THE ROBERT BOSCH
CULTURAL MANAGERS
PRESENT:
ANIMATION FILMS FROM MIDDLE AND EASTERN EUROPE
In summer 2004, the Robert Bosch Stiftung launched a program which gives
young cultural managers from Central and Eastern Europe the chance to
work for one year in German cultural institutions as cultural representatives
of their respective countries. The participants of the 2nd year visit
goEast and will be introducing animated film art from their homelands.
ENTER & EXIT
ALBANIA 2004 / DVD / S/W / 1 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Shpend Bengu
He who ignores the zebra crossing, will soon have stripes of his own!
THE CAGE
ALBANIA 2001 / DVD / S/W / 8 MIN / ENGL. OV / DIRECTOR: Shpend Bengu
I don’t understand, I pause, I analyse: How can I change anything,
among all the noughts that change nothing?
GANKHETKILEBIS WASHLI / THE BONE OF CONTENTION
GEORGIA 2002 / 35MM / COLOR / 9 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Bondo Sosjtaisvili
When two neighbours quarrel, a third party is delighted.
BEZMIEGS / INSOMNIA
LATVIA 2004 / DVD / COLOR / 7 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Vladimir Lescjov
She comes in the night, as softly as cat, to steal away his sleep.
EROTOMOTO
LITUANIA 2005 / BETA SP / COLOR / 9 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Arturas
Bukauskas
Menschen, in einem übervollen Bus eingeschlossen, ihre Körper
aneinander gepresst: eine erotische Krise.
e/ People locked in an overcrowded bus, their bodies pressed against each
other: an erotic crisis.
KATEDRA / THE CATHEDRAL
POLAND 2002 / DVD / COLOR / 6,5 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Tomasz Baginski
This Oscar-nominated film tells the story of a pilgrim’s visit to
a mystifying building, whose columns bear human faces. The mystery is
finally solved by the rising sun.
MOUSE
POLAND 2002 / 35MM / COLOR / 6 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Wojtek Wawszczyk
A man and his pet move to a new town. Initially unwelcome, the man manages
to win the liking of his fellow citizens. But popularity has its price.
BOBORUL / ONE DAY REVOLUTION BOBORUL
ROMANIA 2004 / DVD / COLOR / 9 MIN / OMEU / DIRECTOR: Radu Vasile Igazsag
The humorous and ironically told story of a one-day Romanian revolution
in the 19th Century.
BETWEEN WORDS / 2 MIN
MASSACRE / 1 MIN
VIENNA / 1 MIN
ALIEN / 1 MIN
WASP WAIST / 3 MIN
RUSSIA 2003 / DVD / COLOR / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Kirill Suvalov
Wittily-absurd cartoon and animated films about all kinds of everyday
– and not so everyday – situations.
OGLEDALO / MIRROR
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 2005 / DVD / COLOR / 8 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR:
Jelena Besir
This love story uses dream and reality as a metaphor for the desire for
freedom of others.
STEBLA TRAVY / LEAVES OF GRASS
SLOVAKIA 2003 / DVD / COLOR / 10 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Jana Slovenska
Based on Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass“, the film
tells of the moment in which a child becomes an adult.
BLUKAJUCI POMIZ / WANDERING BETWEEN...
UKRAINA 2005 / DVD / COLOR / 10 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Anatolij Lavrenisyn
In this film, the young director tells of our longing for a better –
and more importantly – a more beautiful world.
A ROKA ES A HOLLO / THE FOX AND THE RAVEN
HUNGARY 2003 / DVD / COLOR / 9 MIN / NO DIAL. / DIRECTOR: Ferenc Cako
Variations on La Fontaine’s fairytale of the same name.
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