goeast - Symposium

			Identities in the Post-Communist Era - Tendencies in Contemporary Polish and Baltic Cinematography Thursday, 7th – Saturday 9th April 2005 In the Bellevue Hall, Wilhelmstr. 32, Wiesbaden, Germany With the recent addition of eight Central and North-Eastern European countries to the EU, the process of European agreement that already began in 1989 stepped forward into a new stage. The goEast symposium addresses the following: What are the results of the first steps of the union since the fall of the Iron Curtain? What hopes or sober scepticism do the eight new partners associate with their EU-membership, which now also defines new structures beyond their own national ones? How significant is this in relation to their specific position and identity in a new community? What opportunities and dangers are there for the cultures of the new EU member states? In what ways do these changes influence their own re-evaluation of their national history and what is the effect on the dialogue between generations with radically different experiences and ideologies? Just before the EU entry in May 2004, last year’s goEast symposium embarked on the analysis of the situation in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary – countries with a shared k.u.k. monarchical past. This time, the symposium focuses on Poland and the Baltic States whose history in pre-socialist times was determined by the Prussian-Russian power games whose consequences are still felt today. Particular discussion points are: about the “Silesian identity” resident somewhere between Polish and German culture, and the problematic issues of “German-German” identities expressed in contemporary German cinema, which a film historian with a GDR background will analyse. Once again the goEast symposium offers the opportunity for an inspiring dialogue to which film directors and speakers from the relevant countries are invited.



			The symposium language will be English. Registrations forms can be downloaded as pdf, doc or rtf and should be submitted until the 18th of March either by email to info@filmfestival-goEast.de or by fax: +49-69 / 66 37 29 47. Participants registered for the symposium will get reduced price tickets for the symposium films (3 € instead of 5 € and 6 €). The registration is free of charge.



	Dr. Hans-Joachim Schlegel Jaan J. Leppik Mark Soosaar Rasa Paukstyte Maciej Karpinski Ralf Schenk		Speakers and their topics Dr. Hans-Joachim Schlegel - Chairman of the Symposium Film historian, film theoretician, film critic, Berlin, Germany Changing Identities: Baltic and Polish Films Between Post-Communist-Era and the EU Entry Arnis Redovics-Ritups Philosopher and publisher, Riga, Latvia From Prison to Prison? The Identity Formed by Latvian Films Jaan J. Leppik Film and Theatre critic, Tallinn, Estonia The Estonian Film on the Market of Identities Mark Soosaar Speaker, film director, Tallinn, Estonia Experiences of an Ethnological Film Maker Rasa Paukstyte Film and theatre critic, Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuanian Cinema in a New Europe: Between Continuation and Disruption Maciej Karpinski Scriptwriter, TV editor and Festival Director, Warsaw, Poland Between Yesterday and Today. Problems and Perspectives of Identity in Polish Television and Cinema Tadeusz Sobolewski Film critic and author, Warsaw, Poland The Position of Polish Cinema Culture in New Europe Dr. Christiane Mückenberger Slavicist and film publisher, Potsdam Silesian Identities? Ralf Schenk Film critic and film historian, Erkner Farewell without Arrival. The Portrait of the GDR in German Film after the Fall of the Berlin Wall goEast thanks for the technical supply International Translation Alice Kanterian AIIC Conference Interpreting + Consulting Berliner Str. 20 D-28203 Bremen Tel.: 0421-700 636 Mobil: 0178 7949 267 internationaltranslation@yahoo.de

	EGOISCI / Egoists WER BIN ICH? SCHLESISCHE LEBENSLÄUFE / Who am I - Silesian Lifestories UBU KROL / King Ubu ISA, POEG JA PÜHA TOORUM / Father, Son and Holy Torum GEORGICA JAUNIE LAIKI ŠKERSIELA / NEW TIMES AT CROSSROAD STREET WARSZAWA / WARSAW HELDEN WIE WIR / HEROES LIKE US		Film programme WARSZAWA / WARSAW Poland 2003 Director: Dariusz Gajewski, 104 MIN Caligari: 07.04. / 6 p.m. Opening of the Symposium. Introduction: Hans-Joachim Schlegel / Lidia Kämmerlings NEREGIU ZEME / EARTH OF THE BLIND Lithuania 1991 Director: Audrius Stonys, 26 MIN Bambi: 07.04. / 10 p.m. Double feature with KORIDORIUS / THE CORRIDOR KORIDORIUS / THE CORRIDOR Lithuania, Germany 1994 Director: Sarunas Bartas, 80 MIN Bambi: 07.04. / 10 p.m. Double feature with NEREGIU ZEME / EARTH OF THE BLIND WER BIN ICH? - SCHLESISCHE LEBENSLÄUFE / WHO AM I? - SILESIAN LIFESTORIES Germany 2004 Director: Andrzej Klamt, 88 MIN Bellevue-Saal: 08.04. / 6 p.m. PAVAROTTI IN ESTONIA / PAVAROTTI IN ESTONIA Estonia 1998 Director: Mark Soosaar, 12 MIN Bellevue-Saal: 08.04. / 8 p.m. Double feature with ISA, POEG JA PÜHA TOORUM / FATHER, SON AND HOLY TORUM ISA, POEG JA PÜHA TOORUM / FATHER, SON AND HOLY TORUM Estonia 1997 Director: Mark Soosaar, 90 MIN Bellevue-Saal: 08.04. / 8 p.m. In presence of Mark Soosaar. Double feature with PAVAROTTI IN ESTONIA / PAVAROTTI IN ESTONIA HELDEN WIE WIR / HEROES LIKE US Germany 1999 Director: Sebastian Peterson, 93 MIN Bambi: 08.04. / 10 p.m. MEELEVAVALDAJA / THE OPINIONATOR Estonia 2003 Director: Meelis Muhu, 54 MIN Bellevue-Saal: 09.04. / 6 p.m. Double feature with VAI VIEGLI BUT... ? / IS IT EASY TO BE...? VAI VIEGLI BUT... ? / IS IT EASY TO BE...? Latvia 1997 Director: Antra Cilinska, 66 MIN Bellevue-Saal: 09.04. / 6 p.m. Double feature with MEELEVAVALDAJA / THE OPINIONATOR UBU KRÓL / UBU KING Poland 2003 Director: Piotr Szulkin, 95 MIN Bambi: 09.04. / 8 p.m. GEORGICA / GEORGICA Estonia 1998 Director: Sulev Keedus, 113 MIN Bambi: 09.04. / 10 p.m. In presence of Sulev Keedus. ILIUZIJOS / ILLUSIONS Lithuania 1993 Director: Diana Matuzeviciene, Kornelijus Matuzevicius, 20 MIN Bambi: 10.04. / 12 noon Double feature with NUOMOS SUTARTIS / THE LEASE NUOMOS SUTARTIS / THE LEASE Lithuania 2002 Director: Kristijonas Vildžiunas, 78 MIN Bambi: 10.04. / 12 noon Double feature with ILIUZIJOS / ILLUSIONS EGOISCI / EGOISTS Poland 2000 Director: Mariusz Trelinski, 100 MIN Bambi: 10.04. / 8 p.m. SKERSIELA / CROSSROAD STREET USSR (Latvian SSR) 1988 Director: Ivars Seleckis, 85 MIN Bambi: 11.04. / 12.30 p.m. JAUNIE LAIKI SKERSIELA / NEW TIMES AT CROSSROAD STREET Latvia 1999 Director: Ivars Seleckis, 85 MIN Bambi: 12.04. / 12 noon



			Translation Maja Sperankskij Goethe Str. 74 80336 München Maja.Speranskij@web.de