BEAST International Film Festival presents the best cinema from Central and Eastern Europe in Portugal. This year, BEAST dedicates its Focus Country section to the exhilarating cinematic scene of Slovenia. The program director of the festival, Teresa Vieira, prepared a curated programme in two parts: DIVA — FEAST & BODY.
Participating: Zemira Alajbegović, Martina Bastarda, Vesna Bukovec, Ana Nuša Dragan, Neven Korda, Mateja Ocepek, Nataša Prosenc Stearns, Duba Sambolec, Dario Seraval, Nataša Skušek, Apolonija Šušteršič
Both programmes will be screened on 1 October 2023 at Cinema Passos Manuel, Porto.
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Screening and talk on Thursday, 7 September 2023, 8 pm at the inner courtyard of Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana.
“I chose works that remind me of the past. Thematically and/or aesthetically. It’s a difficult feeling to explain, and I don’t know what exactly in the works evokes it. Maybe the colours, the sound, the story … A certain nostalgia creeps in, quite randomly and inexplicably, as if I were a joyful 13-year-old again. It is this carefree, relaxed and humorous quality that the selected works evoke in me. They surprise and make me smile again and again; they calm me down in tense times and remind me of better days. Perhaps time is not so fleeting after all.” – Vita Weisseisen
Participating: Nataša Berk, Jasna Hribernik, Zmago Lenardič, Polonca Lovšin, Ema Paš, Đeni Rostohar, Nataša Skušek, Mladen Stropnik, Aleksandar Tendjer, Miha Vipotnik, Maja Žiberna.
Curator: Vita Weisseisen
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Screening and talk on Thursday, 31 August 2023, 8 pm at the inner courtyard of Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana.
Bonobostudio is a company specialised in the production and distribution of short animated and experimental films. It was founded in Zagreb in 2008 as a place for creativity and innovation in experimental animation. Films in this selection represent bold and playful spirit of their filmmakers, deconstructing and reconstructing narratives and exploring topics ranging from deceptive memory to illusive reality.
Participating: Artists: Dalibor Barić, Ana Hušman, Miro Manojlović, Ollie Magee, Pekka Sassi, Alexander Stewart
Curator: Vanja Andrijević
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Screening and talk on Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 9 pm at the inner courtyard of Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana.
The opening event of the fourth season of VideoGarden presents new acquisitions in the DIVA Station archive. The curated programme Sometimes I wish … features videos and films with personal artistic expressions and experimental approaches. They address the various existential issues that arise when people come into contact with their environment. From the anxiety of everyday life, the inevitability of climate change, personal memories and attitudes towards nature and music. They look into the conserved past and get stuck thinking about the future.
Participating: Ester Ivakič, Teja Miholič, Neža Knez, Anne Tassel, Matevž Jerman, Niko Novak, Ana Likar, Uršula Berlot, Francisco Tomsich, Nejc Trampuž.
Curators: Vesna Bukovec, Peter Cerovšek
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11 – 14 May 2023
Slovenian Cinematheque, SCCA Project Room
Four festival days challenge the horizon of the domesticated gaze: with the filmmaker in focus, the experimental animator Gudrun Krebitz, we will explore the polyphonic layering of intimate cinematic landscapes; we will get to know the blazing Pan-American experimental production through two programmes selected by the guest curator Jean-Jacques Martinod, while this year’s new section Vistas brings together what the programme team has gleaned from the wide field of current practices. With the New Light programme we would like to emphasise the significance of preserving Slovenian heritage, but we at the same time also unreservedly think about the future: during the festival, the interactive VR installation Journey Into the Universe of Consciousness will test the limits of the gaze. In addition to Neža Knez’s workshop and exhibition, the Czech artist Jan Kulka will provide a fitting closing of the festival with his AV performance. Vive le expérimental!
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