DOCUMENTARIES IN ART-KINO CROATIA
Tuesday, 21.07. 2015, 21.30, Art-kino Croatia: Jon Bang Carlsen films
CATS IN RIGA, Latvia, 2014, 15 min.
This view of the Latvian capital through cats’ eyes and ears adds a new perspective on news reports. The camera focuses not on the human population, but on the felines in Riga’s streets, houses and offices. While TV reports concentrate on the encroaching threat of Russia, the cats purr, sniff and yawn. There are cats in apartment blocks, government buildings and on the mayor’s conference table. There are hordes of silent witnesses all over the place, looking like they’re keeping a sharp eye on what’s going on around them. The only sound that interrupts the constant background TV noise and the hum of humanity comes when a musical cat parades on piano keys. We visit a cat exhibition and a pet salon, and attend a commemoration service and a political gathering, but scenes in which a mouse is found or a dog has to be avoided seem more important. From highly original camera angles we see a leaky shower providing a challenge to a thirsty cat, and a staircase transformed into a labyrinth. The everyday sound of footsteps is a mystery to the ears of a cat. This experimental ode to cathood plays with the notion of subjectivity, with the shift in perspective encouraging viewers to reflect on their own perception of reality.
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JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE, Denmark, Sweden, 2013, 83 min.
For many families in the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles, an idyllic, peaceful middle-class existence is just a facade. What lies beneath is the unseen domestic turmoil: teens addicted to drugs, breaking the law and engaging in violent outbursts—and parents at their wits end. Interventionists, like Evan “Bullet” James and Dana “Hodges” Goller, specialize in entering these suburban homes in the night and ripping troubled teens from their beds to transport them, against their will, to a reform school in Utah. Just the Right Amount of Violence, crafted in John Bang Carlsen’s signature dramatized vérité style, combines elements of documentary and fictional interpretations to create an indelible and emotionally gripping portrait of families in crisis. Carlsen also inserts himself into the narrative, reflecting on his own troubled relationship with his father. Carlsen’s film overall seeks to highlight the tension between artifice and reality, where truth can be found.
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Wednesday, 22.07. 2015, 21.30, Art-kino Summer stage: Lordan Zafranović films
OCCUPATION IN 26 PICTURES, Yugoslavia, 1978, 116 min
Dubrovnik, 1941. The idyllic life of three young friends, Nike who is Croat, Toni the Italian and Miho a Jews, is roughly interrupted by the war and the establishment of the Ustasha and occupation authorities. Toni, who is engaged to Niko’s sister Ane, becomes the Blackshirts, Miho hardly avoid the Ustasha slaughter, Niko joined the partisan movement. Ane is, despite everything, in love with Nick and marries him. Her father, Captain Baldo, is bittered of fascist atrocities, so, the same as Niko, he also begans to cooperate with the illegals….
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Thursday, 23.07. 2015, 21.30, Art-kino Summer stage: Nino Kirtadzé film
THE PIPELINE NEX DOOR, France, 2005, 90 min., free entrance
The oil pipeline that is being laid between the Caspian and Mediterranean Seas is of great geopolitical interest. It will be 1,110 miles long, 155 of which will run through Georgia, along Sakiré, a poor village with muddy roads and houses that the paint is flaking off of. Without interviews or voiceover, as an unnoticed bystander, director Nino Kirtadze films the villagers who, especially in the street, vehemently discuss this unexpected clash with world politics: the health risks, the governmental corruption, who actually owns the land, the possibility of an attack by Bin Laden and especially the level of financial compensation from BP, the oil company responsible for the pipeline. The filmmakers contrast the quiet valley and its village with noisy images of the construction of the advancing pipeline. Emotions get roused more and more: the elected village leader storms out of a chaotic meeting, where the resistance is led by the self-confident and self-appointed Leila. An equally chaotic court case against BP is lost, but the oil company grows tense, too: the filmmakers are in the car with the general manager of BP in Georgia and attend talks about the villagers’ objections. In the end, the general manager decides to pay a personal visit to the village.
PAJOL SCREENING
Friday, 24.07. 2015, 21.30, Beach bar Pajol, beach Grčevo, free entrance, presented by director
66 SEASONS, (87′, dir. Peter Kereke, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2003)
A documentary film about the Košice swimming pool where history came to bathe. Seen through several stories which unfolded between the years 1936 and 2002, the film captures 66 seasons at the popular swimming pool, and the same number of years in the history of Central and Eastern Europe.
LECTURES IN THE MARITIME AND HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE CROATIAN LITTORAL
Monday, 20.07. 2015, 17.00 – 18.30, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
IIKA VEHKALAHTI, Object and Subjects in Documentary films, lecture, free entrance
…and other challenges we again and again are facing with resistance, obstinacy and irritation. Lecture by likka Vehkalahti including clips and examples.
Tuesday, 21.07. 2015, 10.00 – 11.30, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
PETER KEREKES, Research in documentary film, lecture, free entrance
Personal approach of Peter Kerekes, a prominent director and producer, to research methods and principles in the formation of the documentary.
Tuesday, 21.07. 2015, 18.00 – 19.30, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
MIKAEL OPSTRUP, The art of presenting a film that doesn’t exist, lecture, free entrance
Some dramaturgical considerations on the development and presentation of character driven documentary films, by Mikael Opstrup, the main lecturer of the European documentary Network (EDN).
Wednesday, 22.07. 2015, 10.00 – 11.30, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
JON BANG CARLSEN, masterclass, free entrance
One of the most innovative Danish documentary film director who is known for his approach of creating the reality in front of the camera.
Wednesday, 22.07. 2015, 17.00 – 18.30, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
RALPH WIESER, case study of “Cash & Marry” and “Wastecooking”, free entrance
Ralph Wieser, austrijski producent Mischief Films, o priči koja stoji iza filma “Plati i ženi” i aktivističke TV serije “Wastecooking”.
Wednesday, 22.07. 2015, 17.00 – 18.30, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
DALIBOR MARTINIS, About Data recovery, masterclass, free entrance
Dalibor Martinis will describe his interests and intentions as an author, from the perspective of factuality of the process instead of interpretation, and in configurations instead of meaning.
Thuersday, 23.07. 2015, 10.00 – 11.30, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
IVANA PAUEROVA MILOŠEVIĆ & ROBERT ZUBER, Building your slot profile and cooperating with independent directors and producers: Experience from the Broadcaster’s POV, lecture, free entrance
Ivana Pauerova Milošević, Czech Television, and Robert Zuber, HRT, about their personal experiences while working in public television and cooperating with the independent directors and producers.
Thuersday, 23.07. 2015, 17.30 – 19.00, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
LORDAN ZAFRANOVIĆ, masterclass, free entrance
Masterclass dedicated to the film form and inner harmony of the film presented by a cult Croatian film director, author of over 80 films and a major figure of the Yugoslav Black Wave.
Friday, 24.07. 2015, 15.00-16.30, The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Marble room, 1st floor
NINO KIRTADZE, About The Pipeline next Door, masterclass, free entrance
From the creation of storyboard, script, and shooting to editing. Nino Kirtazde is talking about the gradual shaping of the film idea, until the birth of the film.
