FILMS IN KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL COMPETITITON

At the upcoming 50th Krakow Film Festival (May 31 – June 6) several films from East Silver catalogue such as I Love My Boring Life (Jan Gogola ml.) or Osadne (Marko Skop) will compete in the international documentary film competition.

Only Osadne, the winner of the Best documentary over 30 minutes award from 44th KVIFF, will compete in the international competition in the feature documentary film category. On the other hand to the short documentary film category were selected another three east European films from East Silver Caravan collection. In the competition are: the winner of Czech Joy Award from Jihlava IDFF, I Love My Boring Life by Jan Gogola; Altzaney (Nino Orjonikidze, Vano Arsenishvili, 2008), Georgian film about the ancient traditions and the last one is an anthropological look at the Even people from Kamchatka, Songs from Tundra (Alexander Berman, 2009).

50th Krakow Film Festival (May 31 – June 6, 2010)

Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film event dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. During 7 festival days viewers have an opportunity to watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad. Every year in the special programme Krakow Film Festival presents more and more long-featured documentary films in traditional cycles, like: Sound of Music, Krakow Documentary Premieres, Reflections, Students’ Etudes Night, Annexes, retrospective of the Dragon of Dragons’ laureate. This year the laureate of the Dragon of Dragons Award in recognition of his contribution to the world cinema is Jonas Mekas.

For additional information see www.kff.com.pl

Films in competition:

Altzaney (Vano Arsenishvili, Nino Orjonikidze, 2008)
Gruzie, 30 min.
People of Pankisi Gorge believe that all important issues of their life and death should be solved through mediation of a favored authority. Altzaney is the woman, who interferes into other people's lives and takes responsibility for that. She mediates between conflicting sides and the two worlds as well. Altzaney is the only woman trusted to take care of the dead. What makes her so distinguished and authoritative in a totally patriarchal environment and what is the price one has to pay for it? "Altzaney" gives an insight into a unique community of Pankisi Gorge.

 

Songs From The Tundra (Alexander Berman, 2009)
Russia, 24 min.
"Songs from the Tundra" is a lyric journey through the awkward modernity of the Even people of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia's most remote frontier. The film unfolds in a series of native Even songs belonging to a forgotten generation. As they sing of hunters and herders, the Evens attempt to recreate their mythic past in a reindeer camp at the foot of the Alney volcano. But hearth alone cannot be home. The Evens must leave their reindeer on a truly fearsome beast.

 

Osadné (Marko Škop, 2009)
Slovensko, 65 min.
Osadne is a film about an encounter between current top European leaders and the local politicians from the last village on the edge of the European Union. The small village of Osadné welcomes a delegation from the European Parliament. And vice versa – the mayor and priest from OSADNÉ visit Brussels institutions on invitation from the European Parliament.

 

 

I Love My Boring Life (Jan Gogola ml., 2009)
Czech Republic, 29 min.
The diary of a grandmother from the Prague neighbourhood of Zbraslav as a diary of eternity. Using informal language, for five years grandmother Alena Němcová from Zbraslav has been writing down weather forecasts, dreams, morning exercise, cooking, regular house bustle, global events as well as notes concerning relationships, religion and the general spirit of the age – matters of a private, family, social, real and also surreal nature. The film captures the life in her house, as a place that could represent a slice of the world and merge various events and connections, both of a daily and timeless nature. It points out that banality can indeed be part of our perception but not of the world itself. The device is just a change of banality to singularity.

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