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23 OF FEBRUARY / 8:00 PM / I'll Be Your Suitcase

24 OF FEBRUARY / 8:00 PM / KNOW-MAD(S)

24 OF FEBRUARY / 9:30 PM / Gesture-Mechanism

25 OF FEBRUARY / 4:00 PM / Respect

25 OF FEBRUARY / 6:00 PM / Thresholds

25 OF FEBRUARY / 8:00 PM / Homecoming

25 OF FEBRUARY / 10:00 PM / Chill Factor

 

 
23 OF FEBRUARY / 8:00 PM / I'll Be Your Suitcase Program Length 1 hr 40 min.
   

Chto Proidet, to Budet Milo / What Has Passed Will Be Dear
Isaac Mathes
6:21 min., non-fiction, 2005 (Russia)

The filmmaker strives to grasp the beauty of an alien place.

Country of Origin: USA

 
   

Aunt Mary
Mary Gordon
13 min., 16mm/video, documentary, 2005 (Scotland)

In search of the hidden political history.

Country of Origin: South Africa

 
   

Upgrade OS 8 1/2
Sergey Aniskov 
10 min., flash animation, 2006,. (USA)

Orange revolution in the operating system.

Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

39 Pounds of Love
Dani Menkin
70 min. DV, documentary, 2005 (USA/ Israel)

By helping someone struggle with a deadly disease, the author of 39 Pounds of Love  discovers an enriched and expanded world.

Hebrew, English w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: Israel

 
   

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24 OF FEBRUARY / 8:00 PM / KNOW-MAD(S)

Program Length 1 hr. 10 min.

   

KNOW-mad(s): UN-American Concepts of Americana!

 
   

1. “Room Service” - Tony Labat. (7:37 min.)

2. “The Snow is Beautiful” - Felipe Dulzaides. (6 min.)

3. “The Modern Method” -  Juan Carlos Alom..(10 min.)

4. “Tank” - Mads Lynnerup  (3 min.)

5. “Untitled” - Shohei Okamoto (3 min.)

6. “My Menu For Today” - Yoon Jung Kim. (4 min.)

7. “Presentation” Mads Lynnerup (7 min.)

Plus 5 New Works from New York based Know-mads.

 
 
   

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24 OF FEBRUARY / 9:30 PM / Gesture Mechanism Program Length 1 hr. 8 min.
   

Ursonate
Lisa Paclet 
2 min, cell, 2003 (Italy)
Country of Origin: France

 
   

Ministry Messiah
Gintis Apsits
3 min., flash, 2005 (Italy)
Country of Origin: Latvia

 
   

Zasukanec  
Spela Cadez
5 min., puppet, 2005 (Germany)
Country of Origin: Slovenia

 
   

Miro
Directed by Alexey Budovskiy
2 min., flash, 2005, (USA)
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Beyond Invisible (excerpt)
Ondrey Rudavsky
7 min., anamalgam computer, 2005 (USA)
Country of Origin: Slovakia

 
   

Insomnia
Vladimir Lesciov
7 min., cell, 2005 (Latvia)
English subtitles
Country of Origin: Lithuania

 
   

Morning, Day, Evening, Night .… and Morning
Lev Polyakov 
7 min., flash, 2005 (USA)
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Cloning Factory 2
Alina and Jeff Bliumis 
8 min., experimental/ animation, 2005 (USA)

Country of Origin:
USSR

 
   

The Mermaid
Anton Trofymov and Mikhail Shraga
3 min. mixed media, 2005, (USA)
Country of Origin: The Ukraine

 
   

Cat's Walk
Irina Margolina and Gosha Lechovietsky
5 min., flash, 2005 (USA)
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Five Infomercials For Dentists
Signe Baumane 
3.5 min., cell, 2005 (USA)
Country of Origin: Latvia

 
   

Milch
Igor Kovalyov
13 min., cell, 2005 (USA)
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Upgrade OS 8 1/2
Sergey Aniskov
10 min., flash, 2006 (USA)
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

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25 OF FEBRUARY / 4:00 PM / Respect Program Length 1 hr. 48 min.
   

Misha's Honor
Misha Gilkarov /
14 min., DV, documentary, 2005, (Israel)

An Israeli teenager searches for credibility on the
street.

Hebrew, English w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Viajes por mi Ciudad - Buenas Aires (Journeys Across My City…)
Mark Raeburn and Anton Califano
12 min., video, documentary, 2005 (England)

Two kids re-trace their parents’ meeting and courtship in Buenos Aires in an attempt to arrive at who they are today.

Spanish w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: England / Argentina

 
   

Family Tree
Luke Mayes
8 min., DV, experimental fiction, 2005 (USA)

A fable about the inability to escape one's family--for better or worse.

Country of Origin: New Zealand

 
   

Undesirables
Marianna Yarovskaya
24 min., video, documentary, 2005 (USA)

A dramatic portrait on the plight and dignity of homeless kids in Russia.

Russian w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Big Bones - Big Money
Katja Eremenko 
50 min., video, documentary, 2005 (Germany)

Workers in Siberia dig for mammoth tusks–for little money– while the bones they find  fetch high prices on the international market.

Russian, English w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

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25 OF FEBRUARY / 6:00 PM / Thresholds Program Length 1 hr. 45 min.
   

Ephèbes et Courtisanes
Oleg Tcherny
26 min., 16mm, 2005 (France)

Intelligent, alluring, and as complexly interwoven as the passing glances, familiar greetings, and critical stares in a crowded Parisian café

French, Arabic w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: Belarus

 
   

Love on the Brink
Hasid Hasidov
10 min., video, documentary, 2005 (Israel)

The search for love transforms an innocent youth.

Hebrew and Russian w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Urda Bone 
Charles Officer and Ingrid Veniger
5:18 min., video, non-fiction,  2005 (Canada)
Country of Origin: Canada / Slovakia

 
   

Homeland 
Hannah Skrinar
55 min., DV, documentary,  2005 (Slovakia / Ukraine)

The elderly Hungarian inhabitants of a Central European village live a quiet life.

Slovac, Hungarian w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: UK

 
   

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25 OF FEBRUARY / 8:00 PM / Homecoming Program Length 1 hr. 30 min.
   

Home Sweet Home / Lar Doche Lar  
Brigitte Shuster
22 min., 2005, DV, documentary (Canada / Portugal)

The film was shot in Lisbon with people between the ages of 20 and 30.

Portugese  w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin:
Germany

 
   

Untitled#1
Masha Godovannaya
4 min.,16mm,  experimental, 2005 (USA)

Little dancer on the streets of St.Peterburg.

Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Twilight
Victoria Gamburg
21 min. 35mm, documentary, 2005, (USA/Russia)
Russian w/ English subtitles

It is the white nights of the northern Russian summer, a time of neither night nor day.

Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Moscow Freestyle
Julia Ivanova
52 min., DV, documentay, 2005, (Canada/Russia)

Moscow Freestyle explores the laid-back existence of young Canadian and American English Teachers in Moscow until their lives are turned upside down by the worst terrorist attacks in Russian history.

Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

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25 OF FEBRUARY / 10:00 PM / Chill Factor Program Length 1 hr. 22 min.
   

The Table
Lukas Schwarzkogler
3 min. 20 sec., 2006, (Austria)

The Table is an experiment which demonstrates the interpretation of spoken word and its subtext during a creative process.

Country of Origin: Austria

 
   

Hitler, the First Superstar
Darya Zhuk
1 min. , 2005, (USA)

A reckless attempt to deconstruct Leni Refienstahl's famous Triumph des Willens sequence.

Country of Origin: Belarus

 
   

Where It Clicks
Estelle Artus 
12 min., 2005, (USA)

“Where it clicks” is the place where a man meets a woman under absurd circumstances

Country of Origin: France

 
   

Pillos / Thieves 
Ernesto Solo
15 min., 35mm, fiction, 2005 (USA)

From the darkness emerges a strange and lanky thief, guilefully making his way through an old, decrepit building.

Country of Origin: Venezuela

 
   

Mercy
Julia Kots
15 min., DV, fiction, 2005 (USA)

Making choices in the cold.

Country of Origin: Russia

 
   

Berlin Nights
Gabriela Tscherniak
40 min., fiction, 2005 (Germany)

One night in Berlin approaching the year 2000 – a portrayal of the city’s youth experiencing the excesses of the Berlin nightlife.

German, English w/ English subtitles
Country of Origin: Latvia

 
   

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