Stills from the film
This year's European Psychoanalytic Film Festival (epff5) shows a selection of films from Central and Eastern European countries under the title Screen Memories from Eastern Europe.
The Romanian Cultural Institute presents the award-winning Elevator by director Gabriel Dorobantu and playwright Gabriel Pintilei (Romania 2008, 85min).
A boy and a girl, high school teenagers, want to get away from the world and be alone for a while, so they hide in an abandoned factory on the outskirts. But there they fall in a trap of their own intention, and get stuck in the cargo elevator. There is no one around to hear them, and nobody knows their whereabouts. Tension arises after each failed attempt to escape, while they also have to deal with the fact that their entire universe is now reduced to a metal box smaller than a room.
Awards: "Best Editing" from The Union of Romanian Filmmakers (February 12, 2009); "Tanara speranta" at Gopo Awards (March 2, 2009); "Audience Choice Award" (Best feature film made by adults about or for youth) at "Auburn Film Festival for Children and Youth" (September 17, 2008); "Fresh Generation Award" at "Fresh Film Fest", Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (August 28-30, 2008); "Best Romanian Debut" at "Transilvania International Film Festival" (TIFF), Cluj-Napoca, Romania (June 5 and 7, 2008).
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Gabriela Massaci (Chair), Gabriel Pintilei and Michael Brearley, from 2 to 3pm.
The Fifth European Psychoanalytic Film Festival (epff5) (29 October - 1 November 2009) is organised by the Institute of Psychoanalysis, Honorary President Bernardo Bertolucci, Chairman Andrea Sabbadini.
The Romanian Cultural Institute supports the participation of the Romanian guests.
When: 31 October 2009, 9.00 -10.30am; Q&A 2-3 pm.
Where: BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly Street, London, W1 J9LN
Tickets: by registration only at www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/epff5/register.htm.
