I am pleased to announce that Carnegie Mellon University is presenting, "Faces of Democracy: The Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival" from November 29th - December 10th 2006 - The best in contemporary cinema, international film directors, film experts, Short International Film Competition, Fair Trade receptions, and much more...
For more information, please email me, or refer to our website:
www.cmu.edu/faces
Thank you so much for all your help!
Sincerely,
Jolanta Lion
Festival Director
412 445 6292
WEEK ONE
November 29: Opening Night Reception at South Side Works Cinema November 30- December 3: Carnegie Mellon University McConomy Auditorium
Wednesday, November 29, 7:30 pm: My Country, My Country (USA, 2006) + Award-winning short film. Introduction with director Laura Poitras.
Thursday, November 30, 5:00 pm: My Country My Country (USA, 2006) + Award-winning Short film. Introduction with director, Laura Poitras.
Thursday, November 30, 7:15 pm: Avenge But One of My Two Eyes (Israel/France, 2005). Video-conference Q & A with director Avi Mograbi live from Israel.
Friday, December 1, 5:00 pm: Faces of Change (USA, 2005). + Short film.
Friday, December 1, 7:30 pm: Your Name is Justine (Poland-Germany-Luxembourg, 2005) + Short film.
Saturday, December 2, 3:00 pm: Black Gold (UK, 2005) + Short film.
Saturday, December 2, 5:00 pm: The Red Colored Grey Truck (Serbia, 2004) + Short film. Introduction with Dragan Kovacevic, a Serbian director and producer. Saturday, December 2, 7:00 pm: Czech Dream (Czech Republic, 2004)
+ Short film.
Sunday, December 3, 3:00 pm: State of Fear (Peru/USA, 2005) + Short film.
Sunday, December 3, 5:30 pm: Stolen Eyes (Bulgaria, 2005) + Short film.
Introduction with Mladen Kiselov, Carnegie Mellon University Professor in Department of Acting and Directing.
WEEK TWO
December 7-10: South Side Works Cinema
December 10: Closing Night Reception at Regent Square Theatre.
Thursday, December 7, 7:30 pm: Your Name is Justine (Poland-Germany- Luxembourg, 2005) + Short film. Introduction with director Franco de Pena.
Friday, December 8, 6:30 pm: Stolen Eyes (Bulgaria, 2005) + Short film.
Friday, December 8, 8:30 pm: Faces of Change (USA, 2005) + Short film.
Introduction with director Michele Stephenson.
Saturday, December 9, 3:00 pm: American premiere of I Love You (Croatia,
2006) + Short film. Introduction with director Dalibor Matanic. Saturday, December 9, 5.30 pm: Foundation (Poland, 2006) + Short film. Introduction with director Filip Bajon. Saturday, December 9, 8:00 pm: Czech Dream (Czech Republic, 2004) + Short film.
Sunday, December 10, 3:00 pm: I Love You (Croatia, 2006) + Short film.
Introduction with director, Dalibor Matanic.
Sunday, December 10, 6:00 pm: Black Gold (UK, 2005) + Short film.
Closing reception with special screening and guest.
Film descriptions:
Your Name is JustineYour (Masz Na Imie Justyna) Directed by Franco de Peña Poland-Germany-Luxembourg, 2005; 97 min *Luxembourg's Official Submission for the Academy Awards '06
in a Foreign Language Film category
Mariola dreams of a better life far from her provincial town. Her boyfriend Artur invites her for a short vacation to Germany, to meet his parents, but his real motive is to sell Mariola into prostitution. Two million people are sold worldwide everyday. Two hundred thousand of them are women sold to work in brothels. Fifteen thousand of them are Polish women. The film is a story about one of them. *Pittsburgh Premiere* (Mc) Friday, December 1, 7:30pm. (SS) Thursday, December 7, 7:30pm.
Czech Dream (Ceský sen)
Directed by Filip Remunda and Vit Klusak Czech Republic, 2004; 90 min *Best Non-Fiction Film Award at Michael Moore's Traverse City
Film Festival 2005 (US)
Two film students test the bounds of propaganda and advertising by creating a full-fledged campaign for a non-existent hypermarket. Despite ads like "Don't come. Don't spend," a crowd still forms on opening day. In a humorous and disconcerting way, the documentary reveals the Czech obsession with consumerism. Faces of Democracy urges that you don't see this film, don't enjoy it, and don't learn from it, but it is okay to sing the catchy jingles! *Pittsburgh Premiere* (Mc) Saturday, December 2, 7:00pm. (SS) Saturday, December 9, 8:00pm.
Stolen Eyes (Otkradnati ochi)
Directed by Radoslav Spassov
Bulgaria, 2005; 110 min
*2005 Moscow International Film Festival Nomination: Golden
St. George Award for Director Radoslav Spassov
The line forms here for a new name, here for a new birth certificate and here for a new address. Just like that an old identity is erased, and a new identity is forged. Even something as basic as a name is a freedom not to be taken for granted. For if a name is replaced, what is next? A style of dress? A religion? A language? A homeland? Against this back drop of ethnic cleansing, a contradictory love story emerges between a Muslim-Turk woman struggling to maintain her identity and the non-Muslim Bulgarian man commissioned to regenerate her. However, her identity is the one he is unable to erase from his mind. *Pittsburgh Premiere* (Mc) Sunday, December 3, 5:30 pm. (SS) Friday, December 8, 6:30 pm.
I Love You (Volim Te)
Directed by Dalibor Matanic
Croatia, 2006; 83 min
*53rd Pula Film Festival: Kodak Award for best photography,
Golden Arena Award for best photography to Branko Linta
Ana and Kreso are separated by two ultra-white iBooksTM that replace their former intimacy. Ana complains about Kreso's adultery, his boredom and his drinking until Kreso silences her with his news: he has AIDS. Kreso clings to debaucheries to avoid being whited-out by the society that obsesses over face-lifts and materialism.As Kreso says, "We became aware that we are fucking suburbs of everything, so distant from anything important, so we started to swallow as much as we could. **American Premiere** (SS) Saturday, December 9, 3:00 pm. (SS) Sunday, December 10, 3:00 pm.
My Country My Country
Directed by Laura Poitras
Kurdish/English/ Arabic, ; 90min
*Winner of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s
Inspiration Award
My Country, My Country shows the ethnic, religious, and cultural issues surrounding the 2005 Iraq elections, showcasing Dr. Riyadh, a Baghdad resident running in the elections. He seeks the opinions of his family, friends, neighbors and countrymen. Their words show their true feelings for the upcoming elections. Director Laura Poitras gives a direct yet complete picture of an election plagued by disdain for the U.S. occupation, uncertainly over the legitimacy of the elections, fear and hope for the future. *Pittsburgh Premiere* (SS) Wednesday, November 29, 7:30 pm. (Mc) Thursday, November 30, 5:00 pm
Avenge But One of my Two Eyes
Directed by Avi Mograbi
Israel / France, 2005; 100min
*2006 Rotterdam International Film Festival Amnesty
International-DOEN Award to Avi Mograbi
Director Avi Mograbi, the "Israeli Michael Moore," plunges his audience into the thick of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the second intifada is raging, and the frustrated Palestinians are more despairing than ever. Yet, Mograbi places his faith in the power of dialogue whether it be with the besieged Palestinians or with the ubiquitous Israeli army. Images of Palestinians at checkpoints juxtapose those of tourists at Masada, the site of Jewish martyrdom. The effect is to question the myths of zealots who choose death over occupation. *Pittsburgh Premiere* (Mc) Thursday, November 30, 7:15 pm.
State of Fear
Directed by Pamela Yates
Peru/United States, 2005; 94min
*Film Critics Award for Best Documentary Film, Chicago IDFF
"I always remember how he was screaming. They dumped his body like an animal’s." "I listened, but I didn't hear. It happened, but I didn't notice." From the heart and hills of the Andean guerrilla fighting, to the metropolis of Lima, the two quotes represent the grand disparity that arose between Peru's indigenous natives and the Western-looking urbanites.
Director Pamela Yates admits the viewer into the investigations of Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as they uncover the nation’s horrific history under a dictatorial regime and the heroic efforts to forge a new
democracy. (Mc) Sunday, December 3, 3:00 pm.
Faces of Change
Directed by Michele Stephenson
United States, 2005; 80min
*2005 African Diaspora Film Festival Winner: Best Film directed
by a Woman of Color- Locarno Film Festival
“Oppression is the same everywhere.” A black, single mother draws from her own experience to counsel teen mothers in Brazil. A boisterous New Orleans resident fights her medical maladies and environmental racism, after learning that her low-income, housing community was built on a toxic-waste dump. An abolitionist in Mauritania fights the slavery that his leaders deny. An Indian man explores the stigma of the Dalit lower caste into which he was born. A Bulgarian Roma doctor-turned-lawyer struggles against his country’s marginalization of the Roma (“gypsy”) people. *Pittsburgh
Premiere* (Mc) Friday, December 1, 5:00 pm. (SS) Friday, December 8, 8:30 pm
Black Gold
Directed by Marc Francis and Nick Francis United Kingdom, 2005; 78min
*2006 Sundance Film Festival Nomination: Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema-Documentary for Directors Marc and Nick Francis
A hot caramel macchiato would effectively combat the chilly weather.
Meeting a friend would feel best over two white-chocolate mochas. The last minute, pre-class energy kick comes in the form of an espresso. No matter where one turns, there tends to be a coffee-based beverage, but from where do those magical little beans come? Ensuring that your next coffee beverage will never be the same, Black Gold reaffirms the ever-growing need for fair trade in the face of globalization. *Pittsburgh Premiere* (Mc) Saturday, December 2, 3:00 pm. (RS) Sunday, December 10, 6:00 pm
The Red-Colored Grey Truck (Sivi kamion crvene boje) Directed by Srdjan Kolijevic, Serbia, 2004; 95min *Cinema Mediterranean, Montpelier Film Festival: Audience Award
Color blindness is a visual defect resulting in the inability to distinguish colors. Most of those with defective color vision are only partially color-blind to red and green, i.e., a red truck becomes a grayish truck, or is it actually The Red-Colored Grey Truck? In a humorous yet politically-laden dedication to all those that see things differently, director Srdjan Koljevic tells the colorful story of Ratko, a recently released convict and Suzana, a brazen city girl hitching a ride with him to the coast. Their road trip is more than mildly hindered by the coincidence of the outbreak of the civil war in former Yugoslavia, but a special bond emerges between the unlikely pair as they appear to be the only "sane" ones left in the country. Their relationship takes as many wild paths as the route itself. *Pittsburgh Premiere* (Mc) Saturday, December 2, 5:00 pm.
Foundation (Fundacja)
Directed by Filip Bajon
Poland, 2006; 110 min
Founded on true events, Foundation tells of a con man who managed to trick the entire law enforcement. His creativity, finesse and exceptional charm gained considerable media attention, and his crime became only more impressive considering that he managed the entire scheme from prison.
*Pittsburgh Premiere* (SS) Saturday, December 9, 5.30 pm.
For general information, please contact the festival Director Jolanta Lion
at: jola@andrew.cmu.edu or phone: (412) 445-6292
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