Neues Denken aus Brasilien (1): Müll als mentaler Ausdruck und zivilisatorisches Problem

Film-Nr.: 361
Vorführungstermin: Freitag, 14. August 2009, 20.30 Uhr [VN36]
Themenschwerpunkt: Neues Denken aus Brasilien (1) | Archäologie - Anthropologie - Ethnologie (4) | Müll (1)

Englischer Titel: Mountain Maker
Originaltitel: Fazedor de Montanhas
Deutscher Titel: Berg-Erzeuger
Herkunft: Brasilien 2008
Laufzeit: 52 min.
Sprachfassung: Portugiesische Orignalfassung mit englisch-deutschen Untertiteln

Regie: Juan Figueroa
Produzent: Alcione Alves, Marcelo Sollero
Schnitt: Pedro Duarte, Marcelo Tupi (sound)
Kamera: Carlos Nascimento
Produktion: Imagem Essencial, São Paulo

URL Film-Homepage: http://www.fazedordemontanhas.com.br/english/index.html
Premierenstatus: Deutsche Erstaufführung
Bisherige Aufführungen: CINESTRAT Film Festival, Spanien, Bahia Int. Film Festival, Brasilien; Sâo Paulo Int. Film Festival, Brasilien;

Kurzinhalt: Müll als mentaler Ausdruck und zivilisatorisches Problem.

Trailervideo: http://globians.blip.tv/file/2252813 + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81LEs8z8hE

Englische Synopsis: Phenomena that are apparently simple conceal extremely complex behaviors. Waste is perhaps that which we do not wish to see.



Director's Statement: MOUNTAIN MAKER BY ITS DIRECTOR I wanted to make a naked movie, a bare-bones movie. The one left after the decomposition of the flesh of film, which is action, movement. I wanted a nearly static movie, stuck like a stake, as a sign, a landmark, so that movement would be added by the spectator with his own images. The spectator is the one who has to give the film a body. His own body. I conceived Mountain Maker at a time I was fascinated by the theory of chaos. I had just found out this way of seeing the world that at last brought science, thought, and poetry together, and I thought it would be an excellent way to try to understand such an apparently simple phenomenom as waste. Alcione Alves, my producer, and I made a serious effort to find people who dealt with each of the levels into which we wanted to inquire: material waste; the human being treated as waste by a depredating society; the mental waste each individual carries; and the conceptual waste imposed on us without our awareness. By covering this chaotic universe we hoped to reach an order, a principle that would integrate all those dimensions. The result surprised us. In each step a law was obeyed: waste is everything we do not want to see. It is thus of little use to keep on discussing about the ozone layer or atomic recycling if previously we do not solve the problem of our own inner waste, origin of all the others, like a stone thrown into the water, that produces concentric waves. Indifference first makes things into waste, soon dehumanizes us to the point where we get mixed with it. Sleepless characters throughout the movie remind us of this law. More than a documentary, Mountain Maker is an essay-film. Participants were not interviewed in a strict sense. They were not pieces of a puzzle. We treated them as actors, with detailed screenplays based on each one’s ideas, and precise framings. They were all shot in a black box, assimilated to one another, without references to their names or jobs. We intended to create a continuum of words from which inner dialogues, and image associations could arise, spiral rather than straight ideas. Mountain Maker is an expedition inwards, an anabasis in Greek sense. Waste could be its pretext. Waste as a phenomenon of human spirit, rather than a consequence of human action. JUAN FIGUEROA



Englische Kurzbio JUAN FIGUEROA, Regisseur: Born in Toledo, Spain, in 1965. He is graduated in Philosophy from the University of Salamanca, Spain. He studied filmmaking in Madrid, São Paulo, and San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. His short films are Lixografías (2001), Sunday 23rd Octuber (2005), screened at the 17º Gerona International Film Festival, Molino Individuo (2006), Auto de Fe (2007), and Jardin Cerrado (2008). Mountain Maker is a medium-length essay-film and won the Jury’s Special Prize at Cinestrat 2008, Spain. He has written a book of poems, Séptimo Seísmo (ed. Librosprohibidos, Salamanca, Spain, 2008) and translated Paulo Bomfim.

GLOBIANS DOC FEST BERLIN
August 12 - 17, 2009
Kino Toni, Antonplatz

Essayfilme (6): Meditation über Karneval in Rio

Film-Nr.: 371
Vorführungstermin: Freitag, 14. August 2009, 21.30 Uhr (Vorfilm) [VN37]
Themenschwerpunkt: Neues Denken aus Brasilien (2) | Essayfilme (6)

Englischer Titel: Meditation on Carnaval
Originaltitel: Meditação de Carnaval
Deutscher Titel: Meditationo über Karneval
Herkunft: Brasilien/USA 2009
Laufzeit: 15 min.
Sprachfassung: Portugiesische Originalfassung mit englischen Untertiteln

Regie: Ana Costa Ribeiro
Produzent: Ana Costa Ribeiro
Drehbuch: Ana Costa Ribeiro
Schnitt: Ana Costa Ribeiro
Kamera: Sinisa Kukic
Sprecher: Ana Costa Ribeiro
Produktion: Margem do Rio, Rio de Janeiro

URL Film-Homepage:
Premierenstatus: Deutsche Erstaufführung
Bisherige Aufführungen: FEMINA Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien;

Kurzinhalt: Ein meditativer Kurzfilm in der Tradition von Resnais und Marker über Straßenkarneval in Rio de Janeiro aus der Perspektive einer aus dem Ausland nach Brasilien zurückkehrenden Frau.

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Englische Synopsis: A meditation on street Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro as seen by a woman who is coming back to Brazil.



Englische Werkbeschreibung: Meditation on Carnaval is a poetic documentary about the presence of women in street Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro. Through a narration in the 1st person, the film transports the spectator to the streets in Rio during the ritual while the filmmaker meditates about the female social roles in Brazilian society. Images from over 50 years ago show the diversity of women who attend street Carnaval in Rio. Girls, young ladies, mothers, women from different social classes. A panorama that is different of the usual stereotype of Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro as a capital of sexual tourism. Our city is known as a land of Carnaval and beautiful women. However, the female body in Carnaval is rarely represented in its creative and political potential, being stereotyped for most of the times. If the stereotype of Brazilian women is linked to their participation in Carnaval, there is also a critique to patriarchal society coming from the ritual itself, through the behavior and the costumes of the revelers. Meditation on Carnaval is also a documentary about the mask. The theme of the mask is connected with transition and metamorphosis. And the mask is linked to a relation between reality and image. In street Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, the use of the mask allows a critique to our society. It is through this critique that Brazilians can turn the patriarchal values of our culture upside down. Revealing a Carnaval rarely represented in the media and in cinema, Meditation of Carnaval invites the spectator for a walk around a sunny and creative Rio de Janeiro, different of the images of violence and futility with which our city is usually represented.



Director's Bio: Ana Costa Ribeiro is a Brazilian poet and filmmaker. Obtained the Bachelor of Arts in Journalism at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and the Master of Fine Arts in Cinema at San Francisco State University, where she had Bill Nichols as her advisor. Directed two short films: Chain (San Francisco, 2006) and Meditation on Carnaval (Rio de Janeiro, 2008). Her films have been screened in festivals in Brazil, in the Netherlands, in Germany, in Spain and in the USA. Worked as an assistant director in the award-winner feature film Madame Satã, by Karim Aïnouz, and edited the feature documentaries Tamboro - For Everybody Without Exception, by Sérgio Bernardes, and Voices of America – Paraguay, by Miguel Vassy. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro where develops her film projects and contributes with other filmmakers as an editor and assistant director. Teaches documentary workshops. Works on a poetry book.

GLOBIANS DOC FEST BERLIN
August 12 - 17, 2009
Kino Toni, Antonplatz

Neues Denken aus Brasilien (3) — Wenn ein Architekt Bürgermeister wird: Innovative Stadtentwicklung für eine lebenswerte Urbanität

Film-Nr.: 372
Vorführungstermin: Freitag, 14. August 2009, 21.30 Uhr (Hauptfilm) [VN37]
Themenschwerpunkt: Neues Denken aus Brasilien (3)

Englischer Titel: Curitiba - it's possible
Originaltitel: Curitiba - it's possible
Deutscher Titel: Curitiba - Es ist möglich!
Herkunft: Österreich 2008
Laufzeit: 45 min.
Sprachfassung: Deutsch-Portugiesische Sprachfassung mit englischen Untertiteln

Regie: Joerg Pibal, Paul Romauch
Produzent: Joerg Pibal, Paul Romauch
Schnitt: Joerg Pibal, Paul Romauch, Peter Priglinger (sound)
Kamera: Paul Romauch
Sprecher: Matthias Luhn
Produktion: 8film, Wien

URL Film-Homepage: http://8film.at/
Premierenstatus: Deutsche Erstaufführung
Bisherige Aufführungen: Portobello Film Festival, London, UK; Inspired Lisabon, Lisbon, Portugal; World Design Capital, Turin, Italien; Universum Filmtage Klagenfurt, Österreich, u.a.

Kurzinhalt: Wenn ein Architekt Bürgermeister wird: Innovative Stadtentwicklung verbunden mit der Umsetzung ökologischer Konzepte für eine lebenswerte Urbanität am Beispiel der brasilianischen Stadt Curitiba.

Trailervideo: http://blip.tv/file/2252830 + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-nD2Y4b7QQ&feature=PlayList&p=4B4FE5E49176D406&index=19
Bonusmaterial: Jaime Lerner speaks about "A Humane City": http://blip.tv/file/2280562

Englische Synopsis: Curitiba, Paraná. The „ecological capital“ of Brazil. A city that is following an exceptional road.



Englische Werkbeschreibung: Curitiba’s development was similar to that of other Brazlian cities, but in the early seventies of the 20th century, the city chose to pursue an independent and exceptional course of action. At that time, the 31 year old mayor and architect Jaime Lerner and his team set new benchmarks with their innovative and sustainable planning strategies. Little by little, the quality of life increased for Curitiba’s citizens and eventually the city became the „ecological capitol of Brazil“. To see the city as an organic, not mechanic structure, to raise awareness, to place responsibility and to prove, that small impulses can lead to something bigger – these were the cornerstones, that made Curitiba the place it is today. The city’s innovative solutions have been working for almost 40 years now and, despite problems and difficulties mainly due to its fast growth, Curitiba is still progressing! Instead of an expensive subway Curitiba has a effective bus system, called the Bus Rapid Transit. Extra long double-articulated busses, developed in Curitiba, provide convenient public transport on the main axes of the system. Special bus lanes in the middle of the main streets allow free-flowing bus traffic, and the rest of the traffic flows in both directions left and right from the bus lanes.



The so-called 'University for Environment' was inaugurated by Jaime Lerner in 1991 as a department of the City Hall of Curitiba. Today it is a non-profit private company and it functions as an information center concerned with environmental issues related to the disorganized growth of cities. The architecture of the building, embedded in a park, is unique. At the inauguration the famous oceanographer Jacques Costeau said, 'I have never seen an initiative such as this, here in Curitiba. This is an example that should be followed all over the world!” To provide easy access to information for the citizens of Curitiba, centers of learning, so called 'lighthouses of knowledge' were created; available free of charge. Often connected to schools, these facilities offer access to books and the Internet. Spread out all over the city, the 'lighthouses of knowledge' are prominent staging posts, which, besides their informal and cultural function, provide an interesting architectural accent to the urban landcape.



To create environmental awareness and to facilitate the work of the garbage removal service in areas difficult to access, the city of Curitiba developed the project 'Lixo que nao e lixo' – 'Garbage that's not garbage' in the early 1990s. Today the program is called 'Cambio Verde', 'Green Exchange', in which garbage is traded for groceries. The program helps the particularly poor and solves the problem of waste disposal in the favelas - the shanty towns - at the same time. Any kind of recyclable garbage is accepted and registered on special tokens, depending on the amount of garbage brought. With these tokens groceries can be picked up at public counters. There are many inspiring projects in Curitiba, that show out how innovative solutions are possible within a limited budget. The city demonstrates how sustainable changes can be accomplished, even under difficult and unfavorable conditions.



GLOBIANS DOC FEST BERLIN
August 12 - 17, 2009
Kino Toni, Antonplatz

Neues Denken aus Brasilien (4) | Vom Überleben lokaler Kulturen (3): Langzeit-Dokumentation über die Xingu vom Amazonas

Film-Nr.: 381
Vorführungstermin: Freitag, 14. August 2009, 22.45 Uhr [VN38]
Themenschwerpunkt: Neues Denken aus Brasilien (4) | Archäologie - Anthropologie - Ethnologie (5) | Vom Überleben lokaler Kulturen (3) Brasilien

Englischer Titel: Xingu, The Endangered Land
Originaltitel: Xingu, A Terra Ameacada
Deutscher Titel: Xingu — das bedrohte Land
Herkunft: Brasilien 2008
Laufzeit: 105 Min.
Sprachfassung: Portugiesische Originalfassung (tw. Sprachen der brasilianischen Ureinwohner), englische Untertitel

Regie: Washington Novaes
Produzent: João Novaes, Roberto D'Ávila, Claudio Pereira
Schnitt: Joao Paulo Carvalho, Eduardo Pop, Aline Nobrega, Eduardo Pop (sound)
Kamera: Lula Araujo, Piva Barreto
Sprecher: Washington Novaes
Produktion: Sertao Filmes, Goiania, Goias (Brasilien)

URL Film-Homepage:
Premierenstatus: Welt-Festivalpremiere

Kurzinhalt: Die magische Kultur der Xingu-Ureinwohner im Amazonasgebiet mit enormen kulturellem und natürlichem Reichtum, betrachtet als Entwicklungsverlauf über die Zeitspanne von 22 Jahren.

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Englische Synopsis: Two documentaries, 22 years apart. Over a two decade span, the cultural and natural wealth of the Xingu Indigenous Peoples Territory, a magic but endangered land in the heart of Brazil.



Englische Werkbeschreibung: Let yourself experience the mysterious universe of the Xingu Indigenous Peoples, in Brazil, guided by an inspired and dense narration, a poetic photography and a seducing edition. Back in 1984, a film crew directed by documentarist Washington Novaes visited the Xingu Indigenous Peoples Territory, in the Brazilian Amazon, revealing, through the series of documentaries “Xingu, The Magic Land”, the beauty of five indigenous nations: the Waurá, Kuikuro, Yawalapiti, Metuktire and Panará. Twenty-two years afterwards, the same crew went back to Xingu to show the transformations undergone by these cultures and the threats now facing them. The original series was broadcast in 1985 and was than acclaimed as one of the best documentaries ever shown on Brazilian TV, receiving awards abroad in Cuba and South Korea and being honored with a special room at the renowned Venice Biennale. For this new series, now reedited as a one hour and forty minutes feature presentation, beyond his original crew, Novaes employed two young indigenous film makers, Maricá Kuikuro and Kiampopri Panará, who today bridge the gap between their traditional cultures and our technologies. But what has happened to the peoples of Xingu in two decades of a closer relationship with the white world? The territory is today a forest island surrounded by pastures, roads, power dams and wide deforested areas for soybean crops. The inhabitants of the territory withstand the impacts of environmental degradation around it and the closeness of the surrounding society. The villages have been overtaken by satellite dishes, solar energy cells, oil engines and electronic paraphernalia. The shamans are now very few, for the youth isn’t willing to face this tough apprenticeship path, long and full of sacrifices. They want to watch TV, to wear clothes, sneakers, sunglasses, to dance white rhythms and – a supreme ambition – to ride a potent motorcycle through the village. “The Indian world is very different from ours”, remembers Novaes. It is ruled by the spirits of water, fire, earth and the animals. Everything there is rooted in a sacred dimension”. He reminds us that, in this territory, the white technology and scientific resources add to the risk of a definite loss of identity with the intense exposition of the youth to our culture. “The old leaders say the youth carries a huge illusion regarding the white world. They think everything here to be pretty and easy. They have no idea how hard it is to survive in this world. It is a very tough moment, with a very strong internal tension. It is hard to foresee the outcomings though”. Fortunately nevertheless, as Washington puts it, “it is still a moment of coexistence between the two cultures, the native one and the white one”. Thanks to that, whoever watches “Xingu, the Endangered Land” will still be able to feel mesmerized by the touching images of cultural expressions kept alive by the indigenous nations once again filmed. The rituals, feasts, the initiation of teenagers on adult life through the ancient ritual of “thrashing wasps” among the Panarás and a beautiful reenacting by the Metuktire of their first encounter with the white man. “Meeting the Indian is a dive in another time, a wide open space of sky and earth, water and fire. A rich and colorful space, peopled by animals, vegetables, minerals and spirits”, admonishes Novaes.



GLOBIANS DOC FEST BERLIN
August 12 - 17, 2009
Kino Toni, Antonplatz