IMPERFECT CINEMA

9-12 August, 2018 

 
 
 

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ABOUT THE CAMP

 

Cinema Camp is an International summer event in nature organized by “Meno avilys”, seeking to create the space for an informal dialogue about cinema. Here, film screenings are followed by discussions with filmmakers, film academics read specially prepared lectures, campers take part in creative workshops. Participants can also take a rest by the lake, and dance in the evenings.

 

Since 2010, the themes of the Camp were: "The boundaries of cinema genres", "Cinema and Freedom", "Cinema and History", "Cinema and Sound", "Cinema and the Body", "Cinema and Politics", "Cinema Eye", “Welcome to Anthropocene".

 

This year’s Camp is all about “Imperfect Cinema”. But what is it? “Imperfection” might relate to the process of creation, when filmmakers break established rules searching for unconventional language of their own. It could be born on the film set under artificial lights or on the street where everyone can be an actor. It might also be related to the materiality of cinema such as scratched films or glitched videos. Generally, imperfect cinema embodies the opposition to imposed norms, control, and power structures. But then, how do marginal cinema movements start, and how do independent filmmakers, deliberately turning away from the constricting financial mechanisms, work? 

 

We will look for the answers to all of these questions and much more in the Cinema Camp.

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GUESTS

 

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PROGRAMME

Thursday, 9 August 

 

Excursion in Salos

18:00

Imperfect Cinema. Several Stories. A short presentation by Lukas Brašiškis followed by a discussion with Lithuanian filmmakers

19:00

Andrėja Šaltytė presents her video installation “The 7th Declension”

20:30

Film screening Tercer Mundo, Tercera Guerra Mundial (Julio García Espinosa, 1970, 90’), film screening presented by Michael Chanan

21:30

Friday, 10 August 

Future Perfect:  a talk by Peggy Ahwesh of made and unmade films by Ahwesh with historical framework from Maya Deren. A follow-up discussion is led by Erika Balsom

17:00

 

Dinner time

19:00

Chance and Film, a talk by Jem Cohen and screening of his films

20:00

Music by Herb Shellenberger and Filomino DJ’s

22:30

 

Breakfast

10:00

Different But Equal: Soviet Amateur Film Clubs and the Culture of Imperfect Filmmaking, presentation by Maria Vinogradova

11:00

Politics of Imperfection: Angela Ricci Lucchi, Yervant Gianikian and Found Footage, presentation by Miriam De Rosa

12:30

 

Lunch Break

14:00

Imperfect Fit: the video mixtape as curatorial methodology, a presentation by Herb Shellenberger followed by a screening of the select short film program

15:30

Saturday, 11 August 

 

Breakfast

09:00

Baltic Analog Lab: Latvian film collective presents a Baltic experimental film program

10:30

St. Tula, A Patron of Imperfect Films, Peggy Ahwesh’s tribute to Adolfas Mekas followed by a screening of Hallelujah the Hills (Adolfas Mekas, 80'., 1963, JAV)

12:30

 

Lunch Break

14:30

Imperfection of Films by Edward Owens, a presentation by Ed Halter followed by the screening of Owens’ films

16:00

Native Videographers Shot Back, screening of INAATE/SE (2016, 68') and The Violence of a Civilization Without Secrets (2018, 10') by Adam and Zack Khalil followed by a discussion moderated by Leo Goldsmith

17:30

 

Dinner time

19:30

Matters around Uchronia: Azin Feizabadi talks about his recent film UCHRONIA (2018)

20:30

 

Mekas Duo koncertas

22:30

Muzika renka Matas Aerobica

23:30

Sunday, 12 August 

 

Breakfast

10:00

Propositions on Technology and Imperfection by Erika Balsom and Ed Halter followed by a wrapping up discussion

12:00

Parallel Activities

Radio cinema. Close your eyes and open your ears.

Perfect and not so perfect stories in sound from Lithuania and elsewhere.

Curated by Vaida Pilibaitytė (LRT RADIJAS)

Friday and Saturday at 11 a.m. in the chapel

A Workshop by Azin Feizabadi (registration in advance required, giedre@menoavilys.org)

Friday 12:30 p.m.

 
 
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TEAM

CURATORS

Lukas Brašiškis

Austė Zdančiūtė

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PRODUCTION TEAM

Gintarė Bidlauskienė

Giedrė Burokaitė

Dovilė Grigaliūnaitė

Žygimantas Jančoras

Goda Jurevičiūtė

Narius Kairys

Dainius Makūnas

Robertas Nevecka

Juozapas Paškauskas

Mantė Valiūnaitė

Austė Zdančiūtė

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COMMUNICATION

Gintarė Bidlauskienė

Dovilė Grigaliūnaitė

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TECHNICAL SUPERVISION

Audrius Antanavičius

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GRAPHIC DESIGN

Gailė Pranckūnaitė

Mislav Žūgaj

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VOLUNTEERS

Ona Kotryna Dikavičiūtė

Sima Jundulaitė

Dangiras Bugas

Julija Šilytė

Milda Valiulytė

Ugnė Balsytė

Elzė Marija Mažeikytė

Aušra Umbrasaitė

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INFORMATION

Arrival by Car

GPS coordinates: 55.8114° N, 25.3675° E

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by Public Transport

take a bus from Vilnius or Kaunas to Kamajai Rokiškis direction), there will be the Camp bus waiting for you

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Camping

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Please build the tents in marked area only. Camping is for free. Please respect the nature and leave the place as you found it.

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TICKETS

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SPONSORS
 
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