“The films in the programme I AM A HYBRID are called hybrids because they exist between two dimensions – documentary and narrative cinema. If we look at the history of cinema, starting with Dziga Vertov and Sergei Eisenstein, then later John Cassavetes and Jonas Mekas, this relationship has always been contemplated. Even though the camera works as an objective observer that shows us the world, it actually changes and interacts with reality. The films presented in this programme reflect on and comprehend the problem of changing reality, using it as their artistic form and technique,” says Lithuanian philosopher and writer Kristupas Sabolius.
Described below are three of his favourites from the programme I AM A HYBRID.
Portuguese director Miguel Gomes returns with a three-part, 6-hour-long film “Arabian Nights – The Restless One, The Desolate One, The Enchanted One”. As the film’s title suggests, it is based on the book “One Thousand and One Nights”. However, this time Scheherazade tells stories reflecting the bleak reality of contemporary Portugal after the merciless blows of economic crisis.
Laurie Anderson directed and is the main character in “Heart of a Dog”. Anderson, a pioneer in electronic music and an exceptional artist, combines many cinematic techniques to create an intimate film that contemplates life and death.
In the docufiction “On Football”, director Sergio Oksman returns to Sao Paulo to reunite with his father. Their meeting is the first in 20 years, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup is in full swing. Fortunately, talk of football fills awkward silences between the estranged father and son.
More information in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZH_B_5asc8
Also screening in the I AM A HYBRID programme:
- “Hong Kong Trilogy” is director-cinematographer Christopher Doyle’s ode to his beloved Hong Kong and its people, portraying three generations – children, students and the elderly – playing themselves;
- in “Eva Doesn't Sleep”, director Pablo Agüero tells the unbelievable story of Argentinian political activist Eva Perón and the 25-year long mystery surrounding her remains;
- “Olmo & the Seagull” combines the true story of real-life actors with a narrative film structure, letting the viewer discern what is fact and what is fiction;
- the Chinese road movie “Paths of the Soul” follows the extraordinary 2000 kilometre pilgrimage that Buddhists undertake to reach the traditional capital of Tibet and the holy Mount Kailash in search of answers to life’s most important questions.
More about the programme: http://kinopavasaris.lt/en/programa/?p=602&s=undefined
About the festival:
The 21st Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris” will take place March 31st – April 14th. It is the largest cinema event in Lithuania, and one of the most prominent film festivals in Eastern Europe, having attracted 107 thousand people last year. This year, “Kino Pavasaris” will screen 130 feature films and 70 short films, which representatives of the festival selected by visiting more than 30 international film festivals throughout the year. For more information, visit www.kinopavasaris.lt
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