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Day 1 (03 Dec.)
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21:00h, AfterParty - Bei The Fish (Macedonia) & Dj AlexUnder (RKS) - HAMAM Jazz Bar
Bei The Fish – Macedonia & DJ AlexUnder – RKS
Day 2 (04 Dec.)
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11:00h, INSTED Presentation - EU Info & Cultural Center
This year SKENA UP has achieved collaboration with INSTED and they are organizing the debates and press conference for the festival.
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13:00h, Two Out Of Three - 13’26’’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Cecilia is a young woman. Mateo is a boy. They are friends and work together on the subway. Faced with a financial hardship, a security guard makes Cecilia an offer in exchange for money. After much hesitation she accepts; this leads her to make a devastating decision.
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13:00h, Do Re Mi Fa - 11’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
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'Do Re Mi Fa' is a short fiction about women. It's all our stories, about our eccentricities, about our quirks. Quirks that we hide from the world, that we believe don't conform to societal norms, which sadly most often do not. The film talks about three such women in psychiatric therapy, who are trying to make sense of themselves and the demons within them. This is seen through their conversation over dinner, aided by interviews juxtaposed with visual narratives of their pasts.
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13:00h, Yuban - 30’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Yuban is about the transformation of a Zapotecan community. It portraits the longing for a set of principles that are about to die and the effort the people make to keep their culture alive.
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13:00h, When One Stops - 6’30’’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
The world won't stop turning even when one stops turning with it.
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13:00h, Secret of Confession - 20’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Secret of Confession tells a story of a religious old woman who is going through a difficult time in her life. She doesnt gain respect from anyone and is being constantly confronted by misbehaving youngsters, therefore she decides to punish them for their terrible behavior. The protagonist goes one step further than others and decides to do what she thinks is right. She turns her workplace into a sacred place where no pornography and no contraception are welcome. After few quite unpleasant experiences she had with young people, the protagonist decides to act like God. Her extreme action brings terrible results. What matters to her now is Gods forgiveness.
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13:00h, El Castigo - 3’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Lisa, a lonely girl, has been punished by her mother so she confined herself to her bedroom, where she feeds her only friend, a plant, with her own tears.
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13:00h, White Square - 17’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Boy Zakhar desperately tries to enter hide and seek game with other countryside boys. Situation changes after Zakhar meets a mysterious fellow Sasha...
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13:00h, In The Nick Of Time - 13’12’’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Arne wants to kill himself. But once he's standing on the chair with the rope around his neck, something unexpected happens... A tragicomedy about slumbering urges, hidden yearnings and the forgotten child in all of us. A short film about passion and the arts.
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13:00h, Les Chemises Ouvertes - 18’58’’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
A summer day of June, 1977: Victor, Dan and Joss prepare themselves for their last school party and the coming summer holidays, rocked by the rhythm of the disco novelties and the end of their childhood. Has the moment come to move on?
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15:30h, Nani - 20’43’’ - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
Oscar got caught spraying graffiti. Now doing community service at a nursing home, he meets Isabel who is suffering from dementia. At 84 years, Isabel may be a little “old school”, but soon the entire block is covered with her pink tag.
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15:30h, Narcocorrido - 23’10’’ - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
The drug ballad of a gravely ill border cop's reckless cartel heist, sung by a desperate soul destroyed in her wake.
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15:30h, Unmanned - 21’06’’ - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
Rick Clayfield is a young Air Force drone pilot, operating airstrikes in Afghanistan remotely from a base in America, and returning each day to his wife and tod¬dler son. Trained on video games and far from harm’s way, Rick treats killing insurgents on his screen like getting a high score until his team makes a lethal mistake. Now, with growing stress at war and pressures at home, will he be able to continue as a ‘cubicle warrior’ and remain detached from the human cost of remote control warfare?
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15:30h, Ratitas - 15’ - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
Two brothers looking for a night of fun and debauchery break into an empty house.
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15:30h, Blackwood - 14’ - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
Lena faces some motherly instincts she didn't know she had when she is forced to take care of Pippa, the daughter she has never known.
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19:00h, Clip - 100’ - ExYU GENERATION NEXT - Kino ABC-1
Jasna is a sixteen year old girl, a high school student. Her father is at an advanced stage of a grave illness. Jasna sees her father completely helpless and losing touch with reality due to strong medications he’s on. She doesn’t want to take part in everyday problems life with a seriously ill man brings about. Jasna is in love with Djole – an eighteen year old boy she goes to school with. She’s shy of showing any kind of affection towards him. In spite of this, they start a relationship in which their only communication is filming themselves during sex. With her friends, Jasna often goes to parties where she has fun, drinks a lot and uses drugs. Jasna is angry with everyone and everything. Still, love and tenderness emerge in a very harsh environment.
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20:30h, The Lover - THEATRE COMPETITION - Dodona Theatre
"The Lover" is a story about losing the individuality on the price of the existence of a love relationship. With the inability to be consistent with our own personality we discover our weaknesses and fragility. These two characters are constantly changing in order to stay together inventing emotional and erotic games which denies the very nature of their relationship.
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21:00h, The Shining - 146' - STANLEY KUBRICK'S RETROSPECTIVE - Kino ABC-1
Though Kubrick had an uncanny talent for drawing out genuine fear in the viewer, the shining was Kubrick’s only foray into the horror genre. THE SHINING is, on the surface, a simple ghost story. More importantly, it’s an examination of the psychology of a tormented man and his equally tormented family. The focus isn’t so much on the nature of the ghosts, but whether the ghosts are really there. Are the visions real or alcohol-induced hallucinations? Is Danny’s “friend” a true psychic connection, or is he the product of parental abuse? In an interview with Michel Ciment, Kubrick described why he found Stephen King’s story so ingenious: “It seemed to strike an extraordinary balance between the psychological and the supernatural in such a way as to lead you think that the supernatural would eventually be explained by the psychological”.
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22:30h, Black Rainbow (Arc En Noir) - OFF OFF Theatre PROGRAMME - National Theatre
Black Rainbow tells the story of Crvena, a young Serbian woman from Kosovo who immigrated to France. She's pregnant but her stomach won't get big, she has a monster inside destroying what she loves. She goes on an imaginary trip that brings her back to "Kosovo," among the Serbs and to "Kosova," among the Albanians, where she discovers a new memory.
Day 3 (05 Dec.)
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11:00h, INSTED Conference/ Debate - EU Info & Cultural Center
This year SKENA UP has achieved collaboration with INSTED and they are organizing the debates and press conference for the festival.
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12:00h, Lecture with Cedomir Colar (France) - EU Info & Cultural Center
How to overcome, or not, the Balkan origins (of a project)
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13:00h, Producing Workshop with Brian Udovich - EU Info & Cultural Center
Whether you are preparing to write, direct, or produce, join us during SKENA UP for this dynamic workshop and equip yourself with new tools to get your movie made.
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13:00h, Refugio 115 - 8’20’’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
March 18, 1938, the population of Barcelona is devastated by the continued indiscriminate bombing of fascist aviation. Jordi and Aina are a young couple in love who has not lost faith in salvation and freedom, and safeguard one of the many bomb refuges throughout the city of Barcelona.
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13:00h, Bullets - 24’ - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
It's a story of teenagers with dreams bigger than themselves, dreams that will pierce their hearts.
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13:00h, Pinkwater - 13' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Andi is a normal, 14-year old teenager. Except one thing: she is in platonic love with her handsome swimming coach. She rather endures her swimming mates' mocking of her because of her apparent attraction that to give up on her feeling, but what to do, when someone is desperately in love? One day Andi decides she will not be a good girl any longer.
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13:00h, Deadline - 9'23'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Two lovers. A neurosis, a suicide attempt, a fight, and a release.
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13:00h, A World For Raul - 15' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
When thirteen-year-old Raúl is asked to entertain the local landowner’s son, a game of power and pride starts between the two boys.
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13:00h, Zafiyet - 5' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
What if a man starts eating everything to assuage his hunger like eating up fast food in a world where needless and useless knowledge as well as smattering invades in people’s brains and also leaves them hungry.
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13:00h, Washed Ashore - 5'23'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
A castaway finds himself washed ashore a beach at the foot of a towering city. His curiosity draws him into the urban expanse he finds before him. Whilst in the city he tries to get in touch with the society. However the characters he meets are strange, superficial and snippy, and after a series of unfortunate events he finds himself a castaway once more.
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13:00h, Fibber - 17'07'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
A touching and gentle story about a childs belief in miracles. Sometimes, in difficult situations, adults think that the only thing you can do - is to wait. However children are always looking for a way to change the world around them.
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13:00h, A Small, Good Thing - 14' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Ana and Petar are being harassed on the phone by a baker from whom they ordered their son Luka's birthday cake. Communication among them will be changed when revolted mother and cold baker exchange their life stories.
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13:00h, Mr. Siebzehnruebl - 18'40'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Whenever Mr. Siebzehnrübl talked about the theater, he would squint his small blue eyes and raise his bushy eyebrows into gray-and-white sickles. "The theater is the joy of my life," he explains, "otherwise there is nothing else.” There are only four theaters in this small southern Bavarian town. The Pam Theater is not only the smallest of all, but also the most unusual. Clearly, it would have not existed any longer had it not been in the resolute hands of an exceptional eighty-one year old man.
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15:30h, Epilepsy - 20' - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
Through a series of intricately composed long takes, Epilepsy exposes the robotic state of students today through the eyes of a young boy. For him, going to school simply means a continuous dose of discipline and punishment from all sides. His education simply means taking what he's given, and any dissent or deviation from the norm is discouraged with force. Even when a girl begins to inspire change in him, will he be able to face a strange, new world that is so different from the one he knows?
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15:30h, Last Thing I Remember - 23'52'' - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
Fung returns to his rural home to attend his mother's funeral. In line with local customs Fung has to carry his mother's corpse back to the scene of her death. During his journey memories of his broken relationship with his single mother resurface to Fung's mind.
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15:30h, Not Now But When - 22' 39'' - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
2012, the hottest issue should be world’s end. The rest of time is not enough for any development of the society and citizen. But we can’t just wait world’s end happen, we need to survive in this harsh world. The society changes, it might be much unpredictable than that about the world’s end happens. In a world where the future appears bleak and hopeless, should we prepare for a painless end, or it possible for us to stand up and make a change?
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19:00h, Skinning - 98' - ExYU GENERATION NEXT - Kino ABC-1
“Skinning “(SISANJE) is a story of a young Belgrade high school math champ Novica who gets seduced into the world of skinheads by their charismatic leader Relja. Novica joins the gang of racist skinheads in an attempt to overcome the geek status in school but soon enough he is sucked into the world of racism, violence and hooliganism, the skinhead movement takes him over and eventually he starts climbing up the ladder in the skinhead hierarchy.
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20:30h, One Flew Over the Kosovo Theatre - 90' - OFF OFF Theatre PROGRAMME - National Theatre
“One Flew Over the Kosovo Theater” is is a political comedy about one of the important events of global significance this century – the birth of the state of Kosovo. This is a comedy about the new Kosovo, which is exhausted and ravaged by the war, poverty, corruption and the unending tutelage of international missions, and is trying to find its own way toward the future…
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21:00h, Full Metal Jacket - 116' - STANLEY KUBRICK'S RETROSPECTIVE - Kino ABC-1
For someone who could already be called a misanthrope, Kubrick even managed to make war look bleak. Based on the novel The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford, FULL METAL JACKET focuses on dehumanization during the Vietnam War, beginning with a symbolic shot of new recruits having heads shaved. As training commences, soldiers are deprived of their names eventually their identities as they’re willingly formed into killing machines. The first scene with any sort humanity doesn’t occur until well into the movie, when Pvt. Joker (Mathew Madine) provides encouragement to long suffering Pvt. Pyle (Vincent D’Onafrio). Because it comes after 20 minutes of insults and profanities spilling from drill instructor R. Lee Ermey at his “pukes”, the moment of kindness is jarring, because we’ve been transported to a world where emotion is out of place.
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22:30h, Swim Team - 50' - THEATRE COMPETITION - Dodona Theatre
Four girls choose a place as a pool and agree not to tell anyone the fact (that there is no water). They walk in the pool, surf on the fancy water, practice crawl and go deep in their imagination. On the next following days, they take all swimming equipment with them and even towel dry their bodies after coming out of the pool. Finally, they can swim in Blue Valley when Lili, one of the girls, is sunk in the imaginary water…
Day 4 (06 Dec.)
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11:00h, INSTED Conference/ Debate - EU Info & Cultural Center
This year SKENA UP has achieved collaboration with INSTED and they are organizing the debates and press conference for the festival.
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12:00h, Lecture with Nenad Disdarevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - EU Info & Cultural Center
"Practical and theoretical knowledge in teaching methods"
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13:00h, Producing Workshop with Brian Udovich - EU Info & Cultural Center
Whether you are preparing to write, direct, or produce, join us during SKENA UP for this dynamic workshop and equip yourself with new tools to get your movie made.
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13:00h, Mornin', Good Night - 15'15'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Yossi, a night security guard at a local mall, fed up with his work and life routines. After a coincidental meeting with death, which deeply disturbed him, he decides to attempt breaking his old routines, which are including a short night-time meetings with Olga- the mall cleaner. This routine breaking attempts leads to unexpected and destructive results.
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13:00h, Anna et Jerome - 25'15'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Anna hasn't always done things right, but she wants to change. She dreams of taking Jerome far away and starting over somewhere else. They could be happy, just the two of them...
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13:00h, Pavel's Last Shot - 30' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Hanna frees her boyfriend Pavel from prison, only to find out that he's not in love with her anymore. Based on true events.
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13:00h, Snow - 8'56'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Are Costa-Ricans happier than Swedish peopleDuring his journey through Sweden Daniel discovers how different people from another culture can be.What may initially be difficult to understand can then be hard to leave behind.
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13:00h, Stremt 89 - 13'34'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
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The road through Stremt ends in a mountain wall. Still, in 1989 people were eagerly awaiting army tanks, terrorists and glory. Today, though partly forgotten, partly imagined, the past is crystal clear.
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13:00h, Lupus - 19' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
It is a story about two girls who are engaged in love relationship. One of them is very sick because she was diagnosed with lupus disease. The other one, who is an actress, will do anything to earn enough money to pay for the medical treatment for her lover. One day at a casting she meets a sadistic director...
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13:00h, tWINs - 5'26'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
The story is about two Siamese twins fighting each other in the boxers ring. “Thanks” to their disability they are sharing professional and private life, both from the different social side. The story is coming to the head when the smaller from the brothers tries to win a common fight. However, situation present that one part cannot be without the another part.
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13:00h, The Mother - 16' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Javier and Elisa have committed murder. Maria, Javier's mother, must decide if she should help her son.
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15:30h, Eisblumen - 30' - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
A secret burden lies on the shoulders of the young Bosnian Amir. Through a job in the care giving field he gets to know Mrs Osterloh who suffers from dementia. An encounter between two people on the fringe who hold on to each other for a moment and lose one another soon after.
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15:30h, Invasion vom Planeten Schrump - 29' - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
Since Romy’s little brother has gone, her mother changed. When Romy and her best friend Moritz secretly watch an old spinechiller film, they understand why: Romy’s mum is an alien! Going on a search for traces they hurl themselves into an extraterrestrial adventure.
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15:30h, Gefallen - 19' - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
Three soldiers, Pit, Vince and Christopher, return home from their tour of duty in Afghanistan and seem to be unharmed. They all have one thing on their minds: Pit would have been the one to die if it weren’t for Felix, who was now dead instead. The Pictures, the sound of the last moments in Felix`s life are haunting Pit. Vince and Christopher try to help him, to save him from himself – for vain. There`s only one person, who can save Pit – he himself. Deep down in his heart Pit knows what he has to do: in the end he is standing in front of a door, holding a white pawn in his hand.
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15:30h, Welk - 21' - SPECIAL SCREENING - Kino ABC-1
They live in a house near the woods. Year after year. He roams the forest, collecting plants. She stays home, smoking pot. Day after day. But they are not alone: something is living in the woods. Something that suddenly enters their lives, appealing and appalling at the same time, dangerous and beautiful. Everything changes.
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18:00h, The Bald Soprano - 50' - THEATRE COMPETITION - Dodona Theatre
Absurd characters, strange relationships. The event, text, life of these characters is completely absurd. A great text that speaks to the world and especially to our country which is suffocated by absurdity. A one-act "anti-play” where the absurdity talks and sings.
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19:00h, This Is Not An American Movie - 86' - ExYU Generation Next - Kino ABC-1
A gang of small-time criminals dream of glamour like in American movies and plan their biggest heist - the secret room of CIA.
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20:30h, Hamlet - 30' - THEATRE COMPETITION - National Theatre
This Hamlet project is a quest for different readings of the relationship of Hamlet and Ophelia. In two very different attempts both are to live through the hell of love, revenge and madness. Hamlet tries to track down and punish the murderer of his father, no matter what it takes. He does not even stop at humiliating his beloved publicly, making her the victim of his own paranoia and an immense misunderstanding between the two of them. In the second version, Hamlet’s indecision has long destroyed the pair’s confidence in each other. At this point, it only remains to take revenge on each other, to increase the fighting about unrequited love and indifference till Ophelia goes nuts.
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21:00h, Lolita- 153' - STANLEY KUBRICK'S RETROSPECTIVE - Kino ABC-1
Based on the controversial bestselling novel by Vladimir Nabokov published eight years prior, the subject matter had years to draw both outrage and acclaim before the film’s ad campaign asked the world, “How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?” The answer is: with great difficulty. Choosing to film in England, where the British film censors were believed to be more forgiving. Kubrick also made the decision to film in black and white, which lent a starkness to the subject and, some would argue, also served to distance the viewer. In fact, many criticized the film for being “safer” than the book, casting an actress physically closer to a woman then to prepubescent girl in the file role (Sue Lyon). However, in an era preceding the sexual revolution of the later ‘60s, presenting preteen sexuality would have been impossible. Not until nearly a decade and half later, in movies such as Taxi Driver, was this topic approached with a more honest casting, and even then created outrage.
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22:30h, Solfatara - 30' - THEATRE COMPETITION - Dodona Theatre
'Solfatara’: a term for the openings in volcanic terrain that emit hot gases which are characterized by their high sulphur content. We are full of these geographic phenomena. Orifices that allow our insides to come to the surface.
Day 5 (07 dec.)
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11:00h, INSTED Conference/ Debate - EU Info & Cultural Center
This year SKENA UP has achieved collaboration with INSTED and they are organizing the debates and press conference for the festival.
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11:00h, Junior Oscar (USAID Basic Education Program) - Kino ABC-1
The Basic Education Program is a five year partnership funded by USAID and the Government of Kosovo and Implemented by FHI 360, in partnership with Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and Kosova Education Center. USAID’s Basic Education Program in Kosovo is designed to benefit all public primary and lower secondary schools in Kosovo (serving grades 1-9). The motto of the program is Developing students’ 21st Century Skills with Schools and Communities. The winning movies will take part at Skena Up International Students Film & Theatre Festival in December 2012.
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12:00h, Panel Discussion moderated by Bernd Buder - EU Info & Cultural Center
"The current state of film schools in Balkans"
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13:00h, Stuck - 19'48'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Disoriented and confused, Jack awakens to find himself alone in a warehouse, CEMENTED WAIST DEEP IN THE FLOOR! Unable to get free, Jack soon meets his captors – a husband and wife who insist he's the man that murdered their thirteen-year-old daughter. With only minutes to spare, Jack must convince them of his innocence or risk being buried alive…
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13:00h, La Ravaudeuse - 10' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
There's nothing easy about mending a bungled child.
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13:00h, Circling, Music for 12 Cellos - 29' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
‘Circling, Music for 12 Cellos’ is a creative documentary that shows a new surrounding sound experience. It’s the portrait of a singular piece which absorbs the audience with tones constantly circling around them. Furthermore, it portrays the twelve young cellists who perform this masterpiece, and who are one of the best youth orchestras in Germany.
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13:00h, Encounter - 7'17'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Hanna wants to help a stranger, but instead of gratitude she faces anger. This disturbing encounter doesn’t only haunt her dreams.
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13:00h, Person no 72 - 9' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
The story is about a man (Sebastian Cavazza) whose fetish is to take psychical and mentally care of women.
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13:00h, Skin Feels - 6' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
In this observational video diptych, the narrator, Daan Bunnik depicts the struggles of observing the ageing bodies of his parents. The video about his father examines what it does to a child to see the ageing, naked body of his father and the video about his mother addresses the pain of a child to see his mother struggling with her less valid body. In this project Bunnik expresses the difficulties of not being able to avert the ageing process of his parents and having to adapt to and cope with this new situation.
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13:00h, Krake - 9' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
Diagnosis: Krake! But the little girl doesn't realize how serious a Krake is - until her vicious friend starts to get out of hand.
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13:00h, Lucha - 16'20'' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
A young Mexican woman, Lucha, awakens to find herself bruised and battered. As she tries to gather her bearings and summon what physical strength she has left, she learns her nightmare is just beginning. Two men, angels of death, arrive to finish the job... With likely her last dawn approaching, she is taken out in to the chihuahuan desert to be left for dead. It is up to Lucha to search within herself and discover what lengths she will have to go in order to survive.
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13:00h, Nothing Can Touch Me- 30' - INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION - Kino ABC-1
The outsider Katrine survives a school shooting and is the only one to see who the shooter is. The hunt for the boy begins, and slowly Katrine realizes that she has more in common with him than any of her other classmates.
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15:00h, Scrap Material - 16'60'' - RE-CONNECT - Kino ABC-1
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Zare earns his living by collecting scrap materials - copper, aluminium, brass. He lives in a very peculiar place on the river, in the city center of Belgrade. He likes to ride his bike and to spend his time with friends. He is one of those invisible people no one cares about.
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15:00h, At Least We've Met - 14'52'' - RE-CONNECT - Kino ABC-1
Zoran lives on the streets of Belgrade. At night, he roams from one place to another, looking for a warm spot, a cigarette, a drink. Zoran looks exactly like your average homeless guy. But take a closer look and you will learn a story that has never been told before. Through Zoran’s words we discover another side of a bigger tragedy that has radically changed people and countries alike.
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15:00h, The Face Of A Revolution - 55' - RE-CONNECT - Kino ABC-1
Branko Ilic was one of the leaders of the rebellion against the Milosevic regime in Serbia in the 1998-2000 period and the leader of the students’ movement Resistance. He was arrested and beaten dozens of times, and in 2000 he received MTV “Free your mind” award for his struggle on behalf of the Resistance. Exactly ten years after the October 5th revolution, Branko returns to Belgrade from voluntary exile in his native Arilje. This is an opportinity for Svaba and Branko to reminisce the 10th anniversary of the fall of Milosevic regime on October 5th right in front of the Serbian Parliament.
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18:00h, Agmia- 50'- THEATRE COMPETITION - ODA Theatre
A non verbal performance. A boy and his mother are living together in an isolated place near a cave. The story is taking place a long time ago, during the ancient Stone Age. The 15 year old boy has grown up and gotten used to his mother’s unconditional love. Suddenly, one day, the boy for the first time in his life meets another person that isn’t his mother. From that moment, everything changes.
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19:00h, A Night Too Young- 65' - ExYU GENERATION NEXT - Kino ABC-1
Two boys on the edge of puberty end up together with two men in a young woman’s apartment. Here they experience their first encounter with love and sexuality. They become witnesses and at the same time tools for the adults invidious relation games. David, Katerina and Stepan are torn between seduction, lust and yearning for love, which ultimately leads to hurt and disappointment. With the break of dawn they each go their separate ways, all of them at least one night older.
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20:30h, The Lesson - 50' - OFF OFF Theatre Programme - Dodona Theatre
“The Lesson” is one of the cult theatre performance in post - war Kosova, which even after 10 (ten) years continues to live on the stage. It’s premiere was given on 13.02.2002, in “Dodona” Theatre, in Prishtina. Besides being in the regular repertory of “Dodona” Theatre during 2002, 2003 and 2004, “The Lesson” participated in several international theatre festivals in Paris (France, 2003), Crete (Greece, 2004), Lugano (Switzerland, 2006 and 2008), Lecce (Italy, 2009), Naples (Italy, 2009) etc. In Festivale Internazionale del Teatro (2006) in Lugano (Switzerland), the performance was awarded as “Best Theatre Performance”. Also, due to its artistic values, “The Lesson” has been bought by two different Italian theatres (Cantieri Teatrali Koreja and Teatro Galleria Toledo). Local and international theatre critics have considered “The Lesson” as a “major theatre performance in a small stage”, or as the “glory of the director’s concept”, or “a big turn in Kosova theatre” and as a “lesson on how to make theatre with two actors, a little music, some costumes and very little set”. It has been also considered as a “perfect performance with two actors and one chair”, then as an “artistic even which does not happen often in our stage”, as a “brilliant performance in an empty space in which the mise-en-scène is masterfully composed” and as a play where “two actors which fit so well with each other and which, through their superior performing, they overtake the empty stage”.
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21:00h, A Clockwork Orange- 136' - STANLEY KUBRICK'S RETROSPECTIVE - Kino ABC-1
Receiving the dreaded x rating by the MPAA and featuring one of Kubrick’s most depraved characters to date, A Clockwork Orange, based on the Anthony Burgees novel of the same name, feel victim to the longstanding belief that any depiction of sex and violence automatically glorifies them. Kubrick explained to The New York Times that although he was fascinated by violence, he was not advocating it, merely portraying it. However, in Alex (Malcolm McDowell), an antihero as charismatic and irresistible as he is despicable, Kubrick managed to construct a character who acts as violently against the viewer’s sense of self as he does his victims. Why, if the audience hates him so much, do they secretly want to cheer for him? Why, if he is a sociopath and rapist, do they secretly want to be him? Alex is little more than a walking id, but we get the sense that, in a way, even Kubrick loved him. But did he condone Alex’s behavior? Hardly.
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22:30h, L'Absent - 15' -THEATRE COMPETITION - National Theatre
A woman lives alone. She shared her life with a man who is now gone. Gone, but not to her. How can she become oblivious to his smell, his gestures and his memories that can still be felt through the objects that he once used? She tries to reconstruct her life, struggling with questions of their past that remain unresolved. L’Absent is a love story dealing with absence.
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22:30h, Fantasy no 10; The Beauty of Life- 15' - THEATRE COMPETITION - National Theatre
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A performance about the middle-truths and middle-lies that engulf our whole life. No truth can maintain its state of fullness once we realize that rhythm is fundamental to everything we accept as normal. Middle-characters, middle-interpretations, middle-choreographies, all to explore the intermediate space between individuals and their lack of identity.