The occasions will happen from July 9 to August 22. For 5 years now, the occasions organized by Meno avilio intention to convey collectively cultural organizations, non-commercial movie producers and create an open and communal house for the residents, the press launch states.
This yr’s “Gilios upės tyliai plaukia” program was made up of 16 organizations chosen by means of an open name, which can current 21 free occasions to the residents. This system of “Gilios upės tyliai plaukia” is various – from probably the most outstanding discoveries of the cinema heritage of latest years, Lithuanian experimental cinema and video artwork, to synthetic intelligence in cinema or embedded sound artwork.
“When creating this yr’s “Deep Rivers Circulation Quietly” program, it was vital to us that every occasion gives guests an enriching expertise. Briefly describing a broad and considerably eclectic program is at all times difficult, however we have been on the lookout for accomplice occasions and movies that may assist elevate related questions on right now’s geopolitical state of affairs, migration, psychological well being, reminiscence and id. We thought of how vital it’s to really feel the heart beat of the current, coping with each historical past and future views,” Ona Kotryna Dikavičiūtė, one of many curators, mentioned regarding this system of the occasion.
On summer time Tuesdays, there’s a program updating the movie heritage
Yearly “Meno avilys” presents a program of 5-6 movies that type the axis of “Deep Rivers Quietly Circulation”. This yr, this system focuses on the margins of movie historical past, and viewers are invited to find forgotten or misplaced movie heritage. On summer time Tuesdays, movies introduced once more to the massive screens from oblivion will likely be introduced within the final two years because of festivals, restorers and movie researchers.
Acquaintance with the historical past of cinema will start with the restoration of the romantic drama “Suzhou River”, banned in China for 2 years (dir. Lou Ye, 2000), which creates a portrait of Shanghai at the start of the brand new century. Viewers(s) will be capable of see extra undiscovered movies, corresponding to Bushman (dir. David Schickele, 1971), which by no means made it to theaters following its competition premiere, exploring the Nigerian diaspora in San Francisco, in addition to experimental analog filmmaker Narcisa Hirsch ( 1928-2024) program of newly digitized brief metro movies “Returning House”, which takes you to Argentina, removed from the same old facilities of avant-garde cinema.
The organizers of this system don’t draw back from uncomfortable matters both: they may invite “Fidai Movie” (dir. Kamal Aljafari, 2024) to speak concerning the systematic destruction of Palestinian collective reminiscence and id, which tells regarding interventions within the Palestinian movie archive confiscated by the Israeli military. “Man Okay” (dir. Serhiy Rakhmanin, 1992), set in opposition to the background of a historic turning level in Ukraine, depicts the inventive disaster of a anonymous author impressed by Franz Kafka.
In August, this system will likely be accomplished by “Hurricane Membership” (1985), a movie by the nonetheless little-known director Shinji Sōmai, made following the collapse of the Japanese movie studio system, which nonetheless conjures up the nation’s younger technology of filmmakers to experiment creatively.
A platform connecting cultural organizations
After the movie screenings, even a number of organizations which have joined the “Gilios upės tyliai plaukia” program will invite you to discussions, conversations and conferences with the artists. The human rights activism group “Sienos Grupė” will maintain a gathering with its members and journalists engaged on the border situation. With the intention to cut back the stigmatization of psychological well being, the psychological well being arts competition “Ryšiai” will discuss with the autism group – the organizations “Lietaus vaikia” and the “Look Deeper” initiative. The Rupert Residency and Training Middle will interact in a dialog with artist bones tan jones, producer Eglė Kliučinskaitė and curator JL Murtaugh.
The favored matter of synthetic intelligence (AI) is not going to be left behind. The Vilnius Quick Movie Pageant will current a two-part occasion “Mirages of Algorithms”, through which Antanas Skučas – one of many first Lithuanian animators who actively makes use of new AI instruments in his inventive course of, will learn a report on the advantages and challenges of AI, and can share his expertise of his brief movies created utilizing DI.
In August, midway by means of this system of occasions, the viewers will likely be invited below the bridge to the sound artwork live performance “Objects and sounds” introduced by “Meno avilio”, the place sound artists Oscar van Leest (NL), Elena Laurinavičiūtė (LT) and Ignas Šoliūnas (LT) will carry out, organically complementing the acoustic atmosphere of the house below the Liubart bridge.
The season will likely be closed by the occasion of the experimental movie laboratory “Spongė Lab” – a Lithuanian brief experimental movie program and a movie efficiency combining music and analog cinema. The anthropological reflection of town below the Liubart bridge will likely be carried out stay by sound artist Gabriella Gordillo (MZ / AT) and video artist Bon Alog (LT).
All the program of occasions might be discovered at menoavilys.org or on the Fb account of Meno avilios. The cycle of occasions is financed by the Lithuanian Tradition Council, Vilnius Metropolis Municipality, Lithuanian Cinema Middle.
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