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urban research on film - directors lounge 2014
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urban research
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| The new democratic movements also seem to come with a reemergence of public space in the sense of life in the street. Even if some governments use all their powers to suppress changes, urban movements seem to give public space a new meaning. With a focal point on the largest city of Turkey, the program brings together different short films discussing urban changes concerning Istanbul, Damascus, Tel Aviv, Illichevsk (Ukraine), Belfast and Germany. |
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Nisrine Boukhari SY
A letter between two cities / Damascus - Vienna 06:35 2013 A city tells "her" story to another city "who" had a similar history during the World War. This video presents the first letter of Damascus to another city of the world telling "Her" sad memory. |
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Sharon Horodi/ Cheb Kammerer DE
Black Stains 10:00 2007 Is art capable to provide the instruments for a radical review of the society? And how to be radical without becoming an integral part of what we oppose? The film confronts different art practices with glimpses of social realities in Israel. |
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Maria Gonchar UA
Creative Cities of Ukraine 11:23 2013 The project "Creative cities of Ukraine" is the public initiative of Ukrainian architects and artists, founded in 2010. The idea, realized in Illichevsk, is to generate positive thinking by painting the facades of residential buildings. The artist creates another layer of meaning by adding sounds of 2013 urban protests in Ukraine. |
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Sirin Bahar Demirel TR
Living with Leviathan 11:00 2013 Through a personal story about the nationwide uprising in Turkey in summer 2013, the "Occupy Gezi" movement, this movie tries to show how the Turkish youth says "No!" to the despotic regime and the police brutality by reclaiming the city. |
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artizinconnu TR
The City and The Memory - Have you seen Sulukule? 08:40 2009 Sulukule is a former Romani area in Turkey which has been taken down by the government. Its inhabitants have been removed to Tasoluk, 45 km away. |
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Sylvia Winkler/ Stephan Köperl DE
Alexandra Open 02:00 2009 Shuttlecock crossing the peaceline in Northern Ireland. |
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Gertrud Schulte Westenberg/ Matthias Coers DE
Mietrebellen — Widerstand gegen den Ausverkauf der Stadt excerpt: 09:40 2013 During those last years, Berlin has rapidly changed. Real-estate brokers have invested in unattractive areas such as Kreuzberg and Neukšlln making housing more and more difficult to afford. The film documents a new activism of people protesting against forced evictions and inflated rent increases. |
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Bingöl Elmas TR
Hey Neighbor! 44:45 2014 WP One of the results of the urban transformation in Istanbul is the abrupt conversion of old neighborhoods into luxurious estates. The communities that have no relations with each other happen to find themselves side by side. Ultra-wealth and poverty have became neighbors. The film investigates both sides and the impossibility of relations. |
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Program Overview
Directors Lounge 2014 daily program