights from the recently closed Filmini 2.0 International Short Film Festival (October 22-26, 2008). A unique opportunity to see again the greatest hits from the festival programme!
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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21 October (Tuesday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Filmini 2.0 Presents
A special Selection one day before the official opening of the Filmini 2.0 International Short Film Festival (October 22-26, 2008). A unique opportunity to see in advance some of the greatest hits from the festival programme!
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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17 October (Friday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Future Shorts – the biggest short films and cartoons network presents the October programme:
October Roots
After the hot Summer Future Shorts is back in October. We start with "Hotel Chevalier" featuring Natalie Portman and Jason Schwartzman, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" by Chris Milk, the stunning "Grip" by Roel Wouters which leaves you breathless with ideas and acrobatic tricks, also the story of a 50-year-old marriage by Kaveh Bakhtiari and even more long and short stories from around the world. Future Shorts begins!
Grip (dir. Roel Wouters, Netherlands, 2007)
I Love Sara Jane (dir. Spencer Susser, Australia, 2007)
Hotel Chevalier (dir. Wes Anderson, USA, 2007)
La Valise (dir. Kaveh Bakhtiari, Switzerland, 2007)
To Build A Home (dir. Up The Resolution, UK, 2008)
The Life Size Zoetrope (dir. Mark Simon Lewis, UK, 2007)
Who’s Gonna Save My Soul (dir. Chris Milk, USA, 2008)
The Control Master (dir. Veer & Run Wrak, UK, 2008)
The Lounge Bar (dir. Harry Sinclair & Don McGlashan, New Zealand, 1989)
In English, with Bulgarian subtitles.
Total duration: 75 min.
Tickets: 6/4 BGN
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29 september (Monday) 2008, 5.30 p.m.
Red hall
A Cold Coke in the Days of the Cold War
(authors - Damian Petrov, Irina Nedeva and Evgenia Atanasova, cinematographer - Vetzizar Milenkov, Bulgarian National Television, 2006, 30 min.)
Screening of the film and discussion on the issues raised by the documentary film made by Irina Nedeva, Evgenia Atanassova and Damian Petrov.
How long is the life of the first Coke bottle in the communist world behind the Iron curtain in Bulgaria? Was it possible by accident, by mistake, as a joke of History or it was somehow a significant moment in the history of socialism?
A Cold Coke in the Days of the Cold War is a documentary for how Coca-cola had a breakthrough in the Iron curtain and Bulgaria became the first socialistic country to bottle it. A film about the clash of the communistic propaganda and the market in the middle of the 60ies of the previous century.
n the framework of the comparative interdisciplinary project “Remembering Communism”, that includs researchers from Bulgaria, Romania, Germany and the US, with project leaders Prof. Maria Todorova, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, USA and Prof. Stefan Troebst, Leipzig University.
In Bulgarian, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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June 20 (Friday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Future Shorts – the biggest short films and cartoons network presents the June programme:
Listen. Look. Love.
Between Walls (dir. Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu, Germany, 2007)
Rope a Dope - Little Minx Exquisite Corpse (dir. Laurent Briet, USA, 2008)
Ver Llover (dir. Elisa Miller, Mexico, 2006)
Mushaboom (by Feist) (dir. Patrick Daughters, USA, 2005)
Far From Home (by Tiga) (dir. Nagi Noda, USA, 2006)
Do it Again (By The Chemical Brothers) (dir. Michael Haussman, USA, 2007)
La Parabolica (dir. Xavi Sala, Spain, 2007)
This is Slovenia (dir. Michael Frank, Slovenia, 2007)
Pa Bailar Con Julieta (by Bajofondo Tango Club) (european premiere, dir. Alma Har’el, USA, 2007)
Postcards from Italy (by Beirut) (dir. Alma Har’el, USA, 2007)
Imitation of Life (by REM) (dir. Garth Jennings, UK, 2001)
Duration: 85 min.
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 6/4 BGN
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June 19 (Thursday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
On Activism - Faces and Voices from the Bulgarian Scene (documentary, concept: Joanne Richardson, Galina Dimitrova, and Nicola Zambelli, camera and montage: Nicola Zambelli, interviews: Galina Dimitrova, 63 min., 2008)
In Bulgarian language, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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June 17 (Tuesday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
XIII Festival of the European Coproductions – Post Factum
Wild, Wild Beach (dir. Alexander Rastorguev, Vitaly Mansky and Susanna Baranzhieva, cin. Pavel Kostomarov, 125 min., 2006, DV-Cam, documentary, Russia/Germany)
Every morning during the last 25 years, hereditary photographer Eugeniy and his camel, bought in the Kalmyk steppe, have been on their way to their habitual working place – a beach at the Black Sea. The film shows a variety of characters, which shape a unique picture of the state of the human world in which we live.
Production: Studio Vertov, ma.ja.de. filmproduktion and WDR in association with YLE TV2
Festivals and Awards: IDFA 2006 – Joris Ivens Competition Special Jury Award; 2007 – DocPoint Helsinki, Thessaloniki IDF, ZagrebDox, Belfast IFF, Buenos Aires IFF, Bucharest IFF 2007, Jihlava IFF
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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June 16 (Monday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
XIII Festival of the European Coproductions – Post Factum
Her Name is Sabine (scr. Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Cabrol, dir. Sandrine Bonnaire, cin. Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Cabrol, mus. Jefferson Lembeye, Nicola Piovani, 85 min., 2007, DVD, 35 mm., documentary, France)
A sensitive portrait of Sabine Bonnaire, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her closest sister.
The film tells her story through personal footage filmed by the actress over a period of 25 years, and her life today in a suitable facility.
Production: Mosaique Films
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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June 13 (Friday) 2008, 6.30 p.m.
Red hall
Being a Woman-Foreigner in Bulgaria
festival
Expression, Music, Rhythm
film screening, talk and Indian dance lesson
What motivates an Italian woman married to a Bulgarian to become a teacher of Indian dance? What motivates several Bulgarian women with different careers and interests to embark on this inter-cultural quest? What drives the one and the others to strive to share with us and to involve us in their world of dance, beauty and strive for perfection?
Indian dance lesson, a discussion about the globalization of cultural uniqueness, henna hands darwing and other cultural transformations... Visioin by Bojana Nesheva, dir. Bojana Nesheva and Stefka Dimitrova. A film dedicated to Bharatanatyam and Vivianne Gentili.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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June 12 (Thursday) 2008, 9.00 p.m.
Red hall
Refuge
Abdul Rahman Rashid, Mohamed Salem Amoni and Sher Mohamad Hasani present the diversity of the afgani commuity by means of the folklore’s wealth, and as well by means of the refugees’ problems significance.The Refuge film has been made by Asad Sikandur, afgan in Bulgaria, and has been shot in Bulgaria featuring bulgarian, afgani and indian actors. Hajdar Iagana spells us with the magic of the perisan poetry.
Free entrance
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June 10 (Tuesday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
XIII Festival of the European Coproductions – Post Factum
The Mother (scr., dir., ed. and cam. Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov, 80 min., 2008, documentary, Switzerland/France/Russia, Digi Beta)
Her name is Liubov. It means ‘love’ in Russian. She is the mother. She has 9 children. She is adopting a tenth. She is always running. Away from her violent husband, to her eldest son in jail. From the maternity home to the school. From the hospital to the farm. Where afterwards?
Production: Les Films Hors-Champ (Switzerland), Les Films d’Ici (France), Parallax Pictures (Russia), TSR, in association with ARTE France, YLE TV2 Documentaires, TVOntario
Festivals and Awards: Swiss Film Prizes, 2008 – nomination for Best documentary; Leipzig IFF – MDR Prize, best documentary; Yekaterinburg Film Festival – Grand Prix of the festival, Prize of the critics; Critics prize Best documentary of the year; National Laurel, Moscow – Best art documentary, Best TV doc; Prize Triumph to the youth, Best film of the year, Moscow; “Kinoshock” Festival, Anapa – Russia – Best film, Prize of the critics
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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June 10 (Tuesday) 2008, 6.00 p.m.
Gulliver hall, Red hall
The Tree That Remembers (documentary, dir. Masoud Raouf, 50 min., Canada, 2002)
screening and discussion with Babak Salari
In 1992 a young Iranian student hanged himself from a tree on the outskirts of a small Ontario town. He had escaped the Ayatollahs' regime, but he could not escape his past. Filmmaker Masoud Raouf is also a part of the generation of Iranians who rose up against the Shah's despotic rule - only to be cruelly persecuted by an equally murderous new regime. The Tree that Remembers is his compassionate reflection on the betrayal of the 1979 Iranian revolution and the tenacity of the human spirit. Raouf assembles a group of Iranians - all former political prisoners like himself who were active in the democratic movement. All of them live now in Canada. The exceptional archive footage is blended with Raouf animated artwork to raise the emotional impact of the film.
The screening will be followed by a meeting and discussion with BABAK SALARI, a famous Iranian photographer and political emigrant who has been living in Canada for the last 22 years.
In English, no translation in Bulgarian provided.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN (for the screening and the discussion)
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June 9 (Monday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
XIII Festival of the European Coproductions – Post Factum
Тhe Transformer (scr., dir. and cin. Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov, 16 min., 2003, documentary, Russia/Switzerland)
On the way from Moscow to Petersburg a huge electrical transformer fell off a truck. The protagonist has to watch over it as long as a crane arrives to pick it up… And it lasts three months.
Production: Кinoko
Life in Peace (scr., dir. and cin. Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov, 45 min., 2004, documentary, Russia/Switzerland)
The war has been going on in Chechnya since December 11th, 1994. Sultan’s wife was killed and his house was ruined. With his son Apti, he escaped to the Russian countryside, where he struggles to start a new life. The father kept his integrity all the way until the end, yet what about his son, a young Chechen refugee on the enemy’s territory?
Production: Кinoko
Festivals and Awards: Cracow Film Festival 2005 – Silver Dragon Best Documentary Film
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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June 7 (Saturday) 2008, 11.00 a.m.
Red hall
A Challenge for Viewers
185 films from 27 states for 48 hours in struggle for Euro 10,000
In Lumiere Cinema hall and at the Red House
Opening and meeting with some of the authors
Day and night non-stop screenings of all films selected for the 6th International Short Film Festival “In the Palace”, Balchik (June 23-29, 2008). Due to the great interest this year the festival offers a new way for films’ evaluation. During 48 hours on June 7 and 8 (Saturday and Sunday) the viewers from Sofia are able to participate in the nomination of the films by themselves. 10 foreign and 10 Bulgarian films are to be nominated (no matter the category – fiction, documentary or animation) and the voting takes place on-site filling a special form. Later the International Jury of the festival chooses among these films the best foreign film and the best Bulgarian film that shares the awards fund of Euro 10,000.
With English subtitles, no translation in Bulgarian provided.
Tickets for 48 hours: 12 BGN
Tickets for single screening: 6/4 BGN
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June 5 (Thursday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
XIII Festival of the European Coproductions – Post Factum
Solidarity, Solidarity (dir. Filip Bajon, scr. Filip Bajon, Jacek Bromski, 113 min., 2005, super 16 mm., Poland)
A project made to commemorate the workers’ strikes of 1980. It consists of thirteen shorts by outstanding Polish directors, who share their personal opinions on the 25th Anniversary of Solidarity.
Production: Polish Television, Ministry of Culture, Apple Film Production, Akson Studio
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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June 5 (Thursday) 2008, 3.00 p.m.
The Centre for Middle East Studies in Sofia presents:
60 Years Story of Exile and Hope
screening of the movie Return, produced by the Centre for Return of the Palestinian Refugees, and discussion on the conflict in Israel and Palestine and its coverage in the media.
With the participation of Dr. Vessela Tabakova and Dr. Mohd Abuasi.
Free entrance
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June 4 (Wednesday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Starring: The Kid
festival
screening of short films
Camera Obscura (dir. Thierry Onillon, 7 min., fiction/animation, France)
2 euro to Madagaskar (dir. Lova Nantenaina, 6 min., documentary, Madagascar)
L’homme a Tete de Poule (dir. Sylvain Jorget, 6 min., animation, France)
Sequence 1 – Plan 02 (dir. Remie Durine, 7 min. 45 sec., experimental, Belgium)
Blind Spot (dir. Johan Besire, 3 min. 16 sec., animation, France)
Le Cafe (dir. Stephanie Marguerite, 3 min., animation, France)
Switch (dir. Jean Julien Pous, 6 min., animation, France)
00:17 (dir. Xavier de Choudens, 10 min., fiction, France)
Musicotherapie (dir. Amael Isnard, 6 min., animation, France)
Power Failure (dir. Julia Dobesch, 3 min., fiction, Germany)
Alexandra (fiction, dir. Radu Jude Romania, 26 min., 2007, 35 mm, colour)
Clik-Clak (dir. Thomas Wagner, 6 min., animation, Germany)
Les Crayons (dir. Didier Barcelo, 3 min., fiction, France)
Duration: 90 min.
With Bulgarian and English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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June 2 (Monday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Starring: The Kid
festival
Screening of short films realized within the “Starring: The Kid” 168-hour challenge (May 25–June 1, 2008) and films by kids created within the festival workshops.
In Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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May 29 (Thursday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Bulgarian Bar in New York or Bulgarian Cultural Center?
A screening and presentation of Daniela Kostova's film "Body Without Organs" and discussion on the image of Bulgaria in Manhattan (USA).
The recent film by Daniela Kostova, a visual artist who lives in the US for many years explores the "identification with something Bulgarian" in the multinational context of the New York Underground. The film makes us reflect on what it means to be Bulgarian, on the definitions of high and low culture, as well as on the institutional interpretation of Bulgarian cultural represention abroad.
A conversation about the difference between institutional and living culture with the author, representatives of the Ministry of Culture, and with music mix by DJ Joro- Boro from BG bar (New York) specially for The Red House.
In Bulgarian and in English, with subtitles.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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May 27 (Tuesday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Awarded films from Kofiden Short Film Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
(2006-2007)
The Earthquake (dir. Ifa Isfanasiah, 15 min., 2006, award for best fiction film)
The Little Jockeys (dir. Yuli Andari M., Anton Susilo, 20 min., 2006, award for best documentary film)
Cheng Cheng Po (dir. B.W. Purba Negara Isfanasiah, 17 min., 2007)
On the Abandoned Railway Track (dir. Nurfitria Napiz, Weldi Handoko, 2006, award for best documentary film)
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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May 26 (Monday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Future Shorts – the biggest short films and cartoons network presents the May programme:
The Beat of the Drum
O Som e o resto (dir. André Lavaquial, 23 min., Brazil, 2007)
Made Up Love Song (by The Guillemots) (dir. Nia Vaughan, 3 min. 40 sec., UK, 2006)
The Last Farm (dir. Runar Runarrason, 17 min., Iceland, 2004)
Peter and Ben (dir. Pinny Grylls, 10 min., UK, 2007)
Shadow of a Doubt (dir. Esben Tønnese, 19 min., Denmark, 2006)
Yi (dir. Keyi Huang, Zhuo Chen, 10 min. 30 sec., China, 2006)
Surprise (dir. Ben Dodd, 1 min., UK, 2006)
The Lunch Date (dir. Adam Davidson, 12 min., USA, 1989)
Individuаl Destiny (dir. Nikola Mihov and Deyan Parouchev, 5 min. 37 sec., Bulgaria, 2007)
The Gift (dir. Iassen Grigorov, 7 min. 37 sec., Bulgaria, 2007)
Early Springtime (dir. Ivo Ivanov, 8 min. 33 sec., Bulgaria, 2006)
Duration: 110 min.
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 6/4 BGN
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May 22 (Thursday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Future Shorts – the biggest short films and cartoons network presents the May programme:
The Beat of the Drum
O Som e o resto (dir. André Lavaquial, 23 min., Brazil, 2007)
Made Up Love Song (by The Guillemots) (dir. Nia Vaughan, 3 min. 40 sec., UK, 2006)
The Last Farm (dir. Runar Runarrason, 17 min., Iceland, 2004)
Peter and Ben (dir. Pinny Grylls, 10 min., UK, 2007)
Shadow of a Doubt (dir. Esben Tønnese, 19 min., Denmark, 2006)
Yi (dir. Keyi Huang, Zhuo Chen, 10 min. 30 sec., China, 2006)
Surprise (dir. Ben Dodd, 1 min., UK, 2006)
The Lunch Date (dir. Adam Davidson, 12 min., USA, 1989)
Individuаl Destiny (dir. Nikola Mihov and Deyan Parouchev, 5 min. 37 sec., Bulgaria, 2007)
The Gift (dir. Yassen Grigorov, 7 min. 37 sec., Bulgaria, 2007)
Early Springtime (dir. Ivo Ivanov, 8 min. 33 sec., Bulgaria, 2006)
Duration: 110 min.
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 6/4 BGN
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May 21 (Wednesday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Private Investigation (documentary, dir. Аntoniy Donchev, 78 min., 2007).
Screening of the film followed by a discussion on the double standards of communist Bulgaria towards the Arab states: people, services, fates… With the participation of analists of the economic and political relations before and after the fall of Berlin wall.
… July 1988, Sofia, Bulgaria. The body of a young Iraqi woman was found in her room in the Students' Town. Suham Raadi had emigrated due to political reasons and studied journalism in Bulgaria. The murderer has never been identified. Was Suham a victim of a greater sinister play? Sofia was the centre of the Iraqi secret services in the 1980s and the Soviet Block was supporting Saddam Hussein as “the Castro of the Middle East”. We follow the traces of the crime both in today's Bulgaria and Iraq.With the participation of researchers of the cooperation, political and economical during the socialism before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall and of agents and objects of agents, as well as some characters of the documentary.
The discussion is in Bulgarian. Discussants: Momchil Metodiev (editor-in-chief of “Christianity and Culture” magazine, author of the book “Legitimacy Machine. The Role of the State Security in a Communist State), Mohamed Halaf (journalist), Kiriak Tzonev (arabist) and Ahmed Talib (Head of the Iraqui forum in Bulgaria).
The film is with English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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May 20 (Tuesday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Filmini Presents
A special selection from the first Filmini International Short Film Festival and a presentation of the second edition of the festival – October 22 – 26th, 2008 (part 2)
The Sickie (UK, 14 min.)
Wolf's Dream (Germany, 15 min.)
Poyraz (Turkey, 13 min.)
Raymond (France, 6 min.)
Apnee (France, 4 min.)
Dog’s Days (France, 16 min.)
Fair Trade (Germany, 15 min.)
Job No. 2145 (UK, 3 min.)
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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May 15 (Thursday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Filmini Presents
A special selection from the first Filmini International Short Film Festival and a presentation of the second edition of the festival (October 22 – 26th, 2008) - part 1
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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April 21 (Monday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Future Shorts – the biggest short films and cartoons network presents the April programme
This Is Hardcore!
Future Shorts returns this April with an inspiring and touching collection of short, dazzling program "This is Hardcore!". Featuring ‘The Bohemian Rhapsody Project’, a strange operatic reworking of the Queen Classic from Singapore, a coming-of-age story of love and rock in ‘Heavy Metal’ from Finland as well as a classic music video from rising director Dominic Leung for The Bees, and the sentimental and unforgettable documentary about the legends of Bulgarian new-wave music scene - "Revue", made in 1989 by director Ivan Kovachev.
The Bohemian Rhapsody Pproject (dir. Tzu Nyen Ho, Singapore, 2006)
Heavy Metal (dir. Zaida Bergroth, Finland, 2007)
Rattlesnakes (dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson, Iceland, 2007)
Alptarum (dir. This Lüscher, Switzerland, 2007)
Les Amours Perdus (dir. Caroline Sascha Cogez, Denmark, 2005)
Listening Man (dir. Caroline Sascha Cogez, United Kingdom, 2007)
Waterfall Manager (dir. Ivan Kovachev, Bulgaria, 1989)
Duration: 90 min.
Tickets: 4/6 lv.
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April 17 (Thursday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Future Shorts – the biggest short films and cartoons network presents the April programme
This Is Hardcore!
Future Shorts returns this April with an inspiring and touching collection of short, dazzling program "This is Hardcore!". Featuring ‘The Bohemian Rhapsody Project’, a strange operatic reworking of the Queen Classic from Singapore, a coming-of-age story of love and rock in ‘Heavy Metal’ from Finland as well as a classic music video from rising director Dominic Leung for The Bees, and the sentimental and unforgettable documentary about the legends of Bulgarian new-wave music scene - "Revue", made in 1989 by director Ivan Kovachev.
The Bohemian Rhapsody Project (dir. Tzu Nyen Ho, Singapore, 2006)
Heavy Metal (dir. Zaida Bergroth, Finland, 2007)
Rattlesnakes (dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson, Iceland, 2007)
Alptarum (dir. This Lüscher, Switzerland, 2007)
Les Amours Perdus (dir. Caroline Sascha Cogez, Denmark, 2005)
Listening Man (dir. Caroline Sascha Cogez, United Kingdom, 2007)
Waterfall Manager (dir. Ivan Kovachev, Bulgaria, 1989)
Duration: 90 min.
Tickets: 4/6 lv.
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April 15 (Tuesday) 2008, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Bulgarian Short Films Screening and Discussion with the Authors. Kinó in Depth 2008 Series of Screenings and Workshops
This is a continuation of the “Kinó” open film forum (2007, February-November). The format of the event remains the same – an hour screening and an hour discussion. At least one representative of each film is needed. There is no genre restrictions. Application and/or additional information at haide@cult.bg or at the Red House 02 / 988 81 88, 986 44 16.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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April 9 (Wednesday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
In the Palace International Short Film Festival – Part 2
Highlights from the five previous editions – a selection from the International Programme.
Una Lira Soluzione (cartoon, 2 min., 2006, Italy)
Soldat (cartoon, 5 min., 2006, David Peros Bannot, Croatia)
t.o.m. (cartoon, 3 min., 2006, Tom Brown, Daniel Gray, UK)
Chinese Whispers (fiction, 4 min., 2007, C. Rauch, Germany)
La Quela (fiction, 12 min., 2006, Liz Lplato, Spain)
Feeding the Ducks (documentary, 9 min., 2005, Eugenie Jansen, The Netherlands)
My Uncle Paco (fiction, 12 min., 2006,Tacho Gonsalez, Spain)
Mur (fiction, 13 min., 2006, Benjamin d’Aoust, Belgium)
The Bird Said ‘Kraa, Kraa! (fiction, 6 min., 2006, Henrik Skold, Mats Udd, Sweden)
Propaganda Triplets (fiction, 15 min., 2006, Fernando Salem, Argentina)
200 000 phantoms (documentary, 11 min., 2007, Jean-Gabriel Periot, France)
La piscine de Maman (fiction, 2006, Yann Chayia, France)
The Fly (documentary, 1 min., 2005, Spain)
Virus (fiction, 20 min., 2006,Jerker Josefsson, Sweden)
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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April 7 (Monday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
In the Palace International Short Film Festival - Part 1
Highlights from the five previous editions - a selection from the Bulgarian Programme
The Air Ace (dir. Svetlin Dimitrov, 2007, 9 min., colourful)
The Old Man and the Sea (dir. Petko Spassov, 2003, 15 min.)
The Bad Dogs (dir. Zhivko Arsenov, 2005, 3 min.)
Beasts (dir. Nedelcho Bogdanov, 2006, 3 min.)
Clay Pigeons (dir. Ilcho Tzarovski, 2004, 5 min.)
What If We Had Women (dir. Nedelcho Bogdanov, 2007, 2 min. 2 sec.)
A Cat Leaking a Plug (dir. Nikolay Stoyanov, 2005, 1 min.)
A Play (dir. Christina Grozeva, 2006, 1 min.)
Horns Ahead (dir. Jivko Arsenov, 2005, 3 min.)
Zou - zou (dir. Мiroslav Мirchev, 2006, 1 min. 55 sec.)
Captured (dir. Petar Valchinov, camera Nenad Boroevich, 2004, 15 min.)
Dirty Viagra (dir. Yassen Djabirov, 2004, 1 min.)
Tzruv (dir. Yassen Djabirov, 2004, 1 min.)
The Last Shephard Girl (dir. Christina Grozeva, 2006, 17 min.)
The Sun (dir. Nikolay Vanev, 2006, 5 min.)
Resurrection (dir. Petar Valchanov, 2003, 17 min.)
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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April 6 (Sunday) 2008, 8.00 p.m.
Gulliver hall
Б brain С store П project and The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate present within Antistatic - Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance:
Dance for Camera 2
short films
Dance for Camera 2 is a selection of short dance video-impressions from USA and Bulgaria presenting dance works of Ani Collier and Bulgarian artists.
Duration: 50 min.
By the idea of Etud Foundation.
Single ticket: 9/6 BGN
Festival ticket: 25/20 BGN
With each ticket for a performance you get a free access to the video screening in the programme, sheduled for April 6 (Sunday).
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April 5 (Saturday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Gulliver hall
Б brain С store П project and The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate present within Antistatic - Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance:
Dance for Camera 1
documentaries
A Breath with Pina Bausch (Pina Bausch'la Bir Nefes) (dir. Huseyin Karabey, Turkey 2004, 45 min.)
Film about Pina Bausch during the tour of Wuppertal Dance Theatre in Istanbul. (in Dutch with English subtitles)
Alberto and Carmen (dir. Ani Collier and Katia Karadjova, USA 2006, 30 min.)
Film about Alberto Alonso with Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin. (In English and Russian, with English subtitles)
Duration: 120 min.
By the idea of Etud Foundation.
Single ticket: 9/6 BGN
Festival ticket: 25/20 BGN
With each ticket for a performance you get a free access to one of the two video screenings in the programme, sheduled for April 5 (Saturday) and April 6 (Sunday).
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March 18 (Tuesday) 2008, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Kinó and Center for Culture and Debate The Red House present:
Bulgarian Short Films Screening and Discussion with the Authors.
Opening of Kino in Depth 2008 Series of screenings and Workshops
This is a continuation of the “Kino” open film forum (2007, February-November). The format of the event remains the same – an hour screening and an hour discussion. At least one representative of each film is needed. There is no genre restriction. Application and/or additional information at haide@cult.bg or at the Red House 02/ 988 81 88, 986 44 16.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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21 February (Thursday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Future Shorts is excited to bring you a star-studded programme
Imagination
Pound (dir. Evan Bernard, US)
At the End of the Sentence (dir. Marisa Zanotti, UK)
Joyriders (dir. Rebecca Daly, Ireland)
Mic Jean Louis (dir. Kathy Sebbah, France)
Lost Utopia (dir. Mirai Mizue, Japan)
Human Flux (dir. Nikola Mihov, Bulgaria)
Desserts (dir. Jeff Stark, UK)
The Suburban Train (dir. Maciej Cuske, Poland)
It's a New Year, try some different cinema!
With English subtitles.
Duration: 90 min.
Tickets: 6/4 BGN
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14 February (Thursday) 2008, 7.30 p.m.
Red hall
Specially for the 14th of February, your ever loving Future Shorts presents the special programme
Love is All You Need
Natan (dir. Jonas Bergergard & Jonas Holmstrom, Sweden, 2003)
Elephant gun (dir. Alma Har’el, USA, 2007)
Tolya (dir. Rodeon Brodsky, Israel, 2007)
Melodrama (dir. Filip Marczewski, Poland, 2005)
Easy (dir. Vessela Dantcheva, Ivan Bogdanov, Bulgaria, 2004)
Salt Kiss (dir. Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa, Brazil, 2006)
The Hungry Heart (dir. Tom Shoval, Israel, 2005)
Mart (dir. Igor Hristov, Bulgaria-Macedonia, 2007)
On S’embrasse (dir. Pierre Oliver, France, 2000)
Hold your hands, don't hide your feelings and feel happy! Stay forever in love, 'cos love is all you need!
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 6/4 BGN
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January 24 (Thursday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Goethe-Institut Bulgaria presents
Highlights from the 53rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2007
Part 2
Special guest Dr. Lars Henrik Gass (Festival Director)
Dad (Daniel Mulloy, U.K. 2006, 7 min. 30 sec., colour, in English)
Hit the Floor (Khalil Kays, Germany 2006, 11 min. 30 sec., colour, in English)
Hotel Paradijs (Jan Krüger, Germany 2006, 31 min., colour, German with English subtitles)
Zaar (Heiko Aufdermauer, Germany/Iran 2007, 14 min. 30 sec., colour, Farsi with English subtitles)
The Terrace (Hà Phong Nguyen, Vietnam 2006, 12 min. 30 sec., colour, Vietnamese with English subtitles)
The screening is realized with the cooperation of the Ars Digital Studio.
Tickets: 3 BGN
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January 23 (Wednesday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Goethe-Institut Bulgaria presents
Highlights from the 53d International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2007 - Part 1
Special guest - Dr. Lars Henrik Gass (Festival Director)
In the course of more than five decades, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen has become one of the world's most respected film events - a place where filmmakers and artists such as Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Roman Polanski, Alexander Kluge and Werner Herzog, and more recently Ulrike Ottinger, Romuald Karmakar, Pipilotti Rist, Jean - Pierre Jeunet and François Ozon have presented their first films.
Kramasha (Amit Dutta, India 2007, 22 min., colour, Hindi with English subtitles)
Supposed To (Aleesa Cohene, Canada 2006, 7 min. 30 sec., colour, English)
Shock of Time (Sun Xun, China 2006, 5 min. 30 sec., colour, no words)
Lost Property Hong Kong (Choi Bin Chuen, Germany, 20 min. 30 sec., German with English subtitles)
Twist (Alexia Walther, France/Switzerland 2006, 11 min., French with English subtitles)
Domin, libra nos (The Space Lady) (Oliver Pietsch, Germany 2006, 4 min. 30 sec., colour, no words)
The screening is realized with the cooperation of the Ars Digital Studio.
Tickets: 3 BGN
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December 13 (Thursday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
5th International Short Film Festival “In the Palace”, Balchik, Sepember 09-15, 2007
The Awarded Films
Part 2 – Bulgarian Programme
Crossroads (dir. Hristo Gochev, 2007, 28 min., Best Fiction)
If Only We Had Women (dir. Nedelcho Bogdanov, 2007, 2 min. 20 sec., Best Animation (shared))
The Air Ace (dir. Svilen Dimitrov, 2007, 2 min., Best Animation (shared))
Four (dir. Branimir Bogdanov, 2007, 12 min., Best Documentary)
Stories for a Studio (dir. Damian Petrov, 2006, 29 min., Best TV Film)
Waltzes and Tangos in Bela voda village (dir. Ivan Vladimirov, 2007, 30 min., Front Film Production Company, the Special award of DKI-KC PALACE and the award of Ministry of Culture in Republic Bulgaria)
In Bulgarian, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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December 11 (Tuesday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
5th International Short Film Festival “In the Palace”, Balchik, Sepember 09-15, 2007
The Awarded Films
Part 1 – International Programme
The T-Shirt (dir. Hossein Martin Fazeli, 2006, 11 min., Czech Republic, Best Fiction)
Т.О.М. (dir. Tom Brown and Daniel Gray, 2006, 3 min, UK, Best Animation)
Sona and Her Family (dir. Daniela Rusnokova, 2006, 37 min., Slovak Republic, best Documentary)
A Little Tiger (dir. Anna-Carin Andersson, 2006, 29 min., Sweden, Special Award for Drama)
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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December 5 (Wednesday) 2007, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
European Environment Festival Foundation presents:
Accents: Green Wave 21st Century
(awarded films from the third edition of the festival, May 7-9, 2007, Dolna Banya, Bulgaria)
Stop to the Climate Changes (script Ivan Kojuharov, Hristina Petrova; dir. Hristina Petrova, 2007, 4 min, Borrowed Nature Association)
Grand Prix for video spots for the complex presentation of global environmental problems in a unique, convincing and entertaining manner using cartoon technique.
In Bulgarian, with English subtitles.
A State within the State? (script and dir. Dessislava Stoyanova, bTV, Bulgaria, 2006, 25 min.)
Special Prize for impressive journalistic investigation into the illegal private use of forest areas in the Balkan Range near the town of Elena.
In Bulgarian, with English subtitles.
The Tiger and the Monk (script and dir. Harald Pokieser, 2006, 51 min., ORF - NHU, Austria, 2006, 51 min.)
In a Buddhist monastery 200 km. from Bangkok the monks look after orphaned tiger cubs. Grand Prix in the Documentary category for unique presentation of the unity of man and beast, the special protection of wildlife by spiritual people, and the unusual relationship between man and the animal world.
In English, with Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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November 29 (Thursday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
The French Institute presents The Month of the Documentary Film
Israel from the Inside
Pork and Milk (documentary, dir. Valerie Mrejen, 2004, 52 min.)
Shot in Tel Aviv, the film deals with people who, coming from ultraorthodox religious milieus, have decided to become secular. For the larger part of them, that choice is a synonym of breaking the ties with their families and a total denunciation by the community.
Moreover, they have to adapt to a new society where they have to start learning everything.
Poisoned (directors Hila & Peretz Markish, Israel, 31 minpresented by Student Film Forum)
Zvi a young officer in the Israeli defense Force (IDF) and his girlfriend Khen are on their way to a “rave” in the desert. While walking through the desert they meet Krishna a hippie like guy, who is also on his way to the same party. The hallucinatory journey of these three characters brings out the stereotypes of young people in the current Israeli reality and deals with one of its most revered institution, the military service.
Audience Award, International Students Festival of Film Art Balchik, 2004
The screenings is followed by a discussion on youth and religious issues.
In French, with English subtitles
Tickets: 2 BGN
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November 29 (Thursday) 2007, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
To Understand is to Remember documentary, dir. Ralitza Dimitrova, 40 min.)
film about the memories of the young generation about the saving of the Bulgarian Jewish people during WW II. The film is made upon an idea of a young group of Jewish origins
who are teenagers now and are trying to reveal the truth about their parents’ history. The story of rescuing the Jews is still breeding various interpretations and conflicting emotions.
In Bulgarian.
Free entrance
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November 28 (Wednesday) 2007, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
The French Institute presents The Month of the Documentary Film
Israel from the Inside
For One of My Two Eyes
(documentary, dir. Avi Mograbi, 2004, 100 min.)
Sélection officielle “hors compétition” Festival de Cannes 2005, prix spécial du jury FID Marseille, sélection aux Etats Généraux de Lussas
The myths of Samson and Massada teach the young Israeli generations that death is preferable to submission. Today when the second intifada is over, the Palestinians bear the daily humiliations of the Israeli army. This extenuated population as once upon a time the Jews facing the Romans or Samson facing the Philistines, cries its anger and despair. Avi Mograbi, an Israeli filmmaker believes in the force of dialogue with the blocked
Palestinians and the omnipresent Israeli army.
The screening will be followed by a discussion on political issues.
In French, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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November 27 (Tuesday) 2007, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
The French Institute presents The Month of the Documentary Film
Israel from the Inside
The Wall (documentary, dir. Simone Bitton, 2004, 100 min.)
Grand prix, FID Marseille; Quinzaine des realisatéurs-festival de Cannes
Following the traces of separation, which outline a region marked by history, Simone Bitton faces words, songs and reactions in Hebrew and Arabic of people separated by the wall: children, workers, soldiers… A very personal cinematographic meditation proposed by the woman director who, denying the paths of hatred, affirms her double Jewish and Arab culture.
The screening is followed by a discussion on political issues.
In French with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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November 14 (Wednesday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Blind Spot (Writer, director and camera: Oleg Mavromatti; With: Jim Finn, Adam Zaretsky, Carolyn Ryder Cooley; Producer: Boryana Rossa, 2005, 87 min.)
premiere screening
A film for those who can see! This is the new black comedy by Oleg Mavromatti, master of provocation and founder of the super new wave of the Russian independent radical film. A film about the ability to see the world in a different way, a way most people do not see it while their eyesight is being filtered in the name of the phantom “comfort and calmness”.
In English with Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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November 13 (Tuesday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
The Student Film Forum presents:
5th International Short Film Festival “In the Palace”, September 9-14, 2007, Balchik
screening of the films from the 48-hour Film Challenge and from the 24-hour Ad Challenge
In Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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November 6 (Tuesday) 2007, 6.30 p.m.
Red hall
Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children
(documentary, BBC, 2007, 88', made by Kate Blewett)
screening of the film followed by a debate on the institutional care for children with disabilities in Bulgaria.
With the special participation of the BBC journalist and author of the documentary: Kate Blewett
The documentary shocked the audience in the UK and frightened Bulgarian institutions.
After the broadcasting on BBC the Movement of Bulgarian Mothers organized a petition for the closure of the home in Mogilino and made a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy asking the Minister to resign. Is there a chance that we discover Bulgaria’s children again? With the participation of people involved in the documentary and representatives of institutions, non-governmental organizations and human rights lawyers.
The idea is to cross the points of views of the people involved in the making of the documentary (Kate Blewett), coalition of NGO’s (Slavka Kukova, BHC and Ivanka Shalapatova, “For Our Children” Foundation), Rossitza Bukova, Movement of the Bulgarian Mothers, Tzvetelina Iossifova, The Red House, Director and the state institutions who are responsible on decision making on the topic.
Invitation for being a part of the panel discussion has been sent to the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, State Agency for Children Protection, Agency for Social Support, Ministry for Education and Science and personally to:
- Mrs. Emilia Maslarova – minister of labour and social policy
- Mrs. Shirin Mestan – director of the State Agency for Children Protection
- Mrs. Darinka Jankova – Agency for Social Support
- Mr. Assen Petrov – expert Ministry for Education and Science
Invitation to be part of the open discussion with the audience is also directed to the Embassies of UK and the Netherldands and International organizations who work the topic.
The film is in English. The discussion is in Bulgarian.
Part of the series “The Films That the State Wishes Did Not Exist”.
Free entrance
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hear the audio recording from the debate in Bulgarian - part 1
hear the audio recording from the dabe in Bulgarian - part 2
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October 30 (Tuesday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
October 31 (Wednesday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Nisimasa presents:
Filmini International Short Film Festival
screening of the awarded films – part 1 & part 2
The first FILMINI International Short Film Festival (October 17-21 in Sofia) is organized by the Seven Association in partnership with the French Institute, the British Council, Servantes Institute, Czech Institute and The Red House. Among the jury members is Bernard Payen, a member of the Short Film Selection Committee for the Week of the Critics in Cannes.
With Bulgarian and English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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October 25 (Thursday) 2007, 6.30 p.m. and 8.00 p.m.
October 26 (Friday) 2007, 6.30 p.m. and 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Forbidden Screenings
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Tickets: 2 BGN
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October 17–21 (Wednesday – Sunday) 2007, 9.30 a.m. – 2.30 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
Nisimasa presents:
Filmini International Short Film Festival
Performing Art for Film workshop led by Amanda Brennan from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
For pre-selected participants only
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July 6 (Friday) 2007, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
Bulgarian Red Cross, Care Bulgaria and The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate present:
Anti-trafficking in Persons (ATIP) Film Festival
This is the final series within the framework of ATIP which aims to raise awareness about trafficking in persons in Bulgarian communities. With the participation of Elitsa Tsankova, Head of Youth Department, Bulgarian Red Cross. The film festival features a variety of short films about trafficking, including the following screenings at the Red House:
Position: Gallery Vendor
Written and Directed: Nadejda Oleg Ljahova
MTV Exit: Inhuman Traffic
MTV Productions, with the special participation of Angelina Jolie
Svetlana’s Journey
Written and Directed: Michael Cory Davis
Producers: Face to Face Bulgaria and Topform Studio Production
Actors: Violeta Markovska, Maxim Genchev, Gergana Djikelova, Elvira Ivanova
Entrance: 2/1 BGN
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June 24 (Sunday) 2007, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Festival of the European Coproductions – post factum, with the cooperation of the National Film Centre:
The Play
Turkey, 2006, DigiBeta, 70 min. Script, Direction and Cinematography: Pelin Esmer; Original Music: Mazlum Cimen. Additional camera for the play scenes: Mustafa Unlu, Ozlem Ozbek; Cast: Arslankoy Village Theater Group: Behiye Yanik, Cennet Gunes, Fatma Fatih, Fatma Kahraman, Huseyin Arslankoylu, Naside Kahraman, Nesime Kahraman, Saniye Cengiz, Ummu Kurt, Ummuye Kocak, Zeynep Fatih (all as themselves); Producer: Pelin Esmer, Co-producer: Nida Karabol Akdeniz
Festivals and Awards: 2006 The Best New Documentary Filmmaker Award – Tribeca; The Best Documentary Film Award – Trieste; The Best Documentary Film Award –Créteil Women Films Festival; The Audience Award – Navarra Punto de Vista; The Special Prize Of The Jury – Nürnberg FF Turkey/Germany; The Human Rights Award – Vitoria New European Film; The In Memoriam Yilmaz Guney Award – Adana Golden Boll; The Best Documentary Film Award – Boston Turkish Films; The Best Mediterranean Documentary Grand Prix, FR3 and Algerian TV Awards – Centre Médittérrannéen de Comunication Audiovisuelle; The Special Prize of the Jury – Turkish Cinema Writers Assoc. Awards
Nine peasant women living in Arslankoy, a mountain village in southern Turkey, spend their days working hard in the fields, on the construction site and at home. To lighten the burden of life, these women come together for a wholly different reason. They intend to write and perform a play based on their own life stories. They gather at the local high school, which they were shy of even stepping into until that day and they work with the principal, Mr. Huseyin. They reveal their life stories that they were even afraid to tell themselves and confront. For days on end, under the curious gazes of the village men, they work tirelessly, discuss and create a play with much fun - “The Outcry of Women”! This documentary is about the development process of this play and the change the women went through during this period.
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 23 (Saturday) 2007, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Cinemafia presents highlights from the one-week film challenge:
“The Child”
In Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 21 (Thursday) 2007, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum (c/o In The Palace Short Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria) presents a special selection from The Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF), 2006
Aria, 29 min. (“David di Donatello” аward for the best short film)
Guilty until proven Otherwise, 11 min.
The Producer, 21 min.
Sono Alice, 18 min.
The Place, 21 min.
The Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) is a non-profit cultural organization whose members include both cinema enthusiasts and industry professionals. The association’s mission is to promote and increase the visibility of Italian and international cinema, which is often out of public reach. Both public and press have enthusiastically supported the RIFF, touting the festival as one of the biggest film competitions in terms of entry number and international film selection.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 20 (Wednesday) 2007, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Festival of the European Coproductions – post factum, with the cooperation of the National Film Centre:
Shugartown
Greece/Germany, documentary, 2006, Betacam SP, 85 min. Script: Kimon Tsakiris; Director: Kimon Tsakiris; Cinematography: Argyris Tsepelikas Production: Bioptic, Co-production: EPT AE/Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT SA, EKK / Greek Film Center, ARTE/ZDF, YLE
In the Greek village of Sugartown, the men have a serious problem. The young women from the area have left in search of work or marriage in the big cities, leaving their husbands behind. Their cunning mayor promises the men to find them wives in order to get himself re-elected. He contacts the mayor of the Russian town of Klin, and he gathers together young women looking for foreign husbands. The Bridegrooms are many, but only a select few will participate in the first mission. Nondas, Efthimis and Kostas are determined to follow the Mayor and return victorious. Against the odds, the men from Sugartown set out on a great journey in search of their future brides. To succeed, they will have to overcome unexpected obstacles…
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 19 (Tuesday) 2007, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum (c/o In The Palace Short Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria) presents a special selection from FIKE, Évora, Portugal, 2005
Who Buried John McCartney?, 25 min., The Netherlands
Cashback, 18 min., UK
The Lady of Lapa, 4 min., Portugal
The Man Who Was a Shoe (among other things), 13 min., Norway
Der Beste, 14 min., Germany
The Tenth Dagger, 24 min., Portugal
FIKE is an international short-film festival, taking place in the World Heritage Town of Évora. FIKE is a co-organization of Páteo do Cinema S.O.I.R. Joaquim António de Aguiar and University of Évora Film Society. One of the characteristics of FIKE is the young age of the audience and the union of groups with different backgrounds and nationalities trough cinema.
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 18 (Monday) 2007, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
The Festival of the European Coproductions – post factum, with the cooperation of the National Film Centre:
Bridging Minds
Austria/Serbia, documentary, 2006, 90 min.
Script: Srdan Knezevic; Director: Srdan Knezevic; Cinematography:
Alexander Betanishvili, Miodrag Milosevic, Alex Seidl, Hakija Topic; With: Milo Dor, Helmut Ashley, Dejan Kosanovic, Herta Friedl; Production: Srdan Knezevic
Eyewitnesses are being interviewed about the production of The Last Bridge by Helmut Käutner, starring Bernhard Wicky and Maria Schell, a co-production by former warring countries only a few years after the Second World War. Under the direction of producer Carl Szokoll and the film’s director, the film-team was able to successfully complete the film, despite many hurdles and misunderstandings. In 1954, The Last Bridge (Die letzte Brücke), won the Prix International in Cannes. A painstakingly researched film-study containing detailed scenic excerpts from the film.
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 14 (Thursday) 2007, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
The Festival of the European Co-productions – post factum, with the cooperation of the National Film Centre:
The Monastery
Denmark/Finland, documentary, 2006, 84 min.
Script: Jens Arentzen, Per K. Kirkegaard, Pernille Rose Grønkjær. Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Cinematography: Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Production: Tju-Bang Film A/S; Coproduction: DR TV, YLE/FST
Festivals & Awards: Joris Ivens Award – Amsterdam International
Documentary Film Festival 2006; Nominated Grand Jury Prize World Cinema (Documentary) – Sundance Film Festival 2007
This is a story about the 82-year-old bachelor Mr. Vig, who has never known love, and Sister Amvrosija, a young Russian nun, who by chance, or destiny, becomes part of his life. 50 years ago Jørgen Lauersen Vig bought Hesbjerg Castle, situated in the Danish countryside, with the purpose of turning it into a monastery.
Now, many years later, he is about to realize his dream. A group of Russian Orthodox nuns are on their way, and thus Mr. Vigs life-long dream is about to come true. But nuns have plans and wills of their own, and Mr. Vig must realize that the road to fulfilling his dream is very different from what he has imagined.
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 4 (Monday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Italian Trade Commission – Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy, Nuova Accademia Di Belle Arti Milano and Italian Cultural Institute present:
Introduction to Italian Design
lecture by Massimo Martignoni and a screening of
Lessons in Design
(Post-modernism and Neo-modernism - Alchimia, Mendini, Sottsass, etc.)
RAI Educational, 2001, Italy, 42 min.
By Anna del Gatto, Stefano Casciani and Maurizio Malabruzzi
Conducted by Ugo Gregoretti
Directed by Maurizio Malabruzzi
Within the framework of “The Object that Lived Twice” exhibition (May 22 – June 2).
Tickets: 2 BGN
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May 11 (Friday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
On Suicide
(documentary, dir. Ivaylo Simitchiev, 57 min, 2005)
screening of the film followed by a debate:
Suicide – Personal or Social Issue?
With the participation of Ass. Prof. Kalin Ianakiev – a philosopher, Dr. Liubomir Zhivkov - psychiatrist, Ass.Prof. Liliana Tzoneva - coordinator of The National Program for Suicide Prevention in Bulgaria, Dr. David Jeroham – a psychiatrist, psycho-therapist, Ivajlo Simidchiev – director, Ivo Kalushev – a Buddist (t.b.c)
In the debate we are going to focus on the suicide’s profile in the Bulgarian social conditions, and pay attention to how attitude towards these issues has changed from the ex-regime time till nowadays, what is the level of irrationality and consideration as well as how the suicide narrative can provoke or prevent the real act. We will follow up various religious contexts in which the suicide theme is interpreted giving cultural ground to literature patterns and models and defining the kernel of suicide seduction...
Five (?) reasons to talk about suicide:
1. Suicide – pros and cons
2. Suicide – fear or audacity?
3. A road leading to Death or exercises on dying? Suicide as self-therapy and self-therapy as suicide prevention
4. Self-elimination and others
5. Seriousness, fatality, game… suicide and laughter
Moderator: Irina Nedeva
In Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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April 24 (Tuesday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Accents: Green Wave - 21st Century
Screenings presented by the European Environment Festival Foundation
Silence Is Golden
Bidon Film, “For the Earth” Ecological Association, Bulgaria, 2006, 20 min.
Written and directed by: Nikola Boshnakov
End of 2005: The East Rhodopi Mountains are threatened to be turned into a moon landscape and a cyanide dump by the Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals. However, the local people have objections...
Grand Prix at the third At the Palace Short Film Festival – Balchik
In Bulgarian.
CSR – Promise Responsibility
Austria, 2006, 65 min.
Written and directed by: Emanuel Danesch
The film shows on the one hand how much/little two Austrian companies (OMV and VA Tech) value Corporate Social Responsibility. On the other hand it reveals what remains of the company’s promise to responsibility at the end of the chain of influence where the actions of the companies make an impact: in a village located in the flooding area of a barrage in South-Eastern Turkey and in a village in an exploration field in Southern Sudan.
With English and Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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April 19 (Thursday) 2007, 6.30 p.m.
Red hall
An Inconvenient Truth
USA, 2006, 95 min.
Director: Davis Guggenheim, Distributor: Prooptiki –Bulgaria Ltd.
Former Vice President Al Gore’s multimedia presentation on climate change.
2007 Oscar for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, original Song, Best Documentary, Features
After the screening - a debate on Stern’s alarming study, featured in the film and discussion on the economical, business and environmental aspects of global climate change with the participation of experts in macro-economy, industry and environmental protection.
In the role of:
Macro-economy researcher - Georgi Angelov, Open Society Institute
Industry representative - Svetoslav Bojilov
Ecologist – Mark Bosani
Moderator: Lyubomir Nokov, www.gorichka.bg
The film is in English, with Bulgarian subtitles.
The debate is in Bulgarian.
Tickets: 4/3 BGN
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April 19 (Thursday) 2007, 5.00 p.m.
Red hall
Accents: Green Wave - 21st Century
Screenings presented by the European Environment Festival Foundation
48 Hours Rain
Military TV Channel, Bulgaria, 2006, 20 min.
Written by: Dessi Dimitrova, Director: Uliana Mateva
About the consequences of the third wave of the floods in Bulgaria in 2006. On August 6th it started raining and it did not stop for 48 hours.
Grand Prix in the category Danube River Catchment Basin at the third European Environment Festival – Dolna banya 2006
In Bulgarian, with English subtitles.
On Thin Ice
Greenpeace, Sweden, 2006, 32 min.
Written and directed by: Andreas Rydbacken
About a Greenpeace expedition to Greenland in 2005 where scientists discovered that some of Greenland’s major glaciers have increased their speed at an alarming rate.
Grand Prix for scientific films at the second European Environment Festival – Dolna banya 2006
With English subtitles.
Ocean Chronicles
Spain, 2003, 6 min.
Written and directed by: Leandro Blanco
Ocean Chronicles is a kaleidoscope of images and sounds reflecting man’s relationship with the sea. They are unfinished chronicles, for the responsibility on how the final chapter is written will depend entirely on each one of us.
Grand Prix for video spots at the first European Environment Festival – Dolna banya 2006 and more than 15 other awards from al lover the world
Tickets: 2 BGN
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April 13 (Friday) 2007, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
Accents: Green Wave - 21st Century
Screenings presented by the European Environment Festival Foundation
Pirin – Crime without Punishment
Environmental Association “Za Zemiata”, Bulgaria, 2003, 9 min.
Written by: Filka Sekulova, Desislava Stoyanova
Director: Borislav Georgiev
The film reveals the brutal disregard of law by big investors who are interested in fast profit on the cost of our priceless nature. About the role of the governmental institutions, e.g. the Ministry of Environment and Waters and how they keep their own regulations.
The Special Prize of the Mayor of Dolna Banya Municipality at the second European Environment Festival – Dolna banya 2006
Wooden Dollars of Primorie
Central Bureau of Information of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, Russia, 2003, 26 min.
Written by: Tatyana Leje
Director: Eugeny Fershter
A journalistic investigation of the illegal cutting down of a taiga in Primorski Krai, following the traces of the “wooden” mafia up to the moment of direct sending the timber to China.
Nominated for “The Best Author’s Work” and Special Prize
“For boldness in creation of ecological films” at the Green Vision Festival, Sankt Petersburg 2004
A World in Colours:Toxic Ships
RAI, Italy, 2005, 31 min.
Written and directed by: Vincenzo Pergolizzi
A report about the illegal dismantling of the European poison ships in some hidden ports of the Turkish Aegean region. Some of the vessels of this toxic armada are laden with hazardous or even radioactive waste. However, the European Union seems to ignore the dramatic reality of the toxic ships…
Grand Prix for Documentaries at the second European Environment Festival – Dolna banya 2006, Prize for courage in realizing an environmental movie (Green Vision, St. Petersburg, Russia) - Winner of the Golden Olive (1st Prize) at Bar Film Festival, Montenegro
In Bulgarian, Russian and Italian, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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March 20 (Tuesday) 2007, 5.00 p.m.
Red hall
Why Do We Want to Talk about Cuba?
Screenings:
Sin Embargo
Nevertheless
Australia, 2003, 49 min.
Director and Script-writer: Judith Gray
Cuba Libre
Cuba, 2006
Short documentaries about Cuba:
Nada Con Nadie
Nothing with No One
Brazil, 2003, 14 min.
Director: Marcos Pimentel
Jose Manuel, la Mula y el Televisor
Jose Manuel, the Mule and the Television
Cuba, 2003, 14 min.
Director: Elsa Cornevín
La Maldita circunstancia
The Damn Circumstances
Cuba, 2002, 11 min.
Director: Eduardo Eimil
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
Subscription for the two screening days: 5/3 BGN
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March 19 (Monday) 2007, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
Why Do We Want to Talk about Cuba?
Opening of the Cuba Libre Mini-Festival
Screenings:
Benigno, Farewell to a Revolution
2005, Holand, 55 min.
Director: Marlou van den Berge
Suite Habana
Havana Suite
2003, Cuba, 80 min.
Director: Fernando Perez
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
Subscription for the two screening days: 5/3 BGN
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March 6 (Tuesday) 2007, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Pin Pin Videos present:
The 32-hour Film Challenge
Love Is Everything
The top 25 films from February 14, 2007 on the theme “You Can Rely on Me”.
In Bulgarian, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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February 27 (Tuesday), 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
To Understand is to Remember (dir. Ralitza Dimitrova, 27’)
Documentary film about the memories of the young generation about the saving of the Bulgarian Jewish people during WW II.
The film is made upon an idea of a young group of Jewish origins who are teenagers at the moment and are trying to reveal the truth about their parents’ history. The story of rescuing the Jews is still breeding various interpretations and conflicting emotions… Followed by a discussion with the authors of the documentary and the participants in the film.
Free entrance
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February 20 (Tuesday), 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Discovered Children
documentary, 27 min.
Director and Cameraman – Ivan Nikolov oppn, Script – Ivan Nikolov opnn, Alexandar Evtimov, Boriana Pandova, Music – Popara, Montage – Boriana Pandova
Premiere screening of the film followed by a discussion with its authors, characters and participants. The film tells the story of the children from three social houses, in Blagoevgrad, Elhovo and Veliko Tarnovo, and their encounters with the arts – part of the long-term social programme of GLOBUL Listen to Children’s Dreams aiming at improving the communication skills of underprivileged children.
In Bulgarian.
Free entrance
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February 19 (Monday), 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
The French Institute - Sofia and The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate present:
Le Banquier des Humbles (dir. Amirul Arham, 2000, 52’)
Documentary film and a debate on the issue:
Is the Existence of a World Without Poverty Just a Utopia?
Most of the economists think that poverty is inevitable and that economical welfare is impossible without some ‘areas’ of poverty.
Screening and a debate on the ideas of the top economist Muhammed Yunus. The film was made long before his name became world-wide known as a Nobel Prize winner for peace, 2006. In Bangladesh he decided to stick his neck out and lend to the poor without economic or political prejudice. He created the first micro-credit bank - Grameen Bank. The principle was simple – to give the poorest and especially women access to capital to finance their business activities. The results were amazing… silent revolution that changes the relationship between banker and customer.
With translation.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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February 7 (Wednesday), 6.00 and 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Oberhausen on Tour 2007 - From the Archive of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
In the course of more than five decades, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen has become one of the world’s most respected film events - a place where filmmakers and artists such as Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Roman Polanski, Alexander Kluge and Werner Herzog have presented their first films. Here we offer a more recent selection of “the best of the best”.
With the support of Goethe-Institut.
6.00 p.m. Media Art
8.00 p.m. Best of German Competition
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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February 6 (Tuesday), 6.00 and 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Oberhausen on Tour 2007 - From the Archive of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
In the course of more than five decades, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen has become one of the world’s most respected film events - a place where filmmakers and artists such as Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Roman Polanski, Alexander Kluge and Werner Herzog have presented their first films. Here we offer a more recent selection of “the best of the best”.
With the support of Goethe-Institut.
6.00 p.m. MuVi Award 2004 – 2006
8.00 p.m. Best of International Competition
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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January 30 (Tuesday), 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate and Ecological Association “Za zemjata-For the Earth” present:
Life Running Out of Control (60’, USA, 2004)
screening of some parts of the documentary film by Bertram Verhaag and Gabriele Kröber
And a debate on the issue:
“Liberalization of GMO – where is Bulgaria in the ongoing drama after EU’s loss of the “battle between clean and Genetically modified agriculture” with US in front of WTO?”
With the participation of ecological non-governmental organizations, biotechnological institutes, state authorities.
Awards: Golden Lynx for Best Journalistic Achievement, Ökomedia Environmental Film Festival
First Prize for Best Long Production, FICA-International Environmental Film Festival, Goias, Brazil, Green Screen Environmental Film Festival, San Francisco, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Seattle Environmental Film Festival
In English, with Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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January 23 (Tuesday), 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum presents:
Swedish Short Films
Part 2: “Swedish Film is shorter...”
Flow, 13’, Ewa Cedestram
Historia, 8’, Mathew Moore
Linerboard, 18’, Jens Jonsson
Rabbit, 15’, Jonas Felixon
Unanimous Decision, 14’, Bjorn Engstrom
Woman and Gramophone, 4’, Johannes Starne Nilsson, Ola Simonsson
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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December 7 (Thursday), 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Premiere screening and a talk about independent film:
Touching, 18’, romantic comedy
Script and director: Vassil Spassov
With: Itsko Fintsi and Liza Boeva
Professor Pavlov is an elderly psychotherapist and bachelor. Driven to hysteria by his powerful mother and by the noisy ongoing reconstruction nearby, he lets himself be carried away into an adventure with his patient Elizaveta. Is this session going to be a success?
In Bulgarian.
Free entrance
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December 6 (Wednesday), 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum
A Selection of Bulgarian Films Screened at the 4th International Short Film Festival - In the Palace - Balchik, 2006
Silence Is Golden, 21’, documentary, dir. Nikola Boshnakov
Nutmeg, 24’, fiction, dir. Ema Konstantinova
The Woodpecker, 15’, fiction, dir. Hristo Gochev
March, 8’, fiction, dir. Igor Hristov
Sleeping Leaves No Memories, 16’, fiction, dir. Hristo Gochev
In Bulgarian.
Free entrance
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November 28 - 30
Red hall
The French Institute – Sofia and The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate present:
The Other Faces of Globalization
mini-festival of documentary movies and discussions united by the idea to show the effects of globalization and to answer the questions whether and how the human face of globalization could be discovered and how the effect of global injustice could be diminished.
The films are part of the selection under the heading “GlobalizationS” made by French TV journalist and film maker Patrice Barrat for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
November 28 (Tuesday), 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
Island of Flowers, by Jorge Furtado, Brazil, 1989, 13’
The documentary film follows the journey of a tomato as it is planted, harvested, packaged, discarded and finally ends up on the Ilha das Flores garbage dump.
The Corporation, by Jennifer Abbot and Mark Achbar, USA, 2004, 135’
A hundred and fifty years ago, a company was simply an organised way of doing business. This film sets out to define what has become a global power by asking the question: what is an international corporation?
With Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
November 29 (Wednesday), 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
6.00 p.m. Mondovino, by Jonathan Nossiter, USA, 2003, 135’
In vino veritas. From the Brazilian jungle to the Brooklyn streets, from the Pyrenees to the aristocratic Florentine palazzi, one vision unites rich and poor, natives and immigrants alike: the magical transformation of grapes into wine.
8.30 p.m. A Decent Factory, by Thomas Balmes, France-Finland, 2004, 90’
Can companies make a profit and still be principled? The question becomes a critical one for Nokia when it outsourcers its production to China and cheap labour.
With Bulgarian subtitles.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN for a single screening and 3/2 BGN for both
November 30 (Thursday), 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
Film screening:
Mondialisation, Violence or Dialog?, by Patrice Barrat, France-USA, 2002, 52’
and closing debate:
Globalization with a Human Face?
Moderator: Ivaylo Ditchev. With the participation of radical activists, liberal economists, yuppies and nationalists
The film is with Bulgarian subtitles. The debate starts right after the film.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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November 15 (Wednesday), 8.30 p.m.
Red hall
The Student Film Forum Foundation presents:
New Swedish Short Film – Part I
Approve (by Lisa Langseth, 29’), The Last Dog in Rwuanda (by Jens Assur, 30’), Sneakers (by Peter Barlach, 28’), Weekend (by Henrik Andersson, 32’)
In Swedish, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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November 8 (Wednesday), 8.30 p.m.
Red hall
The Student Film Forum Foundation and British Council - Bulgaria present:
Films Made in Balchik (September 2-9, 2006) within the framework of the 48-hour Challenge and the Film Directing Workshop lead by Kishore Verma, India
Duration: 75 min. In Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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November 6 and 7 (Monday and Tuesday), 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
Festival for Contemporary Art Product (“Visual Games”, Varna)
Film and video programme
November 6, 6.00 p.m. – The Cinema in Fresnoy - Speech with an Accent, France
Later
Eric Orio – film, 16 mm, b/w, 10’, 1998
Missing Time
Laurent Grasso – video, 2002
Admosh
Eric Pellet – film, 16 mm, 6.30’, 2004
Totem
Maider Fortune – beta digital video, 10’, 2001
Chamonie
Valerie Mrejen – 35 mm, 13’, 2002
Stories of the Stain
Marie-Laure Cazin – film, 35 mm, sound dolby sr, color, 10’, 2003
Terrain for Seduction
Greg Smith – a series of 5 performances and a video installation, 20’, 2004
Night Landscapes
Henry Salla – film, 16 mm, 11’, 1999
With English subtitles and simultaneous translation into Bulgarian.
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November 7, 6.00 p.m. – Golden Key Prize laureates, Germany
Nach dem Fall... (After the Fall…)
Marcel Wyss, Switzerland, 2005, 28:30’, English subtitles
Vater und Feind (Father and Enemy)
Susanne Jaeger, Germany, 2005, 58’, English subtitles
Counter
Volker Shreiner, Germany, 2004, 6:30’
Band
Dennis Feser, Germany, 2004, 4’
Klappling
Franz Wanner, Heinz Geiger, Germany, 2004, 5:45’
Wir sind dir treu
Michael Koch, Switzerland/Germany, 2005, 9’
Ego sum Alpha et Omega
Jan-Peter Meier, Germany, 2005, 7’
Cousin Cousine
Maria Mohr, Germany, 2005, 19:32’, English subtitles
Promenade d’après-midi
Claire Walka, Germany, 2005, 2:30’
X
Raphael Wahl, Germany, 2005, 6:30’
Mosquitobox
Oliver Kunkel, Germany, 2004, 10:42’, English subtitles
Fit to Fill
Andrea Koehler, Germany, 2005, 4’
Big Ben in Siberia
Bettina Sebek, Great Britain/Germany, 2005, 10’, English subtitles
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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October 18 (Wednesday), 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
“Is It Easy To Be Youg” – How Does the Young Generation’s Profile Evolve?
discussion and sreening of the documentaries:
What You've Always Known About The Comsomol, BNT, 1987, dir. Ralitza Dimitrova
and
Newly-hatched Europeans? (premiere), 2006, dir. Vesselina Nikolaeva, part of the project “School № 7” (With English subtitles.)
The films are in Bulgarian.
Moderator of the discussion: Antonij Galabov
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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October 10 (Tuesday), 6.00 p.m. – beginning
Red hall
Foundation for the Arts ‘Etud’ presents:
Dance on Camera
(short video films)
6.00 p.m. Video Impressions
The Apple, Ani Collier, USA, 2005, 6’
Aneke, Ani Collier, USA, 2006, 4’
Marguerite, Ani Collier, USA, 2006, 4’
Astragalus, Toni Vidaechea, Spain, 2004, 9’ with dancer/choreographer Olga Sasplugas.
Amelia, Canada, 2003, 30’. Film by choreographer Edouard Lock.
7.30 p.m. Documentaries
A Breath of Pina, Huseyin Karabey, Turkey, 2005, 40’. Film about Pina Bausch during Wuppertal Dance Theatre’s tour in Istanbul. (In Dutch, with English subtitles.)
Red Rack (video impression), Ani Collier, USA, 2006, 3’
Alberto & Carmen, Katia Karadjova, USA, 2006, 30’. Film about Alberto Alonso with Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Schedrin. (In English and Russian with English subtitles.)
9.00 p.m. Video Impressions
Requiem, Ani Collier, Bulgaria - USA, 2005, 2’
Raining water, Ani Collier, Bulgaria - USA, 2005, 2’
Galina Bo, Ani Collier, Bulgaria - USA, 2005, 5’
Vessa of the Opera, Ani Collier, Bulgaria - USA, 2005, 3’
I (Marion Solo), Marion Levy and Emmanuel Salinger, France, 2004, 10’
Man’dalas, Cosimo Zitani, Canada, 2004, 5’
The Cost of Living, England, 2004, 34’. Film by choreographer/Director Lloyd Newson of DV8.
One-hour programme tickets: 3/2 BGN
Tickets for the whole evening: 7/5 BGN
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June 20 (Tuesday), 8.30 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum
Highlights from the 3rd International Student Short Film Festival, Balchik 2005 - Part 3 – The Awarded Films
The Special Jury Prize: The Last Shepherd-girl, Poslednata ovcharka, 17’, Bulgaria, fiction; The Last Death, Prirodzena Smrt, 29’, Slovakia, fiction
Best Documentary: Belgrade, Backspin, 31', Germany
Best Animation: Badgered, 7’05’’, UK
Grand Prix: Grief, Gram, 17’, Germany, fiction
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 16 (Friday), 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Die Helfer und die Frauen (The Peacekeepers and the Women)
documentary, Germany, 2003, 80’
director: Karin Jurschick
The forcible abduction of women and girls or their recruitment under false pretences in order to then force them into prostitution, has become a shadow economy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and especially in Kosovo. Grimme Award 2004.
In German, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 13 (Tuesday), 8.30 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum
Highlights from the 3rd International Student Short Film Festival, Balchik 2005 - Part 2
Undressing my mother (5', Ireland, documentary), Effect and cause (Efecto y Causa, 16' Spain, fiction), After the Cat (Apres le Chat, 4'04, Switzerland, animation), Game (3’20, Serbia and Montenegro, animation), Familie Feature (16’, Lithuania, fiction), Bleach (12’, Israel, fiction), White English Men (9', UK, documentary), The Tragic Love of the Feather Brained Noushka (Трагічне Кохання до Зрадливої Нуськи, 20’, Ukraine, fiction), King of Fools (9'20, Germany, animation), Disco Bay (11'30, Switzerland, documentary), The 74th (16', Israel, documentary)
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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June 6 (Tuesday), 8.30 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum
Highlights from the 3rd International Student Short Film Festival, Balchik 2005 - Part 1
Whirligig (Das Kettenkarussell, 20’ Austria, fiction), Dried Land (Peresokhla Zemlya, 24’ Ukraine, fiction), The Hunting of the Turkey (Ripaille Sous le Paillasson, 13' Belgium, fiction), Family Album (Album Familiar, 22’, Argentine, fiction), The Egg (Agget, 14’, Sweden, fiction), Useless Dog (5' Ireland, documentary), Light Man (7’, UK, animation)
Viva Mama (24', Sweden, documentary), Gwendolyne, My First Friend in the City (Gwendolyne, Mi Primera Amiga en la Ciudad 12’, Spain, fiction)
With English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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May 19 (Friday), 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum
Universidad del Cine – Buenos Aires, Argentina – fiction films
About Buckowski (Diego Nunez Irigoyen, 2004, 12’), The Patio (Milagros Mumenthaler, 2003, 16’), A Stupid Way to Say Goodbye (Paulo Pecora, 2003, 4’), Leonard Adelt - the Man Who Fled from God (Gabriel Mori, 2004, 12’), Private/Public (Cristoph Behl, 2003, 14’)
In Spanish, with English subtitles.
London Film School - London, United Kingdom
Isau – a Man in a Room, documentary (Anabel Rodriguez Rios, 2003, 8’), Lace, fiction (Camilla Stroem Henriksen, 2003, 10’), Solo, fiction (Marina Simoes, 2003, 11’), Sonny & Petrulia, fiction (Karl Kristian Meidel, 2004, 8’)
In English.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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May 17 (Wednesday), 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Student Film Forum
Russian State Institute of Cinematography - Moscow, Russia
Fellow Travellers of the Fig, fiction (Igor Anashkin, 2003, 10’), Please, wait, animation (Elizaveta Skvortsova, 2003, 10’), Vermins, documentary (Maria Kondrikova, 2003, 19’), Love, fiction (Alexandr Lamakin, 2004, 14’), Window, fiction (Olga Simova, 2004, 10’)
In Russian, with English subtitles.
German Film School – 3D анимация
BIOS (Tobias Wiegand, 2002, 4’), Danse de Cable (Moritz Krappel, 2003, 4’6’’), Kong and Bird, (Goro Fujita, 2003, 3’55’’), Noah (Hannes Gerl, 2003, 6’28’’), The Beauty of Life (Moritz Bunk, Patrick Kreuser, Goro Fujita, Felix Graf, Sylvia Kratzsch, Marc Muller, Christian Miletzki, 2003, 9’11’’)
In German, with English subtitles.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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April 27 (Thursday), 7.00 p.m.
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Red hall
Student Film Forum
London Film School, 2004-2005
A Love Model (14', Eduardo Perez Vidal), At Nic’s (13', Patricia Radoi), Siebenschlafer (Dormouse) (20', Frederik Hamm), Lobster Season (8', Martin Strom), Pay & Display (12’, Jules Bishop)
Retrospective Programme of Simon Ellis (30’)
Thicker than Water (1996), Thousand (1998), Square One (1999), The Fiver Thing (2000), Telling Lies (2000), Doing Really Well (2001), Bass Invaders (2001), 10 Again (2002), What about the Bodies (2002), What the (2004)
In English.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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April 12 (Wednesday), 8.00 p.m.
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Red hall
Student Film Forum
Jameson 48 (2005, 35’)
Films made within 48 hours during the third International Student Short Film Festival in Balchik for the Jameson 48 workshop.
National Film & TV School Beaconsfield, UK, 2004 presents experimental animation:
Brand Spanking, 10’, John Paul Harnеy
Lloyd in the Corner, 7’, Nicholas Losse
The Metempsychosis of Objects, 11’, Salvador Maldonado
Facade, 9’, Marte Maren Holth
In English.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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April 11 (Tuesday), 7.00 p.m.
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Red hall
Introduction, screening and a discussion with the author:
Luxor Las Vegas (2006, 90’)
Author and director: Ivan Stanev, with Janette Spassova
Nefertiti with a beetle in her head is swaying in the subway train between Luxor, Las Vegas, Cairo, New York and Berlin.
Part of Ivan Stanev’s seminar at the New Bulgarian University “Luxor Las Vegas – genealogy of the work of art”.
Tickets: 3 BGN
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April 4 (Tuesday) 2006, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Introduction, screening and a discussion with the author:
Villa dei Misteri (2003, 90’)
Author and director: Ivan Stanev, with Janette Spassova, Krylon Superstar and others
(…a walk in a sex-club for world-famous dead people…)
Part of Ivan Stanev’s seminar at the New Bulgarian University “Luxor Las Vegas – genealogy of the work of art”.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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March 17 - 19, 2006, 9.00 a.m. – 7.00 p.m.
Red hall, Gulliver hall, Nameless hall, Pesha Nikolova hall
10th Sofia International Film Festival presents:
Third Sofia Meetings
Young European directors present their projects to European producers, film funds and distributors.
Accreditations only
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March 11 (Saturday) 2006, 8.30 p.m.
Red hall
10th International Sofia Film Fest
NISI MASA – European Network of Young Cinema presents:
European short films (2004 – 2005, 90’)
In English.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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March 10 (Friday) 2006, 8.30 p.m.
Red hall
10th International Sofia Film Fest
NISI MASA – European Network of Young Cinema presents:
Nisi Masa DVD Young European Cinema (2005, 120’)
First screening in Bulgaria of the special selection of films from 11 countries.
In English.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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March 9 (Thursday) 2006, 5.00 p.m.
Red hall
10th International Sofia Film Fest
NISI MASA – European Network of Young Cinema presents:
Balkan Cinema and Identity Seminar
screenings and discussion on the Balkan topics
In English and Bulgarian with translation.
Tickets: 2 BGN
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February 6 (Monday) 2006, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Film screenings:
Voices from the Island of Freedom (Czech TV, 2000, 28’), dir. Petr Jancarek
Made in Cuba: Children of Paradise (Committee for the Human Rights of Children, 2003, 54’), dir. Mari Rodriguez Ichaso
In English.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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February 1 (Wednesday) 2006, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Film screenings:
Domingo (1979, 10’), dir. Milan Ognyanov
Havana in August (2003, 56’), presented by the author Itzhak Fintzi
In Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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January 19 (Thursday) 2006, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Havana in August (2003, 56’)
A film screening and a presentation by author Itzhak Fintzi
The event is in Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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December 20 (Tuesday) 2005, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
InterSpace Media Art Center presents:
Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance
a series of 8 screenings
Trespassing, curated by Eyal Danon (Israel)
The films are in English.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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December 20 (Tuesday) 2005, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
InterSpace Media Art Center presents:
Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance
a series of 8 screenings
Mapping Rightwing Extremism, curated by Orfeas Skutelis and Branka Curcic (Serbia and Montenegro)
The films are in English.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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December 16 – 18 2005
Red hall
Open classes
‘Cine-rendez-vous’ led by Patrick Sandrine and Charles Tesson, supported by the French Embassy
December 17-18 (Saturday-Sunday) 2.00 – 6.00 p.m.
Cinema Looking at the World: the Workforce Environment
discussion
Moderators: Charles Tesson (film critic, “Cahiers du cinema”) and Patrick Sandrin (film producer). With the participation of Laurent Cantet (film director). The event is in French, with translation in Bulgarian.
Free entrance
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December 16 – 18 2005
Red hall
Open classes
‘Cine-rendez-vous’ led by Patrick Sandrine and Charles Tesson, supported by the French Embassy
December 16 (Friday) 2005, 8.30 p.m.
Human Resources (feature, 1999, 100’)
screening and presentation by the director Laurent Cantet (Cesar 2001, Best New Director, San Sebastian 1999, European Film Awards 2000).
The film is in French, with translation in Bulgarian.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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December 7 (Wednesday) 2005, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
InterSpace Media Art Center presents:
Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance
a series of 8 screenings
Excercises in Imagination, curated by Margerethe Makovec and Anton Lederer, Austria
The event is in English.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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December 7 (Wednesday) 2005, 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
InterSpace Media Art Center presents:
Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance
a series of 8 screenings
Coffee with Sugar, curated by Galia Dimitrova, Bulgaria
The event is in English.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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November 20 (Sunday) 2005, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
InterSpace Media Art Center presents:
Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance
a series of 8 screenings
Old Stories – New Videos/ Matei Bejenaru, Romania
The films are in English.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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November 20 (Sunday) 2005, 6,00 p.m.
Red hall
InterSpace Media Art Center presents:
Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance
a series of 8 screenings
Vertigo Entrapped / Basak Senova, Turkey
The films are in English.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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November 6 (Sunday) 2005, 8 p.m.
Red hall
InterSpace Media Art Center presents:
Serial Cases_1 Acquaintance
a series of 8 screenings
Out on a Limb/ Antonia Majaka, Croatia
The films are in English.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
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