Evento

Images of the City

Images of the City

Run Time w Q&A 1 Hour 20 min
Sunday May 27th 1:00PM
5 euro
ARCAM
Filmmakers Tiago Albinski and Patrick Delhougne Attending for Q&A!

As a film scholar and cinephile I find the city in cinema and in waking life to have a heartbeat all its own. Each has its own vibe, its own feel. Many places also have similar auras about them. One image of the city I have always been fascinated with is the derelict, the forgotten...memories that linger while urban decay sets in. I often found it ironic to see developers grab up untouched areas while the "up and coming" of yesterday lies derelict. Spaces from not but a few decades ago are in shambles looking like they are over 100 years old. The malls of the 70s and 80s are now turning into abandoned ghost towns...strip malls across American suburbia lie vacant and abandoned, a waste of space while new buildings are being built not too far away. Why do we not reuse these spaces? How do they become so dilapidated? These dystopian spaces are forming right under our noses. These shorts testify to the various personalities of these spaces and images of the city
Alexandra Nakelski

Vemo-nos Depois (See You Later)
Dir. Tiago Albinski (Portugal 2017) 8 min
Program: Images of the City

A voyage through memory that shows us a city like any other, but one that becomes an important element in the moment to bid farewell.

The Delmar Divide
Dir. Patrick Delhougne (USA 2018) 7min 20s
Program: Images of the City

In this poetic documentary, every scene was shot within 200 meters of Delmar Boulevard, the social and economic dividing line in one of Americas most segregated and violent cities.

Forgotten Riverside
Dir. Luis Lobato Macedo (Portugal 2017) 19min 30s
Program: Images of the City

This documentary establishes a comparison between the evolution of both sides of river Tagus, implicitly alerting the public to the serious social, economic and environmental consequences of the leniency and negligence towards our neighboring block.

Gagarin's Tree (Copacul Lui Gagarin)
Dir. Mona Vatamanu /Florin Tudor (Romania 2016) 23 min
Program: Images of the City

An interview with philosopher Ovidiu Tichindeleanu engages issues of space exploration, imagination and propaganda in the socialist utopia, the post-communist condition as liberal colonization, linked Ovidiu proposes to other sites of decolonization through a new historical consciousness.