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Memory Screenings at Ciné lumière
A Season of European Documentaries sun 15 nov
6.30pm
sun 15 nov
8.30pm
tue 17 nov
8.30pm
tue 17 nov
8.30pm
wed 18 nov
7.00pm
wed 18 nov
7.00pm
Ciné lumière Ciné lumière Ciné lumière Ciné lumière Ciné lumière Ciné lumière
15 – 21 November 2009 cert. 15 cert. tbc cert. tbc cert. tbc Newsreel Panel Discussion
Introduced by Followed by Q&A screening
film critic Adina £5, conc. £3 price for
To celebrate the wealth and diversity of contemporary documentary films in Europe, selected Bradeanu triple bill: price for
cultural institutes and embassies in London and the European Commission Representation in the £5, conc. £3 £5, conc. £3 screening and
UK have collaborated on 'Memory', a six day festival from the 15 to 21 November. The festival, panel
discussion
now in its third year, will showcase the work of new and established directors from across the
£7, conc. £5
continent.
Communism and its fall is a strong theme in the festival (PRL De Luxe, Life Stories, Children of Children of the Decree With Extreme Cruelty Grandpa and Grandma PRL De Luxe Close Up! November 1989 Making History
the Decree, Borderline Case). Children of the Decree is a chilling look at the Romanian dictator Das Experiment 770 – Gebären auf Befehl With Extreme Cruelty presents the sincere and moving Gyveno Senelis Ir Bobuté Crazy Mike from Krakow organises unusual tours for tourists The student procession on the 17th November 1989 crushed To mark the 20th anniversary of Velvet Revolution the key
Nicolae Ceausescu and his enforcement of the infamous Decree 770, which banned birth control confession of the well-known Bulgarian writer Svoboda from the West. He takes them to the Nowa Huta district in a by armed police forces shook up the whole nation and lead representatives of November revolutionary forces will meet
Children of the Decree looks at the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu Grandpa and Grandma is a documentary animation film
Buchvarova. It is the story of her trials and tribulations, clapped-out old bus, and visit relics of the past – the Stylowa to the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia. Three at a panel discussion to recall their memories as well as
and abortion. and his enforcement of the infamous Decree 770, which
personal metamorphoses culminating in her catharsis.
based on the director's own grandparents life story. Exiled to
banned birth control and abortion. In his single-minded push Siberia by the Soviets in 1948, they witnessed a brutal period restaurant, the place where Lenin’s monument used to stand, original newsreels captured on camera those heady events reflect on events from today’s perspectives.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, there will be three shorts forming a to repopulate the nation with millions of little 'new men' Bulgaria | 2006 | col | 58 mins | dir. Rosen Elezov of Lithuanian history, which is retold here through the eyes of steelworks and a typical workers’ flat. Along the way he tells with iconic images of armed policemen in white helmets and With Michal Kocab, Czech Minister for Human Rights and
destined for greatness, Ceausescu adopted ever more a little girl. the tourists stories about the lure of life in communist Poland truncheons, students with bare hands as well as Minorities and a founding members of the Civic Forum,
screening entitled Close Up! November 1989, followed by a panel discussion which brings and the absurdities of real socialism. heartbreaking testimonies.
grotesque, Orwellian measures as a failing economy Lithuania | 2007 | col | 30 mins | dir. Giedre Beinoriute Vaclav Bartuska, one of the student leaders, Czech
together the key representatives of the November revolutionary forces. The speakers will recall increased the Romanian women's already rooted resistance Poland | 2008 | col | 15 mins | dir. Edyta Wroblewska 17th November (17. listopad), 10 mins; Reflections (Reflexe), Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security and Jan Machacek,
their memories as well as reflect on events from today's perspectives. to having children. Thanks to unseen archive footage and 10 mins; Ten Days (Deset dnu), 16 mins | Czech Republic former dissident, musican and journalist. Chaired by Edward
testimonies of a rare intensity, this film uncovers one of the 1989 | col Lucas, Deputy Editor and Central and Eastern Europe
Certain directors offer a more personal singular take on this year's theme, by basing their work darkest and unknown periods of Communism in Romania. Followed by: correspondent for The Economist.
Followed by: Life Stories Followed by:
on family members (Grandpa and Grandma, Bucarest, la memoria perdida). Romania/Germany | 2004 | col | 68 mins | dir. Florin Iepan
Making History
Part of the season Velvet ®Evolution; 1989 – 2009.
& Razvan Georgescu PRL De Luxe See www.czechcentre.org.uk for more details.
For those seeking a look at the history of feminism the documentary Et ELLE créa la femme offers Photo: Jan Silpoch,
Photo: Karel Cudlin,
a fascinating insight through the French magazine ELLE. Prague 17 November 1989
November 1989, Prague
The season extends beyond Ciné lumière with Borderline Case (Hungary) at the Hungarian
Cultural Centre, Primo Levi's Journey (Italy) at the Italian Cultural Institute and The Soviet Story mon 16 nov tue 17 nov tue 17 nov thu 19 nov sat 21 nov
6.30pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 6.30pm 2.30pm
(Latvia) at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria. Ciné lumière Ciné lumière Ciné lumière Ciné lumière Ciné lumière
cert. 12A cert. 12A cert. U cert. PG cert. tbc
Through visiting the past and revealing often unseen archives, these remarkable works offer a £7, conc. £5 £5, conc. £3 Followed by Q&A Followed by Q&A £5, conc. £3
unique opportunity to Londoners to rediscover history that is common to all of us, through various with dir. Rao tbc
viewpoints. Heidmets & £5, conc. £3
lecturer Allan
‘Memory’ is a joint project of the EUNIC London cluster (European Union National Institutes for Sikk
Culture in London) which aims to improve and promote cultural diversity and understanding
between European societies.
Being Jewish in France Et ELLE créa la femme Life Stories Bucarest, Memory Lost Miners’ Memories
Comme un Juif en France Et ELLE créa la femme looks back at the history of the Elulood Bucarest, la memoria perdida Cyprus’s mineral wealth has always attracted the interest of
The Jews and the land of 'Liberty, equality, and fraternity' magazine, its creation, its shared history with the women's Life Stories brings to the screen the lives of Estonians from What was it like to grow up in anti-Franco clandestine exile foreign companies. Miners' Memories highlights the difficult
began their love affair in 1791, when France became the first movement since the 60s, and its continued presence the period 1920 – 2004 through a combination of in the 60s? Albert Solé, journalist and filmmaker, goes working conditions of the miners, their merciless exploitation,
modern country to proclaim Jewish emancipation. But as Yves throughout fashion history. This film opens the floor up to documentary film and animation. The fate of the entire through his own life to look at the subject of 'exile' and in but also the harsh policy of the foreign companies and the
Jeuland’s definitive documentary reveals, the reality has often personalities from the fashion world, social sciences and the people is reflected in each life story. particular his own father's life, Jordi Solé Tura, one of the colonial government which gave rise to numerous struggles
failed to match the ideals of the enlightenment. history of the magazine to understand 'the seriousness of fathers of the current Spanish constitution and a key figure in and historical strikes in the mines of Cyprus.
Estonia | 2007 | col | 28 mins | dir. Rao Heidmets
frivolity, the irony of seriousness' that the founder Hélène politics, before and after democracy. Cyprus | 2007 | col | 60 mins | dir. Paschalis Papapetrou
This complex story is told by a rich variety of archive footage,
Lazareff declared to justify the publication in 1945.
entertaining clips from French films with Jewish themes – from Spain | 2008 | col | 80 mins | dir. Albert Solé
Renoir to Marcel Ophuls, and a formidable line-up of interviews France | 2006 | col | 84 mins | dir. David Teboul
with leading Jewish intellectuals, politicians and artists.
France | 2007 | col | 185 mins | 2 parts with one interval
dir. Yves Jeuland | comments by Mathieu Amalric
Also part of the
UK Jewish Film Festival
