Additional Programme
BOOKSA, “TO RUSSIA! TO RUSSIA!” (26th of May 2011 at 6 pm)
“To Russia! To Russia!”, it’s the paraphrase of the youngest of three Tschekov sisters. The panel named “From the concrete of Moscow to Siberian shamans” aims to explore can Croatian people still find an inspiration in cultural and geographical vastness of Europe, as it was the case in times when Yugoslavia existed. Is a travel to Russia today a new ideology or just tourist curiosity? Can Croatians and Russians understand each other without English language? Is there a common “Slavic” mentality?
Participants of the discussion:
Zrinka Matijević-Veličan (film director)
Jerko Bakotin (journalist)
Marko Stričević (journalist)
Damir Žižić (photographer)
Ivana Peruško (professor of Russian literature at Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb)
Booksa web link http://www.booksa.hr/danas/16195
DOKUKINO ZAGREB – project “CINETRAIN” (27th and 28th of May 2011)
Creating Cinetrain was to bring up-to-date a unique working method, invented by Russian documentary filmmakers in the 1930’s. Film crews, under the guidance of Aleksandr Medvedkin, used to travel throughout the Soviet Union in specially equipped train wagons. Although they were filming the industrial achievements of the regime, their underlying goal was to give the power of speech to people who didn’t normally have the opportunity to get their voices heard. They were shooting and, straight away, edited and screened their movies on the spot to the people that took part in the movies. In 2008, the international workshop aimed at ensuring the legacy of this spirit, but by focusing its interest on the notion of borders. The first subject for filmmakers was: “Did we just cross the European border?” It was the 9500 km ride between Moscow and Vladivostok investigating the border of Europe. In the 2010. the inspiration for the films was “Cultural Neighboring”, examining the relations between former Soviet Republics.
Cinetrain films were shown and awarded at film festivals in Cannes, Nancy, Vladivostok, Karlovy Vary and Sheffield.
More information about films on Cinetrain’s website http://cinetrain.net/russian_winter/movies.html
Dokukino web link http://www.dokukino.net/.
CINETRAIN 2008
LENIN'S CODE
Time: 14:29 min
About: A stylish exploration of Lenin's image, and how is has permeated Russia's culture years after his death. An irreverent, offbeat inquiry into the power of Lenin's myth, which illustrates the deep impression which the events of the 20th century have left in Russia's present.
Team:
Nikita Sutyrin / Director (Russia)
Monika Kotecka / D.O.P. (Poland)
Julien Pierrefeu / Sound & Music (France)
BETWEEN DREAMS
About: This movie draws upon the parallels we identify between the dreaming and waking worlds. A cryptic, puzzling, yet ultimately satisfying vignette of our most peaceful and vulnerable state
Team:
Iris Olsson / Director (Finland)
Natasha Pavlovskaya / D.O.P. (Russia)
Dimitris Tolios / Editor (Greece)
MC RUSSIA
Time: 12:57 min
About: One man investigates the intimate relationship between the Russian people and fast food culture. A welcome moment of levity in the collection, Mc Russia sees Florian Krebs, disguised as a student of world econimics, interviewing members of the public, and making inquiries into the state of Russia's dependence on American-style consumerism.
Team:
Andrei Tanase / Director (Romania)
Georg Groshkov / D.O.P. (Bulgaria)
Florian Krebs / Sound & Music (Greece)
TRANSSIBERIAN VOICES
Time: 12:28 min
About: A beautiful, melodic portrait of the disparate lives which come together in the confines of a single train. Backed by the steady percussion of the train's wheels, three passengers share songs and their stories to strip away anonymity and paint gentle personal portraits.
Team:
Jochem De Vires / Director (Netherlands)
Marton Vizkelety / D.O.P. (Hungary)
Guillaume Protsenko / Sound (France)
RUSSIAN PLAYGROUND
Time: 11:09 min
About: In Russian Playground, the listlessness of the modern child is perfectly captured in a compelling fly-on-the-wall style. The menace and melancholy of 21st century childhood is also illustrated by a daring fantasy sequence. This is the urban city as concrete sandpit, a place where parkour, wrestling or just hanging out is a joy separate from the adult world.
Team:
Denes Nagy / Director (Russia)
Leo Bruges / D.O.P. (U.K.)
Ani Dmitrieva / Editor (Bulgaria)
TERRITORIES
Time: 11:46 min
About: In this movie, discussions of the Russian-Chechen conflict spin off into frank and compelling questions of memory, loss, identity, and culture. One interviewee poses the question, "Why do we need borders?" - the strength of his passion is convincing as it is heartbreaking.
Team:
Monica Baptista / Director (Portugal)
Filip Syczynski / D.O.P. (Poland)
Eugene Goriaynov / Sound (Russia)
CINETRAIN 2010
RADIOSTAN
About: Across cities, mountains, deserts, forests and lakes on the railroad from Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan to Moscow many people who were once part of the Soviet Union find themselves in separate countries with different dreams, fears, anger and hopes. Over 20 years after the collapse of the USSR we listen to what these people have to say about immigration, neighbourhoods, the old days and their expectations for the future.
Like the dial of a radio we scan the frequencies across these lands as the common people of Russia and Central Asia get their voices heard.
Team:
Tomás Sheridan/director
Joona Pettersson/ director of photography
Elena Petrosyan /sound director
Timur Yuldashev /first assistant director
Dimitris Tolios & Tomás Sheridan /visual effects
WOMEN WILL BE WOMEN
Time: 15:38 min
About: Three touching portraits of women in Kazakhstan and their relation to love and to their loved ones.
Team:
Aziz Sattorov/director
Eva Kraljevic/ director of photography
Miguel Cabral/ sound director
TOO MANY COMING!
Time: 14:22 min
About: All around the globe, people share simple dreams: to own their house, have a good job, get married, have children. But for some, these dreams are harder to reach. A "Gostarbeiter" is an immigrant worker. "Ponaekhali / Too many coming" is the slogan welcoming them when they reach Moscow, after their long trip from Kyrgyzstan.
Team:
Ramune Cekuolyte/director
George Karvelas/ director of photography
Joona Pettersson & Eva Kraljevic/ second directors of photography
Elena Petrosyan/ sound director
Olivier Jourdain/ editing
GYPSY CAB
Time: 16:51 min
About: Across the former Soviet Union, anywhere you stop and put out your hand a car will stop and offer to take you on your journey. These impromptu taxis are called 'gypsy cabs' and to many they offer the only way of making a living and keeping above the breadline. Gypsy Cab takes a look at three very different gypsy cab drivers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It shows how daily life remains a struggle in the post-Soviet world and the innovative ways people cope with it.
Team:
James Rogan/director
Stefan Neuberger/ director of photography
Igor Tarasov/ sound recordist
Eugene Goryainov/sound director
Joe Parson & Timofei Shalaev /editors
Special thanks to Steam Media/Goeff Stickler /Maryia Gamaleyeva
GREEN TEA BLACK TEA
Time: 10:40
About: Moscow and the Central Asian desert: as different and as similar as black and green tea...
Team:
Alexandra Marchenko/director
Christophe Rolin/ director of photography
George Karvelas /second director of photography
Sara Johansson & Eugene Goryainov/sound directors
Dimitris Tolios/editing
Will Whitwham/composer