Recognized directors Valérie Massadian and Didem Pekün in Ljubljana
#cityofwomen #HerStory
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Friday & Saturday, 20th & 21st September, 19.00 / Slovenian Cinematheque
INTERNATIONAL FILM PROGRAMME
Didem Pekün's work explores both artistic research and practice; conceptually it deals with the production of subjectivities within violent geographies and displacement. Valérie Massadian is a filmmaker whose work concentrates on female characters, their animality, and their relationships with nature and the world.
Award winning directors will be present at the screenings of their films, which have been shown on various important film festivals in Europe.
What and When exactly:
- Friday, 20. 9.
19.00 // Didem Pekün: Araf (GR/TR/BA, 2018, 45′, Slovenian subtitles)
21.00 // Valérie Massadian: Nana (FR, 2011, 68′, Slovenian subtitles)
- Saturday, 21. 9.
19.00 // Valérie Massadian: Amerika, Mamouschka, Ninouche, Age is ... (segment Precious) (short films)
20.30 // Valérie Massadian: Milla (FR/PT, 2017, 128′, English subtitles)
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24th September, 13.00 / Project Room SCCA
PROGRAMME PRESENTATION OF 25th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS - CITY OF WOMEN
October is time of #HerStory. 13 days. 162 participants. 36 events. 18 venues. Bold Art.
City of Women programme. Festival tickets.
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24th September, 19.00 / Alkatraz Gallery
CHEERS TO WOMEN! 25 YEARS OF FILM AND VIDEO
The new performance by Ana Čigon Cheers to Women! A Performative Appetizer to Video Art is dedicated to video art created between 1995 and 2015 by Slovenian female videasts. Performance is opening a group exhibition Cheers to Women! 25 Years of Film and Video, which will be open until October 7th.
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1st October, 19.00 / Mladinsko Theatre
DRAWERS
The 25th International Festival of Contemporary Arts - City of Women will be opened with the legendary women’s theatre collective She She Pop from Berlin, who will be in Slovenia for the first time. Women from West Berlin in the performance Drawers rummage through the drawers of women who grew up on the Eastern side of the Berlin wall. Tickets available online or reserve them at pr@cityofwomen.org.
