Festival 2009Faust - Astra Film

FAUST. THE PATH OF THE MOMENT FAUST. DRUMUL CLIPEI
Documentary Specification	Biography / Biografie
trailer not available FAUST. THE PATH OF THE MOMENT FAUST. DRUMUL CLIPEI FAUST. DRUMUL CLIPEI Laurentiu Damian Romania 2009 49 min. Director: Laurentiu Damian Photography / Editor: Danut Padure Production Company: Editura Video Address: Editura Video, Piata Presei Libere 1, Bucharest, 013701, Romania Tel./ Fax: 0213179037 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	LAURENTIU DAMIAN PhD Magna cum Laude in cinematography and media. University Lecturer, University, University Professor Doctor – Leader of the University year–film and TV Directing Art, Screenplay writing at the National University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art „I.L.Caragiale”- Bucharest (U.N.A.T.C.), Film and TV directing, Screenplay writing. General Manager of Editura Video - Art Documentary Studio of Ministry of Culture and Cults. Writer of books and articles on cinematography and film aesthetics. Doctor Magna cum laudae in cinematografie si media. Lector Universitar, Conferenţiar Universitar Doctor, Profesor Universitar Doctor la Universitatea Naţională de Artă Teatrală şi Cinematografică „I.L.Caragiale -Bucureşti (U.N.A.T.C.), secţia de Regie de film şi TV şi Scenaristică. Director la Editura Video - Studioul de film documentar de artă al Ministerul Culturii şi Cultelor. Cărţi şi articole despre cinematografie şi estetica filmului.
	Filmography / Filmografie
	1978 - Uprootal 1983 - Where I’ve Been and Wondered 1986 - Maria Tanase’s Letter 1986 - Maria Tănase 1987 - Bench Mark Zero 1989 - The Song of Olt While Its Wondering the World 1990 - Peleş Castle 1990 - Cotroceni Palace 1991 - Was God Sighing like Humans? 1993 - Eminescu, Labour for Words 1994 - Dictatorship Art and Art Dictatorship 1994 - The Image of Romania Face to Face With the Image of Romania 1995 - Transylvanian Poems; Co-Director Anca Damian 1996 - Roads with Angels; Co-Director Anca Damian 1997 - Bitzan. Into the Maze; Co - Director Anca Damian 2005 - Sever Frenţiu. The Escape from the Body 2006 - Onisim Colta. Game, Illusion, Transparency and Deliverance 2006 - The Wakeful State. Exhibition with Bronze, Wood, Flowers and Friends 2007 - Metamorphosis 2008 - Sibiu - European Capital of Culture 2007 - Shakespeare Constellation
	Awards / Premii
	First Prize at Art Film Festival, Telc (Czech Republic) Art Film Category (2007) Great Award and 7 Arts Trophy at National Film Festival on Art, Călăraşi (2000) Special Prize of the Jury, DAKINO International Festival (2000) Second Prize at Cotroceni Art Film Festival, Bucharest (1996)

Synopsis / Sinopsis

Faust - The Path of the Moment, direct by Laurentiu Damian, reveals a journey through Silviu Purcarete's universe, via Ghoete, the starting point of which is the play staged in Sibiu in September 2007. The myth of Faust, as seen by Purcarete, implies a certain type of theatrical formula which occupies a large area - from the classic stage to the industrial warehouse. Damian follows Purcarete's footsteps from the point when he "moulds" the characters, their movements, and the space and sound of the world of Faust, to the point of the finite work, where every detail becomes an imprint of the director's style. The rehearsal and the show are the two halves of a whole that is carefully constructed around the persona of the great theatre director, whose only method of communication is through theatre. The entire movie documents Purcarete's reluctance towards giving interviews and his escape into theatre. In his unique style, Silviu Purcarete discards the faustian compromise and proposes a creator that has been freed through his work.

Faust - Drumul clipei, în regia lui Laurentiu Damian, este o încercare de pătrundere în universul lui Silviu Purcărete, via Goethe, pornind de la spectacolul montat la Sibiu, în 2007. Mitul faustic, în viziunea lui Purcărete, implică o formulă specială de spectacol, desfăsurat într-un spaţiu extins de la scenă clasica, la hala industrială. Damian îl urmăreşte pe Purcărete în faza de modelare a personajelor, a mişcării, a sunetelor, a spaţiului, a lumii faustice, dar şi în spectacolul finit, în care semnele teatrale devin mărci regizorale. Repetiţia şi spectacolul sunt jumătăţile unui întreg construit în jurul personalităţii marelui om de teatru,a cărui unică formă de exprimare este cea teatrală. Întregul film exploatează fuga lui Purcărete din zona cuvântului şi retragerea în realitatea scenică. Într-o manieră unică, Silviu Purcărete anulează compromisul din mitul faustic şi impune un creator eliberat prin propria operă.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Wednesday 28 - Hall B - 19h00 / Joi 28 - Sala B - 19h00

Films in Made in Romania Special Program
Filme in Programul Special Made in Romania
ABOUT IULIAN MIHU, AS HE WAS - ABOUT US, THE WAY WE ARE, Laurenţiu Damian, Romania
ADELA & AGNETHA, Geo Scripcariu, Romania
AUSTRALIA , Claudiu Mitcu, Romania
CARMEN MEETS BORAT , Mercedes Stalenhoef, Olanda
COPSA MICA, DUDU'S DARK TOWN , Remco Van Der Kruk & Wilco Leene, The Netherlands
A FANCY HOUSE , Martin Nudow & Thomas Beckmann, Germany
FAUST-THE PATH OF THE MOMENT , Laurenţiu Damian, Romania
HUMORESCA , Diana Deleanu, Romania
IN JANUARY, PERHAPS , Diogo Costa Amarante, Portugalia
THE LAST MISSION , Adelin Petrişor, Romania
THE POWER OF SUSPECTING - EGINALD SCHLATTNER AND THE SECURITATE-TRAUMA , Walter Wehmeyer, Austria
ROMANIAN VOICES - SICILY - ROMANIA ROUND TRIP , Enrico Montalbano, Ilaria Sposito, Angela Giardina, Italy
WEDDINGS, MUSIC AND VIDEO TAPES , Tudor Giurgiu, Romania

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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