For the best night of a multicultural Bucharest, the institutes bring together fresh arts and good taste in a rich and diverse menu: long and short films, (very) old and new documentaries, plays with and of without words, literary debates, literature and songs, pure folk songs, classical, romanes or electronic music, karaoke and open stage, tests and competitions, cartoons, posters, spots, modern dance, hip-hop, street dance or Transylvanian "căluşer", Szeckler architecture, delicacies from all over, stories, memories and lots of surprises.
Programme
Valogne-Bruxelles Delegation /"EUROPEANS LOOK AT EUROPEANS" 27 June 2008, 18.00 / cartoons
Valogne-Bruxelles delegation, in cooperation with the Romanian Cultural Institute, presents the cartoon exhibition "Europeans look at Europeans." Cartoons are in this exhibition a mirror of our societies, presenting an original and truly humorous portrait of Europeans. Design and texts by Jean Auquier, and scenography by Didier Geirnaert. Guest speakers at the launch are Lidia Badea (in charge of bilateral work, Valogne-Bruxelles delegation), Dodo Niţă (Chair of Association of Bedefils in Romania), and Alexandru Ciubotariu (drawer). Exhibition hosted by the Romanian Cultural Institute in between 27 June – 8 July 2008.
THE LAST BARDS "Feast on" with people of Vinerea, Alba county 27 June, 19.00
We will simultaneously act as host and guests of Vinerea, Alba county. A group of 25 locals will take over the space (the hall and the courtyard) at RCI to carry out activities specific to their area. They will invite us to taste dishes, to know key figures of the village – the farrier, the carpenter, the joiner, the icon-maker, the blacksmith – they will talk to Grigore Leşe and joining the event, will tell old and amusing stories, will sing and dance Transylvanian "căluşer", and will show pictures of their families.
DOCUMENTARIES
27 June, 22.30 Traditions of Bukovina / 15 minute A documentary made in 1937 by Prince Carol Royal Cultural Foundation, in cooperation with the Society of Romanian Composers and the National Office for Tourism. Unfortunately, during the 2nd World War, the film sound was lost.
Winter folk traditions in Romania/10 minutes A documentary produced by "Alexandru Sahia" studio at the end of the 60s, presented in French. It mainly shows winter traditions (carols, "pluguşor", as well as mask dances) from Moldavia and Maramureş.
A series of short films on Bukovina ethnography During 1973-1974, Ion Filip produces a series of short films, 8 minutes each, with bards such from the Upper Valley of Moldovia. The first is a meeting with Harry Brauner (disciple of Dimitrie Gusti, the sociologist, and Victor Brauner's brother) and Isidor Andronicescu. The second is also dedicated to Isidor Andronicescu who tells about his participation, in 1937, at a folk festival in London. The third film is made in… in 1974 and covers wedding songs and dances.
THE CZECH CENTRE
FREAKA NIGHT III, ORA 23:00
Choking Hazard Venue: the Czech Centre, strada Ion Ghica nr. 11
main organiser: the Czech Centre
Halali Motel is the ideal place.
In the woods, right in the wilderness. No creature except the staff of the motel goes so far away. It is the perfect scene for a 3 day course delivered by Mr Reinis – the Meaning of Life. Perhaps this is not the best thing for all those registered, but one this is sure: the participants will learn something about life… and survival. From the dark woods, smelling of decadence and blood, the zombies show up, with their red eyes, hunt down the weak ones. The heroes of our story need to face them alone, with no help, simply because they are in the middle of nowhere. No creature except the staff of the motel will venture so far away in the woods.
Czech Republic | 2004 | 81min | directed by: Marek Dobeš
VO Czech | subtitled in English
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ORA 1:00 a series of short Romanian horror movies
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ORA 3:00 a surprise for survivers
DETAILS
FRENCH CULTURAL INSTITUTE Let's sing in night!
Cinema – Elvire Popescu Hall
19:00 "When I was a singer", a film by Xavier Giannoli, with Gérard Depardieu, Cécile de France, 2006 21:00 Concert with Barbara Carlotti 23:30 "I was pretty today. Young", a film by Alexandra Gulea ; 2008 01:00 "Love songs", a film by Christophe Honoré, with Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, 2007 3:00 "Not on my mouth", a film by Alain Resnais, with Sabine Azéma, Isabelle Nanty, 2003
18.00-23.30: Mediateque. Reading marathon: reading from literature inspired by the French song (texts written by singers, to be read or sung…)
18.00-00.00: the lobby " The music box" : a selection made by the public from a huge and diverse repertoire. Images and sounds from the Sonovideoteque of the institute.
18.00-5.00: in the courtyard Bistro : Try and buy French delicacies
Street dance performance (hip hop, breakdance, streetdance)
18.00-23.00: the space of languages Playing games in each room, an open stage, a literary club, karaoke
00:00 Ball in the lobby
CULTURAL CENTRE OF HUNGARY AND POLISH INSTITUTE
The programme will take place at the Cultural Centre of Hungary
Str.Batiştei no.39
WARSAW – BUDAPEST: NIGHT EXPRESS
18.00 – A piano concert by Valeria Vetrici, awarded for the best interpretation of Suite op.14 Bartók Béla (CCU) at the Fourth Edition of the Hungarian Music Festival 19.00 – Launch of "Romanian motifs in the Polish poster" exhibition Known names of the Polish Schools of Posters gathered in an exhibition meant to present dedicated productions to Romanian films presented in Poland, famous films by Liviu Ciulei, Dan Piţa, Mircea Veroiu, Sergiu Nicolaescu and others 19.30 – ESC – escape, evade: a movement production (M Studio din Sfântu Gheorghe) (CCU) ESC production is a show of no words/text, based on theatre and film elements. Its main theme is a prisoner's experience, the claustrophobia of being enclosed, and the motif of various situations.
20.30 – Zakariás Attila: the launch of a Szeckler Farmer's Architecture (CCU) "A young architect should not work in pencil unless he is very familiar with the constructive traditions of his people." Kós Karoly, specialist architect in Transylvanian folk architecture)
21.00 – the Anthology of Polish Cartoons, 1st part (IP) "Best" of Polish cartoons from the early (the 50s) until today, for a remarkable area of Polish culture. Anthology of Polish Animation, 1st part (IP)
22.00 – Renaissance music at the court of Mathias Rex, King of Hungary, by Lyceum Consort (CCU)
23.00 – Reading-show/ contemporary Polish theatre: "The Child" by Maria Spiss, with Florina Gleznea and Florin Lăzărescu, directed by: Mariana Cămărăşan and Alexandra Penciuc A young successful couple, modern, rich, very active professionally, unable to communicate at all, to have true relationships in their intimate life. Their world gradually breaks down, they are incapable of taking action, get rid of intertia.
23.45 – Announcing the winners of the survey-competitions launched by the Cultural Centre of Hungary and the Polish Institute
24.00 – Midnight with bigos (IP) You are invited to taste a traditional Polish dish: bigos, veeerrrry sophisticated and veeeerrrry tasty!
1.00 – Interactive modern dance with Zsigmond Emőke and Cseresznyék Dávid (CCU) They dance and teach us dancing, a young couple winner of 1st award at the Sport Dance Championship for Youth in Hungary.
2.00 – A.G. Weinberger Concert (CCU) Blues could not think of without this famous international musician, A.G. Weinberger. His efforts to promote and introduce this genre on the market, and his attitude to life, what Blues is about, turns him into a 'starting point' of this musical trend in Romania.
photo: wienberger
4.00 – the Anthology of Polish Cartoons, 1st part (IP) "Best" of Polish cartoons from the early (the 50s) until today, for a remarkable area of Polish culture.
Anthology of Polish Animation, 2nd part (IP)
4.00 – House of Folk Dance with Bercsényi Group (CCU)
Once the night falls, until 23.45, visitors are invited to take part in the competitions launched by the Cultural Centre of Hungary and Polish Institute, as polls on cultural questions. Before midnight, they answers will be checked by a jury, and winners will get nice prizes.
DETAILS
legend:
IP: Institutul Polonez / Polish Institute
CCU: Centrul Cultural al Republicii Ungare/ Cutural Centre of Hungary
GOETHE-INSTITUT
UNA Gallery, Str. G-ral Budişteanu 10
18:00 Speech x 3, with Vitalie Ciobanu, Stefan Rusu and Lilia Dragneva: short presentations and debate on civics in culture, despite political and cultural marginalization.
19:00 Performance of Pavel Braila on absurdities and tragi-comical daily events in Republic of Moldova
20:00 Balkan Black Box-films: a young generation of film-makers from Republic of Moldova and their multiple controversial views Moldova Camping is a project of büro für kulturelle angelegenheiten, Berlin, funded by Hauptstadtkulturfond and Stabilitätspakt für Südosteuropa, in cooperation with Allianz Kulturstiftung. DETAILS
CERVANTES INSTITUTE
21.00 "Reading of fantastic prose" Fragments of "The Night of Fairies" by Mircea Eliade and urban legends by José Manuel Pedrosa and José María Merino will be read in Romanian and Spanish.
21:30, courtyard of Cervantes Institute
"Animated clearing". Cartoons by Carmen Acsinte "May I know who you are and what are you looking for in this clearing? I'm rabbit Ivan, two years old, born at Washington State University and run well disguised in front of a choreographer." This is the king of dialog Carmen Acsinte invites us to join, for those choosing to come around the trees of Cervantes Institute courtyard.
Spanish animation – film.
22:00 Projection hall of Cervantes Institute "El Bosque animado", directed by Angel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez, Spain 2001, animation, 90 minutes, V.O. Spanish, English subtitles
24.00 Projection hall of Cervantes Institute "Ibero-American Advertising". Retrospect of 20,21,22 "EL Sol" Festival editions
TV awarded spots at the 3 editions of the best Ibero-American festival will be presented. Films are presented in Spanish, as original version.
23:00 "Fantastic Night Show" Spanish film projection in the courtyard of the Institute
El Orfanato, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, Spania 2007, drama, thriller, 90 minutes, V.O. Spanish, subtitled in Romanian. Presented with the support of Independenta Film
Laura has the best day of her life when she manages to buy and re-open the orphanage she was grown in. Laura finds out that the place has a positive effect on her son: his imagination gets better. But soon, the woman realizes the games he plays with his invisible friend are the proof of a dark presence. When the events in the orphanage threaten the family safety, Laura calls a team of psychics to find the source behind.
01:00 "El habitante incierto", directed by Guillem Morales, Spania 2005, drama, suspense, 110 minutes, V.O. Spanish, English subtitles Félix is an architect feeling that his entire emotional balance breaks down when his lover, Vera, does not want to live with him any longer. One night, Felix is visited by an unknown who asks him to make a call. Felix invites him into the house, but the unknown vanishes leaving no trace behind. From that moment on, more and more disquieting events make Felix believe that the unknown lives in house and that, actually, his life is under threat. To protect himself, Felix starts to build a pervert and wild relation with his surrounding space.
03:00 "Amanece que no es poco", directed by José Luis Cuerda, Spain 1989, absurd comedy, 110 minutes, V.O. Spanish, English subtitles Teodoro is a young Spanish engineer working as a teacher at Oklahoma University, going back to Spain for his sabbatical year. At his return, he finds out that Jimmy, his father, had killed his wife, Teodoro's mother. To compensate the grief caused, Jimmy buys a motorcycle with sidecar to leave for a trip together with Teodoro. They reach one deserted village in the mountains. The village may look deserted, but in fact all locals, except Nge Domo, the colour man, are at the mass, because the priest makes such a show out of it that none believers wouldn't miss it for anything in the world! Jimmy and Teodoro finds out that all sorts of weird things take place in the village: every year elections take place for a mayor, a priest, a teacher, a whore, and six adulterine women for a probation time. They actually find out that the village is permanently visited by tourists: a group of Russian dissidents, another of Belgian meteorologists, another of neighbouring village invaders...
"VITO GRASSO" ITALIAN INSTITUTE
20.30 Drawing exhibition of great artists of the 20th century (Modigliani, Balla, Boccioni, Burri, Capogrossi, De Chirico, Guttuso, Manzù, Vedova) 21.30 "Recontres" ("Meetings") Quite rare such a show on stage today, a subtle commentary on love, fine humour, a firm touch of an intelligent artist (Dan Puric) It is a great joy that this show so well designed by Dragoş Huluba and Violeta Totir debates with humour and sensibility love, pointing out cases of love without any word (Ileana Lucaciu)
Script and directed by: Dragoş Huluba, Violeta Totir
With: Dragoş Huluba, Violeta Totir
Duration: 1h
22.30 ...and if loves goes through stomach, we invite to taste a mix of pasta, pizza and parmesan 23.00 "Mediterraneo" (1992), a Oscar-winner Second World War. An Italian ship leaves on a small Greek island a group of soldiers with the mission to spot any enemy ship and defend the island if needed. The village on the island seems abandoned and no enemy shows up at the horizon, so the soldiers start to relax. Actually, the island is not deserted, and when the locals find out that the Italians are harmless, they leave their hidings in the mountains and continue their ordinary life. Soon though, soldiers find out that despite being left in a forgotten space, life on the island is not as bad as they first thought. Italy 1991; directed by: Gabriele Salvatores; with: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna; 95 min.
BRITISH COUNCIL 18:00-21:30 Quick placement test Test your level of English on paper or on computer
18.00-23:00 Treasure Hunt Use your problem solving abilities to discover the hidden clues on our premises in an interactive contest and win a prize
18:00-18:30 Professional Development offer presentation 18:30-19:00 Find out which of our educational resources and services will help you to improve your English and professional abilities
18:00-18:45 Storytelling on the history of relations between UK and Romania Listen to one of our British teachers reading excerpts from history books about the relations between UK and Romania
19:00-20:30 Debate on "70 Years of Cultural Relations between UK and Romania" Take part in an interactive debate, with special guests: the British historian Dennis Deletant and the UK Ambassador in Romania, Robin Barnett.
19:00-23:00 "The Best of British Animation Awards 2007" film projection A unique overview of the best of recent British animation, including several international festival award-winning short films, featuring a range of different styles and techniques.
20:30-21:20 Theatre show "Apolodor" with Ada Milea, Dorina Chiriac and Radu Bânzaru Together with Dorina Chiriac and Radu Bânzaru, Ada Milea will perform for the first time in English, "Apolodor"
21:30-23:00 Discover the atmosphere of authentic British pubs Take part in traditional trivia games, in which teams consisting of 3-4 members test their knowledge of British culture and the 70 years British Council history in Romania
22:00-23:00 Theatre show "Quixote" with Ada Milea, Dorina Chiriac and Bogdan Burlăcianu Ada Milea, together with Dorina Chiriac and Bogdan Burlăcianu, will perform a second show on our premises: the English version of "Quixote"
23:00-03:00 Party with DJ Tom Wilson and Shukar Collective
The British DJ Tom Wilson comes back with new mixes of British tracks and Shukar Collective makes you want to dance to romani and electronic music, in a live show from 01:00 a.m. to 02:00 a.m.
