ONE WORLD ON TOUR

Selection from the ONE WORLD ROMANIA Documentary Film Festival

 

Small Hall

 

2^nd November

 

MEN OF THE CITY

 

 

THE PERFECT BELGIAN

Kristof Bilsen                                             UK, 2010

 

Running time:34’

 

Director Kristof Bilsen discovers in a late 50`s film belonging to the his family archive an unknown world where Belgium and its citizens seem to be in an state of cultural and ethnic harmony. Looking for the qualities of the perfect Belgian, this road movie reveals the present-day state of the Flemish-Walloon tension which swings between linguistic exclusivity and nationalistic exhibition, all in the context of a globalization process that makes identity clarification difficult.

 

 

THE CORLAT VALLEY

Stephane Lucon                                                             Romania, 2010

 

Running time:53’

 

 There are several ethnic communities that live in Romania. In Brasov county, 87% of the inhabitants are ethnic Romanians. In Covasna county, 76% of the inhabitants are ethnic Hungarians. This is the story of a valley between Brasov and Covasna. A village there is being refused its right to identity; it has no name and it doesn’t exist on any map. Because most of the inhabitants in the valley are Roma, people call the place “Tziganie”. The Roma call this place “over the bridge”, and the authorities speak about the “village in the Corlat Valley”.

 

 

4^th November

 

THIEVES BY LAW

Alexander Gentelev                                                       Israel / Germany, 2010

 

Running time:90’

 

 

 

KAPITALISM – OUR IMPROVED FORMULA

 

Solomon invites Ceausescu to revisit Romania, 20 years after he has been executed. The dictator haunts present-day capitalist society, emerged in the Wild East and often deeply rooted in its communist past. The film offers incredible access to top magnates – at home, in their offices and in their minds – building a bitter-sweet portrait of a new ruling class. Capitalism with a K – an Eastern European cocktail of power and money. This is now part of Greater Europe. Unavoidable!

 

CONCERTS

Wednesday, 02^nd of November, 22:10 - 23:20

 Folk and rock 'n' roll – Apnoé folk-underground

 

Members of Apnoé band represent a variety of styles: rock, folk-dance and classical music. Common denominator is none other than the endless Hungarian folk treasure, which is through the immortal rock 'n' roll to develop a new, contemporary content, a powerful manifestation of age- spanning musical tradition and not least "contemporary dance" interwoven by peculiar humor. The concerts at small stages of smoky basement clubs or festivals have always unique atmosphere; they are a sort of "folk-underground" events.

Members: Mesics György – vocals, violin, guitar; Takács Gergely – guitar, electric lute; Balogh Tibor – trumpet, flugelhorn; Kovács Áron – bass; Valastyán Tamás – drums.

 

Friday, 04^th of November, 22:20 - 23:30

 Darabont Örs Quartet

The Darabont Örs Quartet project came to life in 2009, following the vision of founding member and composer Darabont Örs. Studying both flute and composition at the Music Academy in Cluj Napoca gave him an opportunity to expand musically. Playing an original, composed repertoire and collaborating with top of the class veteran musicians were important factors from the beginning. After experimenting for a while, the actually formula emerged for the band: Makkai István – saxophones; Darabont Örs – flute, piano, composer; Kostyák Márton – double bass; Asztalos Zsolt – drums and percussion.

The main genre is contemporary jazz, but it also features classical music and world music elements. The music is constantly shaped by the influence of artists like: Pat Metheny, Avishai Cohen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Danilo Perez, Hiromi Uehara, Nik Bartsch etc. The concert's playlist will include all the pieces of the upcoming album “Coming of Age” and also some older compositions and improvisations.

 

Saturday, 05^th of November, 22:30 - 23:50

Mike Godoroja&Blue Spirit 

 Blues Archeology

It’s a unique show that illustrates the vibrations of the period in which blues saw light for the first time, of the archaic and acoustic sound of the kazoo, the slide guitar and the voice. The huge legends of classical blues will come back to life even more up-to-date, more expressive and more sensitive than ever before. A concert that projects the public inside the story of BLUES. On stage, Mike Godoroja communicates an extremely personal emotion, as this is not merely a concert, but a concept-show. Mike doesn’t only sing the blues, he ”tells the story” in a script similar to one of a theatrical play, where every viewer becomes a character and music is a divine “instrument”. The band is the result of some extremely thorough team work combined with great passion and love for the Blues.

Mike Godoroja – voice, kazoo, percussion; Luca Marius – acoustic & electrical guitar, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki, slide; Alex Vişan – acoustic & electrical guitar, mandolin, bouzouki; Sabin Ţăranu – bass, piano; Vali Vatuiu – drums & percussion.

Video-projection 

Lovers & Enemies 

Mihaela Kavdanska – Dilmana Yordanova

Opening: 4 November, B5 Studio

It’s a never ending story about love and hate, money and power, about the rich and the poor, their intrigues and dramas. An interactive performance set in the public space, an ironic commentary of contemporary soap-operas.