Film programme of Women Commentators Festival
The Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation welcomes to visit the exhibition Women Commentators, which lasts till the 26th October, 2014.
This year female artists from Ukraine and Russia are brought together through a Festival, which includes and exhibition and series of lectures, discussions film screenings and performances. At the moment when in many spheres of life conversation between Russia and Ukraine doesn’t seem possible, there is an urgency to build a platform for a dialogue between Ukrainian and Russian cultural activists and researchers and hear their testimonies of the war. Due to the historical background, Poland seems the proper environment for debate. The exhibition includes the documentation of every event, which happened during the opening weekend days (3–5 October, 2014).
For the Finissage weekend of the exhibition (24-26 October, 2014), we are proud to present a weekend long film programme After Maidan: Between Russia and Ukraine.
After Maidan: Between Russia and Ukraine features a unique selection of incisively political movies by Ukrainian and Russian directors. All the films have been created during the last several years or in some cases recent months, and are conceptually united by a mutual political position, pointing against the ongoing civil war in Ukraine, as well as against the colonial aggression of Russia towards post-Maidan Ukraine.
The programme contains short and feature-length videos by young directors, as well as feature-length movies by renown directors, which already got significance at international film festivals.
Films by young directors narrate the protest existence of Kiev’s Maidan, while also revealing an ambiguous entity of this revolution, filled with local nationalism and ultra-right radicalism (Katherina Gornostay), which among other reasons caused the following separation of Crimea and war conflict with Russia (Vlad Kazakov). Pieces by other Ukrainian ‘new wave’ directors (Piotr Armyanovsky, Nadezhda Parfan and Maria Stoyanova) refer to Ukranian socio-political context, which is interesting to analyze in the frame of the current post-revolution state of Ukraine. Works by Maria Godovannaya, a student of renown american avant-guard director Jonas Mekas, uses form of parody as a language for critique of Russian government, its conservatism and imperial aggression.
Film programme will also present full-length movies by internationally recognized directors: Putin’s Games by Anatoly Gentelev, For Marx by Moscow conceptualism’s circles director Svetlana Baskova, as well as as well as cutting edge Polish premiere of Children 404 by Askold Kurov. A special evening delivered through the partnership with Against Gravity will feature two films: My Joy by Sergey Loznitsa and Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin. All of them contextualize Russian environment in order to bring a deeper understanding of the military state and its feudal politics.
SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER, 2014
2–8 p.m. a programme of short movies.
– Katherine Gornostai, Lenin’s Teeth, documentary, Ukraine, 2014 (10 mins)
– Andrey Litvinenko, Sleeping, documentary, Ukraine, 2014 (6:05 mins)
– Vlad Kazakov, Revolution in Ukraine, documentary, Ukraine, 2014 (11:38 min)
– Armyanovsky Piotr, Meat Factory, documentary, Ukraine, 2013 (32 min)
– Masha Godovannaya, Feast during the Plague, art documentary, Russia, 2014 (12 min)
– Masha Godovannaya, Non-traditional, art documentary, Russia, 2013 (6 min)
– Nadia Parfan, Maria Stoyanova, Exarch, documentary, Ukraine, 2013 (10 min)
Against Gravity and Planete+ Doc Film Festival presents:
8.00 pm. My Joy, Sergey Loznisa, Russia, Germany, 2010
10.30 pm. Pussy Riot Punk Prayer, Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin, Russia, UK, 2013
SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER, 2014
12 .m. – 5 p.m. a programme of short movies.
– Katherine Gornostai, Lenin’s Teeth, documentary, Ukraine, 2014 (10 mins)
– Andrey Litvinenko, Sleeping, documentary, Ukraine, 2014 (6:05 mins)
– Vlad Kazakov, Revolution in Ukraine, documentary, Ukraine, 2014 (11:38 min)
– Armyanovsky Piotr, Meat Factory, documentary, Ukraine, 2013 (32 min)
– Masha Godovannaya, Feast during the Plague, art documentary, Russia, 2014 (12 min)
– Masha Godovannaya, Non-traditional, art documentary, Russia, 2013 (6 min)
– Nadia Parfan, Maria Stoyanova, Exarch, documentary, Ukraine, 2013 (10 min)
5.30 pm. Children 404“, Askold Kurov, Russia, 2014 (Polish premiere)
7.30 pm. Putin’s Games“, Anatoly Gentelev, Israel, Austria, Germany, 2014
9.00 pm. For Marx“, Svetiana Baskova, Russia, 2012
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