FRIDAY, JANUARY 29th – FILM SCREENINGS
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
1:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Concordia University, J.W. McConnell Building
1400 Maisonneuve Boulevard West
J.A. DeSeve cinema, LB-125
Guy-Concordia metro
Map
13:00
Opening comments.
Keeping Tradition
13:05
Altzaney
N. Orjonikidze/V. Arsenishvili, Georgia, 2009, Georgian with Eng. subt., 30 min
The people of Pankisi Gorge believe that all the important issues of their lives and deaths should be solved through the mediation of a favored authority. Altzaney is a woman who interferes in other people’s lives and takes responsibility for it. She mediates between conflicting sides and the two worlds. An insight into a unique community of Georgia.
http://www.artefact.ge/altzaney.html
13:40
Songs of a Sorrowful Man
L. Fruzzetti/A. Östör/A. Sarkar, US/India, 2009, 35 min
The life and work of Dukhushyam: a painter, composer and singer who is well-known in rural West Bengal as a poet and mystic of legendary proportions. It chronicles his vision of his art; his tolerant Sufi Muslim spirituality; his engagement with Hindus, Muslims and the modern world; his encyclopedic knowledge and his teachings for future generations.
http://www.der.org/films/songs-of-a-sorrowful-man.html
Reinterpreting Sound
14:40
Rules & Rebels: a Portrait
Ronnie Smith, Norway, 2008, Norwegian with Eng. subt., 28 min
The portrait of an avant garde music genre called Open Form. Through the eyes and ears of one of the performers we get an insight into a music genre and a subculture which aesthetic and artistic codes are far from mainstream; we get an understanding of how they perceive their own music and how they deal with the skepticism they meet with from other musicians and the established educational institutions.
15:15
Ears are Dazzled, Touched by Sound
Amanda Belantara, UK, 2009, 29 min
A collective exploration of the sounds that surround us, this film features sounds and images inspired by sound diaries kept by local people in Yamaguchi, Japan. An intriguing portrait of the invisible, the film's unconventional style attempts to reveal the magical quality of sounds that lies hidden in the everyday.
http://www.amandabelantara.com/Amanda_Belantara/Mimi.html
15:45
Discussion and Question & Answer Period
16:10
BREAK: refreshments will be served
The Sacred and the Environment
17:15
Shugendo Now
Mark McGuire and Jean Marc Abela, Canada, 2008, Japanese with Eng. subt., 91 min
An experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. More poetic than analytical, this film explores how a group of modern Japanese people integrate the myriad ways mountain learning interacts with urban life. With intimate camera work and a sensual sound design the viewer is taken from deep within the Kumano mountains to the floating worlds of Osaka and Tokyo and back again.
http://www.shugendonow.com/Shugeno_Now/Welcome.html
18:45
Discussion and Question & Answer Period with Mark McGuire and Jean-Marc Abela
19:15
BREAK: Light refreshments will be served
The Life of communities
20:00
Auntie’s Children
Lisa Leiding, Germany, 2009, Hindi with Eng. subt., 29 min
A contemplative account of a day passing in a children's home in Rajasthan, India. The camera is very close to the protagonists and portrays their fundamental experiences: shared meals, learning, cleaning, conversation, play and prayer.
20:30
Shonar Bangla (Golden Bengal)
Sara Asadullah, UK, 2009, Bengali with Eng. subt., 28 min
Four scenes from a Bangladeshi community in North London. Each scene is an encounter with a different generation (children, teenagers and adults) until the final scene when all generations are brought together in a wedding.