Żubroffka at Arsenal Gallery Animated documentaries

Yet another showing of award-winning animated documentaries from festivals, dealing with the world’s most pressing problems; documentaries that use animation to tell more, with fuller stories.

We will see the shocking Life Inside Islamic State, based on diaries of a Syrian activist from Raqqa, a city seized by the Islamic State. The Israeli Journey Birds will tell us intimate stories about immigration. Broken – The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck is a moving story of female political prisoners in communist East Germany. Tough shows cultural misunderstandings between a Chinese mother and her Britain-born daughter. Le Clitoris is a funny story of female sexuality while Beautiful Woman is a poetic portrait of a 30-year-old male transsexual. In My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes the director tries to understand his deceased father better through, for instance, the porn VHS tapes that he inherited from him. The hand-painted visual poem entitled Nutag – Homeland documents the massive deportations of Kalmyks, whereas Nachthexen, produced during workshops, tells the story of strong women in a great war. Ash to Art is a dramatic history of The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh, the symbol of British art that was burnt in a fire, while Fired up, ready to go chronicles the process of creation of President Obama’s famous speech. The finale, Cosmopolitanism, is a manifestation of faith in humanism and hope that our ideas and patterns of thought can change the world!

Curator: Maciej Rant

Programme:
Life Inside Islamic State, Scott Coello, UK 2017, 16’
People of Color, Raghav Arumugam, USA 2017, 5’
Journey Birds, Daphna Awadish, Israel, Italy 2015, 9’
Broken – The Women’s Prison At Hoheneck, Volker Schlecht, Alexander Lahl, Germany 2016, 7’
Tough, Jennifer Zheng, UK 2016, 4’45”
Le Clitoris, Lori Malépart-Traversy, Canada 2016, 3’
Mooi Missi „Beautiful Woman”, Diëgo Nurse, Belgium 2016, 9’
Nachthexen, Julie Herdichek Baltzer, Denmark 2016, 8’10”
Ash to Art, projekt wielu twórców, Scotland, 1’38”
Nutag – Homeland, Alisi Telengut, Canada 2016, 6’
My Dead’s Porno Tapes, Charlie Tyrell, Canada 2018, 13’46”
Fired Up, Dan Fipphe, USA 2017, 3’20”
Cosmopolitanism, Erik Gandini, Sweden 2015, 16’

The 13th edition of International Short Film Festival ŻUBROFFKA will be held on 5-9 December in Białystok and Podlasie. For many years, ŻUBROFFKA has been building a cultural bridge between the East and the West, the North and the South – the event is a meeting place of energies from all over the world. ŻUBROFFKA, however, are not only films, but also energetic concerts, meetings with artists, exhibitions, discussion panels and workshops.

This year, the selectors chose 109 most interesting films (out of the total of over 2000!) in eight competitions. We also prepared special screenings of short film productions from all over the world. During five days, the viewers will see a total of over 250 short films! The admission is free.

Festival organized from CITY OF BIAŁYSTOK subsidy and with the support of the POLISH FILM INSTITUTE
Organizer: BIAŁOSTOCKI OŚRODEK KULTURY – DKF „GAG”

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