Animated documentaries. ŻubrOFFka at the Arsenal

Festival ZUBROFFKA is an open event not restricted by anything, respecting diversity and variety so characteristic for the region of Podlasie, it’s a place bringing together artists open to the WORLD, PEOPLE who have a sense of humour , who value NATURE and its products. The festival tries to provide a platform for exchanging ideas and thoughts, which will enable creative meetings of artists from eastern and western countries. Therefore we are visited by artists from Belarus, the USA, Latvia, the UK, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Germany, Russia, Poland, both professionals and amateurs.

The screenings and accompanying events, just like in the previous years, are going to take place in FORUM cinema and FAMA club, as well as in other partner venues, such as University in Bialystok, Bialystok railway station, Art School in Suprasl, “Borderland Centre” in Sejny. During the Festival apart from the competition screenings we aim to present a series of film and music attractions from all over the world.
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Białostocki Ośrodek Kultury and the Arsenal Gallery invite to a screening:
 
ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES (85’)
 
7 December 2016, Wednesday, 18.00
 
Arsenal Gallery power station, ul. Elektryczna 13 (the entrance from ul. Świętojańska)
 
Admission free

Animated documentaries are back at ŻUBROFFKA! This time you are going to see a renowned film by Marcus Armitage, nominated for BAFTA and Annency International prize –winner My Dad; A Bird in the Cage, London Feminist Film Festival winner – a film about Lady Rhondda who devoted her life to women’s rights in the first half of 20th century; a renowned English mockumentary by Tara Mercedes Wood (Wood Things Used to Be Hidden) and also an animated interview with a crazy band called Holy Modal Rounders. Dutch Supporting Film focuses on the relationship between the viewer and the film; and Swedish I Was a Winner raises the subject of computer games addiction. Two other films are DOK Leipzig 2015 winner, poetic Spirited Away by Betina Kuntzsch, using found footage from 1900; and Israeli documentary about gays in Tel Aviv (the director’s grandpa was born in Bialystok!). Such a worthy group also includes a film by Bialystok-born Ewa Smyk, which is a personal reflection on the family memory – the script was based on her grandfather’s diary.

Curator: Maciej Rant
Special guest: Ewa Smyk

Program:

My Dad, Marcus Armitage, UK 2014, 5’53
Spirited Away, Betina Kuntzsch, Germany 2015, 6’15”
I Was a Winner, Jonas Odell, Sweden 2016, 14′
The Deal, Ewa Smyk, UK/Poland 2015, 4’50”
Hora, Yoav Brill, Israel 2014, 9′
A Bird in a Cage, Lauren Orme, UK 2014′, 19′
Voor Film/Supporting Film, Douwe Dijkstra, Holandia 2015, 12′
Psychedelic Blues, Drew Christie, USA 2015, 3’18”
Wood Things Used to Be Hidden, Tara Mercedes, UK 2015, 3’55”
Dokument, Marcin Podolec, Poland 2015, 6’50”