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Join us for the second edition of the British Documentary screenings which will take place in Galati between 19 May and 5 July 2012, at the Visual Art Museum in Galati (Domneasca St., no. 141).
Entry is free and the films are subtitled in Romanian.
Partner: Galati Visual Art Museum.
On 24 May the British Documentary series will take off in Targu Mures. The projections will take place between 24 May and 26 July, at Arta Cinema, Club 30 Hall.
Entry is free and the films are subtitled in Romanian.
Partner: K'Arte Association.
The British Documentary project is initiated by the British Council Romania in the frame of the “New Work New Audiences” programme and aims at presenting the Romanian audience with the best of contemporary British documentaries, awarded by the Grierson Film Festival in the UK.
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19 mai, 7 pm |
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Exit Through The Gift Shop |
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19 mai, 9 pm |
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Wonders Of The Solar System |
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19 May, 10:30 pm |
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Enemies Of The People |
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24 May, 6:30 pm |
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Requiem For Detroit |
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31 May, 6:30 pm |
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Welcome to Lagos |
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7 June, 6:30 pm |
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David Hockney A Bigger Picture |
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14 June, 6:30 pm |
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The Trials of Robert J. Oppenheimer |
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21 June, 6:30 pm |
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Only When I Dance |
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28 June, 6:30 pm |
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Moving To Mars |
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5 July, 6:30 pm |
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Soundtrack For A Revolution |
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24 May, 7 pm |
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Exit Through The Gift Shop |
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31 May, 7 pm |
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Requiem For Detroit |
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7 June, 7 pm |
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Welcome to Lagos |
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14 June, 7 pm |
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David Hockney A Bigger Picture |
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21 June, 7 pm |
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Wonders Of The Solar System |
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28 June, 7 pm |
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The Trials of Robert J. Oppenheimer |
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5 July, 7 pm |
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Only When I Dance |
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12 July, 7 pm |
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Enemies Of The People |
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19 July, 7 pm |
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Moving To Mars |
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26 July, 7 pm |
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Soundtrack For A Revolution |
Enemies of the People (Dir: Rob Lemkin, 94 min)
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who spends a decade gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. Sambath obtains ground-breaking and shocking testimony never before seen or heard. For the first time, we come to understand the real story of Cambodia's tragedy.
Enemies of the People (Dir: Rob Lemkin, 94 min)
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who spends a decade gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. Sambath obtains ground-breaking and shocking testimony never before seen or heard. For the first time, we come to understand the real story of Cambodia's tragedy.
Wonders of the Solar System: Empire of the sun (Dir: Gideon Bradshaw, 59 min)
In this spell-binding episode, Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most stunning locations on Earth to describe our intimate connection with the powerhouse of them all, the Sun. In India he witnesses a total solar eclipse, in Norway he watches the Northern Lights as the night sky glows with the Sun’s energy. Beyond Earth, Brian makes contact with NASA’s Voyager probe and he glimpses the Sun’s far distant fate as a red giant star.
Welcome to Lagos (Dir: Gavin Searle and Frankie Fathers, 60 min)
"Welcome to Lagos" is an observational documentary series shot in the slums of Lagos, the fastest growing megacity in the world. Now that more than 50% of the world’s population live in cities, this series explores what life is like for people at the bottom of the urban pile. It uncovers extraordinary resourcefulness, resilience and humour in the midst of some of the most extreme living conditions imaginable.
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Dir: David Grubin, 89 min)
This film tells the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of Robert Oppenheimer. Narrated by Zoe Wanamaker, whose own father experienced the virulent anti-communism of McCarthyism firsthand, the film expertly weaves Oppenheimer’s biography with the dramatic events of his trial, and its tragic aftermath. Emotional and compelling, it’s a film that, in a time when non-proliferation is firmly back on the agenda, tells us a lot about the perils of mixing science and government.
Requiem for Detroit (Dir: Julien Temple, 75 min)
This film evokes an apocalyptic vision. Once America’s fourth largest city, Detroit was built by the car for the car, with the first freeways, suburbs, and shopping centres, it embodied the American dream. Now it’s a dystopic city. Greenery grows through ruined office blocks and car plants. Crime and arson are rife. But there's hope. Streets are being turned to art. Farming is returning to the city. Is this the future for post-industrial cities?
Exit Through the Gift Shop (Dir: Banksy, 86 min)
Apparently a chronicle centred on one of the most enigmatic figures of the contemporary art scene – the graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter Banksy , known for his satirical and subversive art– the film folds back on itself and examines the would-be filmmaker Thierry Guetta instead. A radically nonstandard approach, in which character and storyteller switch places, an incendiary true story of low-level criminality, companionship and incompetence.
Soundtrack for a Revolution (Dir: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman; 82 min)
An emotional story about the power of music to change deeply rooted mentalities and to redefine the world. A history of the recent struggle for the civil rights of the black population in the United States of America, from a new perspective.
Only when I dance (Dir: Beadie Finzi, 84 min)
This film follows a year in the life of Isabela and Irlan, two aspiring ballet dancers who engage daily in a clash between two worlds: rich and poor, black and white. Steeped in the history of the wealthy white elite, many feel that the likes of Irlan Santos da Silva and Isabela Cracy, two black kids from poor backgrounds, do not belong. Despite the constant prejudice and doubt, both are determined to follow their ambitions.
Moving to Mars (Dir: Mat Whitecross, 83 min)
"Moving to Mars" charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. At times hilarious, at times emotional, their travels provide fascinating and unique insight not only into the effects of migration, but also into one of the most important current political crises - Burma.
Between 3 October and 19 December 2011 took place the second British Documentary series, in Bucharest, comprising a collection of ten documentaries.
Partner: National Museum of the Romanian Peasant. A project with the support of Radio Guerilla.
Media partners: Hotnews, metropotam.ro, Observatorul Cultural, Port.ro.
The second edition of the British Documentary project was organised in Iasi as well, between 8 November-13 December.
Main partner British Documentary Iasi: TVR Iasi
Media partners: Ziarul de Iasi, Iasi Fun, IS 24 FUN, Iasul Cultural, 360 UAIC.
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