BEST OF BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN 2009
11.12.2009
18.00 Uhr
SESIL | SESILS
Lettland 2008
10 Min Farbe 35 mm OmenglU
R: Roberts Kuļenko
D: Madars Paičs, Dzintars Spīvulis, Ainārs Rozītis, Arnis Nulle
Sesil has a new and a very unnatural friend, who is also annoying. She follows him everywhere and isn’t planning on leaving anytime soon. He asks for help from others, but he knows that he’s the only one who can solve this problem.
BURRIED AT SEA
Russland 2008
45 Min Farbe OmenglU
R: Grigori Pasko
The journalist, author and environmental activist Pasko focuses during his investigative research on the ecological risks and the energy policy implications of the Baltic Sea gas pipeline. Gazprom is the largest shareholder of the pipeline consortium Nord Stream. The film begins in the north of Russia, where as early as 2005 the first phase of the project was completed. The expectations of the local population regarding new jobs and gas pipes in their homes have vaporised and it starts to dawn on them that all they get is a pipeline passing right under their nose, but all the gas is destined for customers in Western Europe. In 2007 and 2008 Pasko travelled along the entire proposed route of the Nord Stream pipeline by land, and later along the coasts of Sweden, Finland and Germany. He spoke with Finnish, Swedish and German politicians, mayors, and environmental activists. Pasko’s research documents the impact of the pipeline on the environment and on the people who live along the route.
19.15 Uhr
THE BALCONY | BALKONAS
Litauen 2008
48 Min Farbe Digital Betacam OmenglU
R: Gidrė Beinoriūte
D: Elzbieta Degutytė, Karolis Savickis, Saiulė Rašimaitė, Divilė Tarvydaitė, Viktorija Kuodytė
In the Soviet Union in the 80ties in a small province town. Rolandas and his father settle down after a divorce. In the flat next to them lives the girl Emilia. Falling from a balcony and scratching a chin or swallowing a fishbone doesn’t hurt, but it hurts to love...
THE BUG TRAINER | VABŽDIŲ DRESUOTOJAS
Litauen/Polen 2008
53 Min Farbe 35 mm OmenglU
R: Donatas Ulvydas, Linas Augustis, Marek Skrobecki, Rasa Miškinytė
D: Gediminas Girdvainis
Ladislav Starevich (1882-1965), a pioneer of puppet animation is one of the most forgotten film geniuses. His wizardry was born in Lithuania. He got famous in Russia. He then flourished in full flame in France. Who was he? This film decodes Starevich by using the means of his own artistic thinking, tiding together the factual information, archival footage and films made by Starevich.
21.00 Uhr
TEAT BEAT OF SEX, EPISODES 8, 9, 10, 11
R: Signe Baumane
Lettland 2007
6min Farbe Beta OmenglU
TEAT BEAT OF SEX is a series of one minute animated films about sex, viewed exclusively from a female perspective. Cynthia, the main character, looks just like the proverbial girl next door - but beneath the surface lurks a sumptuous Pandora's box whose contents Cynthia shares lavishly with her rather young audience. What relationship do women have with their lingerie? Does masturbation make you go blind? Is bigger better? Cynthia has all the answers...
WINGS AND OARS | SPĀRNI UN AIRI
Lettland Latvia 2008
6 Min Farbe 35 mm OmenglU
R: Vladimir Leschiov
A former pilot looks bach at his life – The Earth , the Sky , the Woman – everything that took place on the journey from an air strip to an abandoned boat house.
TAARKA
Estland 2008
99 Min Farbe 35 mm OmenglU
R: Ain Mäeots
D: Inga Salurand, Siiri Sisask, Marje Metsur, Mikko Nousiainen, Kaarel Oja
The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest hero of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimneyless hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka – a despised woman and a worshipped singer.
radioeins Filmmagazin vom 17.10.2009
Durst - Vampirfilm aus Korea +++ Hangtime - Sportfilm aus Deutschland +++ Ein Teil von mir - Interview mit Regisseur Christoph Röhl +++ Away we go +++ Das weiße Band +++ Das Baltische Filmfest (ab min 39:08)
Quelle: www.radioeins.de/archiv/podcast/zwoelf_uhr_mittags.html
5. BFFB: OSCAR-ANWÄRTER, ANIMATIONSKUNST &
LETTISCHE GESCHICHTE
Am Mittwoch, 21. Oktober 2009 um 18 Uhr präsentiert das Baltic Film Festival Berlin den litauischen Spielfilm VORTEX, das Lebens- und Liebesdrama eines jungen Mannes im litauischen Klaipėda der fünfziger und sechziger Jahre. VORTEX ist Litauens Oscar-Nominierung für 2010.
Am Donnerstag, 22. Oktober um 18.30 Uhr zeigen wir in der Sektion ANIMANIA das Portrait THE BUG TRAINER, ein Dokumentarfilm über den litauischen Meister der Animationsfilmkunst Ladislav Starevich.
Anschliessend um 20 Uhr präsentieren wir als Closing Night Film das lettische Historiendrama DEFENDERS OF RIGA. Der als historisches Drama angelegte Spielfilm von Aigars Grauba schildert die Ereignissen im November 1919, Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs, als in den ersten Tagen der unabhängigen Republik Lettland die Reste der geschlagenen deutschen Armee die lettische Hauptstadt Riga angreifen. Trotz der zahlenmäßig weit überlegenen Übermacht der deutschen Truppen gelingt es der lettischen Armee, die Stadt zu verteidigen und die Besatzer zurückzuschlagen.
Dokumentarfilm Burried at Sea
Aufführung des Dokumentationsfilms von Grigori Pasko über die Auswirkungen der Ostsee-Gaspipeline und anschließende Diskussion
Als Gast stand Stefan Melle den Fragen Rede und Antwort. Er ist Geschäftsführer von Deutsch-Russischer Austausch e.V. (DRA) und arbeitet mit dem Regisseur des Films BURRIED AT SEA Pasko aktuell an einem Projekt zur Förderung des Umweltbewusstseins in Russland. Der DRA wurde 1992 von Fachleuten der Osteuropakunde in Berlin mit dem Ziel gegründet, Kontakte zwischen gesellschaftlich engagierten Personen und Gruppen in Russland und Deutschland zu ermöglichen und durch den interkulturellen Austausch die Entwicklung eines pluralistischen demokratischen Lebens in Russland und Deutschland zu unterstützen.
Deutschlandpremiere von „Vasha“
Alle Festivalfotos von Christine Kisorsy
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Festivaleröffnung
Alle Festivalfotos von Christine Kisorsy
Eröffnungsfilm „I was here“ von Reneé Vilbre
Baltic Beat feiert 5 Jahre Baltic
Film Festival Berlin
DEAR GUESTS OF THE FESTIVAL,
the focus of the 5th BFFB is the main programme NEW BALTIC FEATURES, current feature films from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The coming-of age drama I WAS HERE by the Estonian film director René Vilbre is the opening film of 5th edition of the BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN next Friday, 16 October 2009, at the Babylon cinema. We are glad to announce that the film director René Vilbre will be present at the screening. Immediately after that, we will celebrate the Festival's Birthday Party, with BALTIC BEATS performed by the great musicians Larry Mullins aka Toby Dammit (Iggy Pop, Swans) and singer and exceptional saxophone player Jessie Evans. With their exquisite set, Dammit and Evans will give you a proper warm-up for a whole week of Baltic cinema.
On Saturday at 20.00h, we will show the film VASHA by Hannu Salonen as a German premiere, in the presence of the film director and the actor Tim Seyfi. A new element of the festival is the documentary program OPPOSITE SCREENS, with productions that are dedicated to the tension-filled processes in civil society, both in the Baltic States as well as in their neighbouring countries. On Tuesday, 20th October we present the documentary BURRIED AT SEA by Grigory Pasko in the presence of the director.
NETWORK OF BERLIN FILMFESTIVALS
FILMFESTIVAL CONTRAVISION passes the baton on to BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN
BEST OF BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN 2009
December is going to be baltic again! The BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN is presenting a BEST OF programme on Friday, 11.12.2009 at Babylon cinema. We are screening a selection of the recent festival in three blocks at the following times: 18:00, 19:15 and 21:00. Wellcome to a winterly celebration of baltic films! Have a look at the films here.