International Short Film Festival ŻUBROOFKA

Galeria Arsenał and Białostocki Ośrodek Kultury invite to a film projection in power station as part of International Short Film Festival ŻUBROOKFA

Festival ZUBROFFKA has been organized since 2006. In six competitions 108 films will be presented and selected from over 1,200 entries from around the world. Polish filmmakers will compete in three categories: Amateurs, Students and Independents. In Eastward Window competition audience will see films from Central and Eastern Europe, and in Whole Wide World competition – films from other countries. Films in the five competitions will be evaluated by international jury who will decide on the Grand Prix winner of 2,000 euros and distribution agreement with a world leading distribution company – ShortsTV.

More: http://www.zubroffka.pl/en/

Projections in Galeria Arsenał power station:

3 December (Wednesday)
at 18.00

ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES

Galeria Arsenał – power station, ul. Elektryczna 13 (the entrance at ul. Świętojańska), admission is free

Animated documentary is a genre already well-established in cinematography. After the success of such films as „Waltz with Bashir” and „Persepolis”, there are dozens of animated representations of the real world produced every year. Each of them has its own way of presenting reality, playing with conventions of classic documentary cinema.

For the second time at ŻUBROFFKA we present a special program, consisting of „animated reality”. Many of the films are socially engaged works, using colour to portray the characters’ dramas. We will show you the most interesting representatives of the genre, films which premiered in Sundance or Locarno. This will be a unique, animated-documentary journey from North America, through Europe to Australia.

Programme:

Table d’Hôte, reż./dir. Alexandra Levasseur, Kanada/Canada 2014, 2′
Vigia, reż./dir. Marcel Barelli, Szwajcaria,Francja/Switzerland, France 2013, 9′
Abdullah, reż./dir. Jakob Besuch, Niemcy/Germany 2013, 9′
I love hooligans, reż./dir. Jan-Dirk Bouw, Holandia/Netherlands 2013, 13′
Blame it on the Seagull, reż./dir. Julie Engaas, Norwegia/Norway 2013, 12′
Allergic to Orginiality, reż./dir. Drew Christie, Stany Zjednoczone/USA 2014, 5′
Reality 2.0, reż./dir. Victor Orozco, Niemcy, Meksyk/Germany, Mexico 2012, 11′
The Man Who Lost his Head, reż./dir. Fred Joyex, Francja/France 2014, 9′
Good Grief, reż./dir. Fiona Dalwood, Australia 2012, 8′
Cairo 52, reż./dir. Dominique Birrer, Szwajcaria/Switzerland, 2014, 5’

4 December (Thursday)
at 17.00

PORTRAIT OF JAPANESE ANIMATION

The Japan Media Arts Festival is an event combining various forms of expression available in the space between art and entertainment, such as interactive art, installations, graphics, digital photography, network, games, animation, video, comics, etc. This whole spectrum has been defined as media arts because boundaries between forms and genres are increasingly blurred and it is difficult to tell the difference between art and entertainment. Approximately 2,700 works from more than 40 countries are submitted for the festival selection each year. Thanks to collaboration with other festivals, works from Media Arts can be seen all over the world, including ŻUBROFFKA. This year you will see 9 animations, music videos and other works, showing contemporary Japan from the perspective of Japanese people themselves.

Programme:

„Rain Town”, reż. Ishida Hiroyasu, 2011, 9’55”
„I am alone, walking on the straight road”, reż. Okamoto Masanori, 2012, 5’53”
„Kiokuzenkei”, reż. Yokota Masashi, 2008, 5’27”
„Xylophone”, reż. Harano Morihiro, Nishida Jun, Hishikawa Seiichi, Matsuo Kenjiro, Tsuda Mitsuo, Oiso Toshifumi, 2011, 2’02”
„1347smiles”, reż. Arai Fuyu, 2013, 3’17”
„Ab_rah”, reż. Yoshino Kohei (networks), 2010, 3’13”
„Issey Miyake a-poc inside”, reż. Masahiko Sato, Euphrates, 2007, 2’50”
„Shashinkan” (The Photo Studio), reż. Nakamura Takashi, 2013, 16’40”
„The House of Small Cubes”, reż. Kato Kunio, 2008, 12’04”

http://jmaf-promote.jp/