Central European Architecture Film Exchange

Selected architecture films from Central Europe

Architecture and the transformation of the urban landscape of the Post-socialist countries have been a very inspiring theme for video artists and filmmakers. Disappearing old neighborhoods, renamed streets, new districts, the conflicts and contrasts of the street or the newly found multiculturalism of Central European cities all provided sharp lens to interpret social changes in these societies. Videos, short and feature films do not only offer new viewpoints to look at these changes, they also help our understanding of urban transformation and architectural processes in the region. In preparation for this selection we invited organizations based in Central European cities and working with architectural and urban matters to collect films and curate screenings around the theme of architecture and the city. The cooperation consists of the establishment of a Central European Architecture Film Collection as well as of a series of screenings of experimental videos, documentary shorts and reportages from Bratislava, Brno, Prague, Cracow, Warsaw and Budapest.

April 1, 15.30, Kino, Budapest
Juraj Chlpik: Petržalka Identity (Bratislava, 2010, 25?)
Barbara Zavarská, Aleš Šedivec: The Slovakian National Gallery (Bratislava, 2010, 5?)
Jan Hanus: Squat Wars (Prague, 2009, 26?)
Heidrun Holzfeind: Behind the Iron Gate (Warsaw, 2009, 55?)

June 27, 18.30, Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow
Juraj Chlpik: Petržalka Identity (Bratislava, 2010, 25?)
Heidrun Holzfeind: Behind the Iron Gate (Warsaw, 2009, 55?)
Łukasz Skąpski: Guide to Cracow (2005, 18?)
Zsolt Keserue, Levente Polyák, Ágnes Dénes: Rounding Off (Budapest, 2007, 24′)

July 2, 20.00, Trapéz padlás, Budapest
Heidrun Holzfeind: Behind the Iron Gate (Warsaw, 2009, 55?)
Juraj Chlpik: Petržalka Identity (Bratislava, 2010, 25?)
Zsolt Keserue, Levente Polyák, Ágnes Dénes: Rounding Off (Budapest, 2007, 24′)

July 4, 18.00 and 20.00, Kino.Lab, CCA, Warsaw
Olga Matuszewska: Modern nursery school (Warsaw, 2012, 10?)
Heidrun Holzfeind: Behind the Iron Gate (Warsaw, 2009, 55?)
Barbara Zavarská, Aleš Šedivec: The Slovakian National Gallery (Bratislava, 2010, 5?)
Márk Péter Vargha: No Entry (Budapest, 2011, 4?)
Zsolt Keserue, Levente Polyák, Ágnes Dénes: Rounding Off (Budapest, 2007, 24′)
Petra Pelsőczy: A Place to Win (Budapest, 2011, 38?)
David Možný: Rahova (Brno, 2008, 6?)

July 7, 18.00, Metro stanice Líšeň/Jírova, Brno
Petr Zikmund: Most (Prague, 6?)
Zsolt Keserue, Levente Polyák, Ágnes Dénes: Rounding Off (Budapest, 2007, 24′)
Juraj Chlpik: Petržalka Identity (Bratislava, 2010, 25?)
David Možný: Rahova (Brno, 2008, 6?)
Gruppo Tökmag & György Mór Kárpáti: Metropolitan Archelogy (Budapest, 2011, 8′)
Heidrun Holzfeind: Behind the Iron Gate (Warsaw, 2009, 55?)
Barbara Zavarská, Aleš Šedivec: The Slovakian National Gallery (Bratislava, 2010, 5?)
Barbara Zavarská, Aleš Šedivec: The Slovakian Broadcasting building (Bratislava, 2010, 5?)
Márk Péter Vargha: No Entry (Budapest, 2011, 4?)

July 10, 19.30, KC Dunaj, Bratislava
Balázs Irimiás, Tibor Gulyás: Mobility (Budapest, 2003, 5´)
Petra Pelsőczy: A Place to Win (Budapest, 2011, 38?)
Barbara Zavarská, Aleš Šedivec: The Slovakian Broadcasting building (Bratislava, 2010, 5?)
Juraj Chlpik: Petržalka Identity (Bratislava, 2010, 25?)
Łukasz Skąpski: Guide to Cracow (Cracow, 2005, 18?)
Olga Matuszewska: The Modernist Kindergarten (Warsaw, 2012, 10´)

Partners:
Movies in Wonderland
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Bec Zmiana, Warsaw
Malopolski Instytut Kultury, Cracow
Punkt, Bratislava
4AM Forum for Architecture and New Media, Brno
Praguewatch, Prague

The Central European Architecture Film and Video Exchange is supported by the International Visegrad Fund.