In March, the Docuart Caravan brings the Libertate30 film screenings to four cities - Cluj-Napoca (March 11-13), Brașov (March 11-12), Târgu Jiu (March 20-21) and Constanța (March 25-26). Libertate30 is a film project dedicated to commemorate 30 years from the fall of Communism.
For nine days, the project intends to show different perspectives on the reality of the events that took place in 1989, through documentary films and open dialogues with the directors who brought their contribution to understanding as many faces of our common history.
The first stop of the caravan is at Cinema Dacia in Cluj-Napoca (March 11-13), where 6 documentaries directed by Cătălina Fernoagă,
Cornel Mihalache,
Andrei Ujică, Harun Farocki,
Ovidiu Bose Paștina and
Șerban Georgescu, will be screened.
Some of the screenings will be followed by Q&A sessions with the filmmakers.
“I would really like to have young people in the audience, who ask questions. I would like a friendly confrontation after each film. I would like for us to go back home with a richer experience. I wouldn`t want history to just pass by us, while we look in a different direction. I really want <Degeaba> to be only the title of a music and poetry performance. I want that after this Caravan stop in Cluj, the passers-by will tread carefully when they cross the University Bookstore square, or when they go by <The Shot Pillars>” the director Cornel Mihalache said.
Simultaneously, other screenings will take place at the Patria Hall in Brașov, on March 11
. There will be four documentaries which bring a different perspective on the 1989 events and show the state of mind of the following days:
On Christmas We Took Our Ration of freedom/ De Crăciun ne-am luat rația de libertate (Cătălina Fernoagă and Cornel Mihalache, 1990), or films which bring forth the city that had an important role in Nicolae Ceaușescu`s fall,
Timișoara: Decembrie 1989 (Ovidiu Bose Paștina, 1991). Another documentary that will be screened is the one directed by Andrei Ujică and Harun Farocki:
Videograms of a Revolution / Videogramele unei Revoluții (Germany, 1992), an analysis of the role the television played during the revolution. The screenings in Brașov will end with Șerban Georgescu`s documentary,
Being Romanian: A Family Journal / Jurnalul familiei -escu, a journey in space and time, in which family is the connection between all the moments that kept us together, but also divided us in the past 100 years. Șerban Georgescu will be present at the meeting with the Brașov audience.
“For me, a film caravan is a joy, obviously. First of all because I love travelling. I think it runs in the family. In
Being Romanian: A Family Journal, the grandparents left to America at the beginning of the century to search for their luck, or they went to Stalingrad to fight. the parents left the villages and came to the city to make a living. Their children travelled all over Romania, in all kinds of camps and trips. Their grandchildren are abroad, studying or working. But my film isn`t only about this, but also about the reasons that make us return (or not) to our families and its stories”, Șerban Georgescu says.
The next stops of the caravan will be in Târgu Jiu (March 20-21 – Elvira Godeanu Theatre) and in Constanța (March 25-26 – the Jean Constantin Educative Multifunctional Centre for Youth).
Details:
www.caravana.docuart.ro
