Festival 2009Berlin, Kreuzberg 36

BERLIN, KREUZBERG 36 BERLIN, KREUZBERG 36
Documentary Specifications	Biography / Biografie
trailer not available BERLIN, KREUZBERG 36 BERLIN, KREUZBERG 36 Berlin, Kreuzeberg 36 Angeliki Aristomenopoulou Greece 2008 50 min. Director: Angeliki Aristomenopoulou Production Company: Chronis Pechlivanidis / Onos Productions World Distribution & Sales: Onos Productions Address: Chronis Pechlivanidis / Onos Productions, 18, Iraklidon street, Athens, 118 51, Greece Tel./ Fax: 00302103417228 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	ANGELIKI ARISTOMENOPOULOU Photographer and film director specializing in music documentaries. Director of World Music a series of documentaries for the Greek television. Fotograf şi regizor, specialistă în genul documentar muzical. Regizoarea seriei de filme documentare, World Music, pentru televiziunea elenă.
	Filmography / Filmografie
	2008 - 3 Weddings
	Awards / Premii
	Slovak documentary IGRIC, Slovak Film Union Best dok. Film, Alma Ata (2007) Best Documentary Slovak Film, Shaken´ Star Ex-aequo Prize of Slovak Film Journalist, IGRIC; Slovak Film Union Jurry Prize; MFF Etnofilm Cadca Grand Prix, International documentary films Lublin (2007) Prize of Minister of Culture, International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World, Prague (2006) Best European film, Astra Film Festival, Sibiu (2006) Grand Prix, Academia Film Olomouc (2006)

Synopsis / Sinopsis

Kreuzberg SO 36 used to be one of West-Berlin’s poorest districts until the German Unification, that luckily changed it into a cultural centre. Kreuzberg is now the home of migrants (Arabs, Turks, Greeks etc.) and of radical artists. It is the craddle of alternative cultural movements, and, for more than a decade, the home of Berlin punk. The author interviews some key-representatives of Berlin’s multiethnicity who try to cut down street violence by offering them the chance to break loose through rap, grafitti or breakdance. The film explores the role played by hip-hop culture in the lives of migrants.It is their way to find ways to make their voices heard, it is their chance to escape a life of violence and crime.

Kreuzberg SO 36, era unul dintre cele mai sărace cartiere ale Berlinului de Vest, care avea să devină, după unificarea Germaniei, un autentic centru cultural. Aici e casa imigranților de toate neamurile (arabi, turci, greci etc.) și a artiștilor radicali, aici au luat naștere punk-ul german și alte mișcări alternative. De peste un deceniu, Kreuzberg este centrul culturii hip-hop berlineze. Autorul stă de vorbă cu câțiva dintre oamenii reprezentativi pentru această cultură multietnică, preocupaţi să reducă violența stradală prin supape precum rap, grafitti, breakdance etc. Filmul investighează locul pe care cultura hip-hop îl ocupă în viețile imigranților: este modul lor de a se face auziţi şi şansa de a se ţine departe de tentațiile infracționalității.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Friday 30 - Hall A - 14h00 / Vineri 30 - Sala A - 14h00
Saturday 31 - Hall A - 12h10 / Sâmbătă 31 - Sala A - 12h10

Films in Europa Competition / Filme in Competitie - Europa
AGAINST BLOOD JUSTICE , Nathalie Rossetti & Turi Finocchiaro, France
ALYOSHA , Meelis Muhu, Estonia
AT HOME ANYWHERE , Judith Vrerinks, The Netherlands
BACK PASSING , Jaro Vojtek, Slovakia
BERLIN, KREUZBERG 36 , Angeliki Aristomenopoulou, Greece
THE FLOWER BRIDGE , Thomas Ciulei, Romania
IVETKA AND THE MOUNTAIN , Janecek Vit, Czech Republic
LOOK AT THE LIFE THROUGH MY EYES , Marija Dzidzeva, Croatia
LOST IN TRANSITION , Thom Vander Beken, Belgium
LOST WORLD , Gyula Nemes, Hungary
MY CLASS - FROM RUSSIA WITH RELATIVITY , Ekaterina Eremenko, Germany
PEACE FOR ALL , Elizabeta Koneska, Macedonia
PEOPLE DREAMS ACTIONS , Andreas Stiglmayr, Germany
ROUGE NOWA HUTA , Blandine Huk & Frederic Cousseau, France
SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK , Arto Halonen, Finland
SINGING , Rossella Schillaci, Italy
SOUL , Marina Anedda, Italy
YOU LIVE AND BURN , Iiris Harma, Finland

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

film screenings

AFF09 Film Program (.pdf)

Mo.26 | Tu.27 | We.28 | Th.29

Fr.30 | Sa.31 | Su.01

events

Mo.26 - Su.01

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