June 11 - 14
Being a Woman-Foreigner in
Bulgaria
festival
With this mini-festival we mark the end of a series of discussions,
in which we tried to register and reflect on the situation
of women – immigrants in Bulgaria and to ask ourselves whether
the myth of the inherent Bulgarian hospitality is still valid.
In these three days we offer an opportunity for an encounter
with the cultures of some of the immigrant communities in
Bulgaria.
Part of “Invisible minorities: Being a Foreigner in Bulgaria”
series in collaboration with CERMES (Centre for European,
Refugee, Migration and Ethnic Studies) at the New Bulgarian
University.
With the support of the Trust for Civil Society in Central
and Eastern Europe.
June 11 (Wednesday) 2008, 6.00 p.m.
- opening
Being a Russian Woman in Bulgaria (idea -
Irina Chongarova, dir. and camera - Desislava Chongarova,
music: Nikolaj Kostikov, 30 min., documentary)
The film tells the story of three women coming from the former
USSR (a Rusian, a Jew and a Tatar), who married Bulgarian
men and moved to Bulgaria between 1959 and 1989. They have
many things in common, one of them: they all have daughters.
How does Bulgaria treat “the Rusian daughters-in-law"?
Are they still strangers after all the years spent in Bulgaria?
In what cultural tradition do they raise their daughters?
In Bulgarian.
Free entrance
June 11 (Wednesday) 2008, 6.30 p.m.
Red hall
The Centre for Migration and Ethnic Studies at NBU, The Red
House Centre for Culture and Debate in collaboration with
the Trust for Civil Society present the fifth debate within
the “Invisible minorities: Being a Foreigner in Bulgaria"
series:
Being a Russian Man/Woman in Bulgaria
debate
With the participation of Aleksandr Fedotov (Sofia University),
Ekaterina Anastasova (Institute of folklore, Bulgarian Academy
of Science), Marina Dadikozian (head of Federation of Russian
compatriots), Svetlana Balashova (journalsit, author of book
about Pushkin), Maria Minkova and Maria Vasileva ("Russkaia
gazeta"), Marina Petkova (journalsit, editor-in-chief
of "Business-contacts") and Dmitriy Varzonovcev
(NBU)
Discussants: Irina Chongarova (Plovdiv University) and Sergey
Rojkov (Head of The Rusian Academic Union in Bulgaria)
Moderator: Anna Krasteva (Director, Centre for European Refugees,
Migration and Ethnic Studies)
With the collaboration of the Centre for Rusian Language and
Culture in Paisij Hilendarski Plovdiv University.
In Bulgarian.
Free entrance
June 12 (Thursday) 2008, 6.00 p.m.
– opening
June 13 - 14 (Friday-Saturday) 2008, between 3.00 to 7.00
p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
Portraits of Refugees
exhibition of Ivan Tafrov and Vladimir Morjohanov, idea -
Mariya Barzinska
This exhibition marks the meeting point of three points of
view – those of the young researcher of the immigrant communities,
of the authors seeking for artistic expression of the encount
of the difference, and of the women-refugees who joined this
intercultural journey towards self awareness and meeting the
others.
Free entrance
June 12 (Thursday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
Images of a Woman
premiere of Asma Burzhi, Vania Ivanova and Albena Cholakova’s
book This book interwines two types of narrative - this of
a Lebanese foreign woman-writer, who tells her story in French
in Bulgaria; the one presented by two young women-researchers
and their approach to The Other Woman, to comprehend her with
the necessary distance by constructing their own image gallery
of the Foreigner in Bulgaria by means of empirical data of
life story interviews. This is a totally interactive work,
in which the points of view of the stranger-writer and the
young researches studying her and her life story meet.
Free entrance
June 12 (Thursday) 2008, 8.00 p.m.
Red hall
Can Somebody Hear Me?
theatre performance
Author of this performance are Elena Hamdan and Hajri Hamdan-
a Palestinian poet and writer, writing in Bulgarian and Arabic,
who publishes books in Bulgaria and in the Middle East countries
- a committed author, who interweaves existential issues with
his sorrow for his torn country and his loyalty to the Palestinian
cause.
With the participation of Radina Kurdzhilova, Mira Boiadjieva,
Joanna Temelkova, Stajko Murdjev, Veselin Mezekliev and Lina
Hamdan.
Tickets: 3/2 BGN
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
June 13 (Friday) 2008, 6.00 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
Media and Diversity Project
Velina Mavrodinova, creative director of Ethusiasm Studio
(www.e-nthusiasm.com) presents the communication strategy
of Britsih Council's Media and Diversity Project. Ňhe overall
aim of this project is to foster a positive change of attitudes
towards the ideas and practices of cultural, economic and
social diversity in Bulgaria. The project is about commitment
to the development of new types of media discourse which help
promote diversity and counter racism, social deprivation,
marginalisation and discrimination.
In the same time when the videos are viewed by the bulgarian
spectators of the Festival, three of them are to be as well
presented at the International Cartoon Film Festival in Annesy,
France, where they have been nominated in "Educational
and science films" category.
More information at www.diversity.britishcouncil.bg
Free entrance
June 13 (Friday) 2008, 6.30 p.m.
Red hall
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
For more information: Anna Krusteva (anna.krasteva@gmail.com)
and Vania Ivanova, (vanya_ei@yahoo.com), Centre for European,
Refugee, Migration and Ethnic Studies at the New Bulgarian
University
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