From March 22 to 29, 2015, International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival Docudays UA and the PinchukArtCentre invite to a series of public film screenings and discussions in the framework of the DOCU/ART program. All events will be held at the PinchukArtCentre and cinema “Kyiv”. Admission is free.
DOCU/ART is one of the festival’s programs which presents three documentaries: “Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?”, “The Salt of the Earth”, “Art and Craft”, and four discussions focusing on how artistic interpretation, illustrated by a documentary, can change perception of reality. On the one hand, documentary is a genre which claims objectivity, but on the other, keeping in mind the presence of operator and editor, it is unable to overcome subjectivity completely. Therefore, in all three films included in the DOCU/ART program, the author’s position is not just highlighted – it sets the whole background.
The program opens with the animation documentary Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy created by the famous French feature film and music video director Michel Gondry. The main character of the documentary is an American intellectual Noam Chomsky who in his time made a revolutionary assumption that a human learns language differently as opposed to the official scientific views.
An insightful story with a biblical title The Salt of the Earth by directors Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado deals with an interesting and controversial theme of a manipulative power of photography. The documentary tells about a famous master of social photography, Sebastião Salgado, who witnessed and photographed nearly all vices of mankind: war, famine, genocide.
The third documentary Art and Craft is a controversial art detective story the authenticity of which is hard to be believed in. The story focuses on one of the most prolific art forgers in US history Mark Landis, who had been “stuffing” American museums with Picasso’s and Walt Disney’s artworks of his own production for years.
Due to the limited number of seats an advance registration to all events held in the PinchukArtCentre is mandatory. Please call +380 44 590 08 58. All registered participants are eligible for priority entry.
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Accreditation requests to the events held at the PinchukArtCentre, as well as requests for filming/video recording/photography permissions should be sent to e-mail [email protected]
Scheduled DOCU/ART films and discussions:
March 22, 21:00
Documentary Is the Man Who is Tall Happy, Michel Gondry
Venue: Kyiv Cinema House
March 23, 21:00
Documentary The Salt of the Earth, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Venue: Kyiv Cinema House, red stage
March 24, 19:00
Documentary Is the Man Who is Tall Happy, Michel Gondry
Imprint of Reality – discussion featuring program curators Olga Birzul and Olga Tykhonova, together with director Tetiana Kononenko
Venue: PinchukArtCentre
March 25, 19:00
Horatio: So have I heard and do in part believe it - discussion featuring program curators Olga Birzul and Olga Tykhonova, together with director Tetiana Kononenko
Venue: PinchukArtCentre
March 25, 21:00
Documentary Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman
Venue: Kyiv Cinema House, red stage
March 26, 19:00
Truth Mode – discussion featuring photographers Oleksandr Liapin, Yevhenia Belorusets, Oleksandr Gliadelov and Valeriy Miloserdov, moderator – Anton Ivanov
Venue: PinchukArtCentre
March 26, 21:00
Documentary The Salt of the Earth, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Venue: Kyiv Cinema House, red stage
March 29, 15:00
Manipulations in the World of Art. History of Forgeries – lecture, art expert Natalia Romanova
Documentary Art and Craft, Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman
Venue: PinchukArtCentre
PinchukArtCentre address: 1/3-2, "А" Block, Velyka Vasylkivska/Baseyna St.
Kyiv Cinema House: 19 Velyka Vasylkivska St.
Docudays UA is the only one International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Ukraine. The Festival is held annually in the last week of March in Kyiv. On completion, Docudays UA traditionally presents the best movies in the regions of Ukraine within the Docudays UA Travelling Festival. Festival is non-political and non-profit.
The 12th Docudays UA will be held in March 20 – 26, 2015 in Kyiv Cinema House.
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Entrance to all film screenings is free of charge.
