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4th, 5th and 6th June 2010
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
A CULTURAL JOURNEY
Pleased to meet you. We're the neighbours!
King Naat Veliov & the Original Kočani Orkestar
Balkan Buro is the proud presenter of a new Balkan culture festival, in the first weekend of June. Southeast Europe, a Cultural Journey is a festival that travels through several cities in Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. It's goal is to present the possible new Eu countries in the Southeast to the West of Europe. How? By presenting magnificent concerts, great food, literature and film. The festivities are spread over different venues in the city. You just make your choice!
From what? Music, we mainly present great concerts to you. Friday night, Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina wil feature the best live Gypsy music from the Balkans, with as main act the top of gypsy acts: Kocani Orchestar. Saturday is alternative: The most creative squat of Amsterdam will feature the best cult act that Serbia has to offer: Rambo Amadeus! Kriterion will show great Balkan movies on the same day. Sunday: lazy day! We'll start with some impressive writers at Brakke grond, and will continue with a greasy Serbian roast: the Balkan Barbeque! On the square in front of Brakke Grond, a Serbian cook is coming to roast the pork himself! We will collectively digest the weekend to a cinematic experience of underground music in Istanbul.
Dance, eat, enjoy, it's the Balkans to you!
PROGRAMME:
4 June | Balkan/Gypsy Feast! at Café Pakhuis Wilhelmina
www.cafepakhuiswilhelmina.nl
21:00 Caspian Hat Dance (Balkan)
22:00 King Naat Veliov & the Original Kočani Orkestar (Macedonia)
23:30 DJ Cigan (Serbia)
5 June | Balkan underground sounds at Schijnheilig
www.schijnheilig.org
21:00 Blazin’ Quartet (Balkan)
22:00 Rambo Amadeus (Montenegro)
23:30 Kako da Ne Collective (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Southeast European Cinema at Kriterion
www.kriterion.nl
20:00 East West East (2009, Albania) in the presence of director Gjergj Xhuvani. Rakia and Meze after the film!
22:00 Dust (by Milčo Mančevski, 2001, Macedonia)
6 June | Cultural Journey continues… at De Brakke Grond
www.brakkegrond.nl
14:00 Author readings with Daša Drndić (Croatia), Perihan Magden (Turkey) and Nenad Veličković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
16:00 Balkan BBQ with chef Nikola Milovanović (Serbia) and live music by trio C tot de Derde (Balkan)
19:15 Film: Crossing the Bridge (by Fatih Akin, 2005, Turkey)
More details follow soon on www.southeast-europe.eu
Tickets for the events in Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, Kriterion and De Brakke Grond, can be reserved via tickets@balkanburo.org. No answer = no reservation! The Balkan Underground Sounds night in Schijnheilig is public, no reservation possible, come early!
Southeast Europe, a Cultural Journey is a project in collaboration with the European Commission.
The Trial @ movies That Matter festival, Den Haag, Zondag 28 maart, 13.30, gevolgd door Q&A met filmmaker Rob O' Reilly
Movies that Matter Festival
Van donderdag 25 tot en met woensdag 31 maart 2010 vindt in Den Haag het Movies that Matter Festival plaats, de opvolger van het Amnesty International Film Festival.
Dit internationale film- en debatfestival presenteert in en rond Filmhuis Den Haag en Theater aan het Spui een gevarieerd programma met meer dan zestig speelfilms en documentaires. Naast de filmvertoningen is er een uitgebreid verdiepingsprogramma plaats met dagelijkse debatten, talkshows met internationale gasten en muziekoptredens. Het festival is een ontmoetingsplaats waar het publiek met politici, filmmakers en mensenrechtenactivisten uit de hele wereld in gesprek kan gaan. Op het festival wordt onder andere de film 'The Trial' vertoond.
The Trial
Bijna tien jaar later na de Balkanoorlog wordt de premier van Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, beschuldigd van het vermoorden van de 37 gevonden Kosovaarse Albanezen en zigeuners in West Kosovo. Hij moet terechtstaan bij het Joegoslavië-tribunaal. Vond er daadwerkelijk een massaslachting plaats of is hier sprake van Servische oorlogspropaganda?
Zo 28 maart 13.30 - Na de film volgt een Q&A met filmmaker Rob O’Reilly onder leiding van Irmin van der Meijden, oprichter van het Balkan Snapshots Film Festival.
Next event:
23rd February | 21.00 hrs | Melkweg
Best of Balkan Snapshots
Best shorts from the Balkans, during an inspirational European Cultural night.
With Special Guest: a very young filmmaker: Ognjen Glavonic
European Dreams is a cultural night with debates, discussions, contests, film and music, that focusses on current aspects concerning Europe and it's young citizens. Balkan Snapshots has been asked to organise a special filmprogramme with shorts from the Balkans. Ognjen Glavonic, a young and upcoming filmmaker from Belgrade will present to us his new short 'Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals', and tell us about the life of a filmmaker in Serbia. For all other events on this fantastic night, and to buy your ticket, klick this link. Entrance is only € 5,-! Be fast, soon to be sold out. Information on the event in Dutch, can be found under here. See you there!
Op 23 februari is de 2de editie van European Dreams in de Melkweg. Het belooft weer een dromerige feestavond te worden rondom het thema Europa. Met dampende muziek, inspirerende interviews, scherpe comedy en vernieuwende films. Met o.a. Beau van Erven Dorens, Jelle Brandt Corstius, Mala Vita, Rob Wijnberg, Sophie in 't Veld, Bas Haring, Flinke Namen en Jeroen Akkermans en nog vele anderen. Doe vooraf mee aan de schrijfwedstrijd en win een stedentrip voor twee personen! Check de voorwaarden en het volledige programma op www.europeandreams.nl.
Opnieuw is er gezocht naar leuke, onverwachte en eigenaardige aspecten van Europa. Hierbij worden onderwerpen aangesneden zoals het onbekende Europa, Europese cultuurclashes en de haat-liefdeverhouding tussen Europa en de media. Geheel nieuw is de ‘European DreamTeam Battle’, een wervelende quiz tussen verschillende jongerenculturen. Wie heeft de meeste kennis van Europa? Zijn dat de Belgen, urbans, corpsballen of toch de nerds? De studenten gaan de strijd aan met elkaar in een onnavolgbaar spelformat. De studentengroep met de meeste algemene kennis over Europa wint.
Gevarieerde line-up
Naast de uitbundige quiz staan er ook meer inhoudelijke debatten en interviews geprogrammeerd. Ook is er interactief improvisatietheater en worden er korte films vertoond in de huisbioscoop van de Melkweg. Jelle Brandt Corstius presenteert de filmzaal en gaat in gesprek over zijn documentaire ‘24 uur in Moskou’. Natuurlijk is er ook vette muziek. Zo komen de uptempo rockers Mala Vita langs, maar staat ook de dampende hiphop act Flinke Namen op de planken. De muzikale afsluiter is in handen van DJ Marnix en Johnny de Mol.
28th January | 20.hrs | De Balie
Cultural Decontamination? Challenges for Art beyond national borderlines
An inspirational talk with Borka Pavićević (winner, Routes Award 2009) and guests.
Theatre performance: About Germany. Photo: Vesna Pavlović
Borka Pavićević, laureate of the 2009 Routes Award for Cultural Diversity, will be the special guest for a round-table discussion to debate the role of art in challenging populist political discourses, at De Balie (Amsterdam), Thursday January 28th.
Friso Wiersum (Programmer of debate centre TUMULT (Utrecht) is the moderator of the evening.
Dramaturg and irrepressible cultural activist, Borka Pavićević has devoted her career to art as a form of expression that can and must combat a politics of fear. In 1995 she established the Center for Cultural Decontamination (CZKD), a vital resource and independent cultural space in the heart of Belgrade. Up against the state-oppression and war-propaganda of the Milosevic-regime, the aim of the Center was to bring different performers, artists and intellectuals together to produce cultural strategies as a means to ‘decontaminate’ the Serbian society of the negative atmosphere of xenophobia, ethnic hatred and nationalism during the civil war in former Yugoslavia. Now, with the increase of populist political movements throughout Europe, the strategies of decontamination are arguably as relevant as when the Center first opened its doors.
On the panel with Borka will be among others: Manja Ristic, artist and cultural entrepreneur in Belgrade, Gal Kirn, Slovenian scholar in political science, philosophy and film, and Laurens Runderkamp, European policy maker. These contemporary artists and policy makers from both the Balkans and the Netherlands, will tackle the role and power of art in post and potential conflict areas. The main question will be: What are the new challenges for artists and independent cultural spaces in cultural decontamination for the future?
Participation & practical info | Date: Thursday 28 January at 20:00 | Entrance free | Venue: De Balie – Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10 | More information can be found on: http://www.eurocult.org/news-events/?article_id=122 | Doors open 20.00, roundtable 20.30 - 22.00. | Reservations on 020-5535100 or www.debalie.nl | Discussion will be held in English | Afterwards, all guests will be invited for drinks on De Balie’s first floor.
Thanks for all being at the festival! It was a great succes! Check the festival pictures at facebook, we'll be sure to add you. Klick bottom page.
BALKAN SNAPSHOTS FILM FESTIVAL 2009: A Creative Spectacle
Balkan Snapshots 2009 a circus of creative assertiveness from South East Europe. For crisis prices!
Welcome here. Its time for what’s already going to be the 4th edition of the Balkan Snapshots Film Festival. This year’s event is very promising: Balkan Snapshots 2009 will fill Kriterion for three days with as many cultural displays as possible.
In the Balkan regions – Bulgaria, Romania, the Ex-Yugoslavian countries and Albania – we can see the rise of a young generation of artists: energetic, playful, angry and rebellious. This year’s edition wants to demonstrate the variety and quality of this new artistic explosion. This is why the fourth Balkan Snapshots Film Festival will take place under the theme: A Creative Spectacle. Balkan Snapshots 2009 thus will be a circus of creative assertiveness, displaying an enormous diversity of images, sounds and visions.
“Life and death of a Porn Gang” Fri 30 oktober, 22.15, Kriterion
We’re especially proud of our film programme, which features an enormous variety of genres. From Film Noir (Zift) to Horror (Zone of the Dead), from Comedy (Here and There) to utter extreme provocation (Life and Death of a Porn Gang). Then we’ve got war related shorts, music related documentaries, and don’t forget Saturday’s Shorts Marathon, a feast of short low budget films from independent filmmakers all over the Balkans.
Besides the film programme Balkan Snapshots generates an outburst of activities: Balkan Snapshots is a podium this year to lots of provocative performances from young Balkan artists, lectures and a debate with insightful guests, such as David Jan Godfroid and Taja Vovk. Platform Spartak organised a creative meeting with comic drawer Sasha Zograf. Must sees: m.Eta Music Preachers with artist/violinist Manja Ristic and the Cine//Sonic film concert with Kingalita!
We have lots and lots of live music from classic to klezmer. We’re especially proud of the concert famous Macedonian jazzplayer Georgi Sareski and Dzijan Emin. We exhibit beautiful photographs, video art, graffiti, and even the bringers of a food revolution: the Ajvar state of mind! All will happen inside the Kriterion venue that for the occasion is turned into an extravert Balkan circus by the young Belgrade decorative artist Magdalena Klashnja.
To celebrate all global crises, the entry prices this year are highly reduced. Buy 10 “Snapshots Marks” at the BSFF stand for only 12 Euros and you’ll watch 3 movies and even drink a Rakia! Dead cheap. We think culture shouldn’t cost too much.
Everything our festival offers has been created by artists from the Balkans and the -this year actively included- Dutch Balkan Diaspora. Our purpose is to show you the variety and unique quality of Balkan culture. The result: a three-day fantastic creative spectacle, from a part of Europe which will not be unheard of.
