DAILY PROGRAMME

All film screenings take place in the Cinematheque of N. Macedonia: indoors and outdoors (unless indicated otherwise). The films in the Main Programme are with both MK and EN subtitles. The programme is liable to changes, please always consult the web-site or Facebook page for the latest information.

 

PFF@MCA 

Jean-Luc Godard allumant sa cigarette à Paris, France, en octobre 1980. (Photo by Gilbert UZAN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

19/5 SATURDAY
20h00
free screening
Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje
Godard Cinema
Cyril Lauthy, FR, 90’, 2022
Focus Godard
Introduction by Stefan Palitov, МА

 

 

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

16-23 MAY
Cinesquare VoD platform
animated film for children (8+)
MIRAI (2018)
Mаmory Hosoda, JP, 98’

 

 

 

23/5 TUESDAY
13.00
Cinematheque (closed screening)
animated film for children (8+)
MIRAI (2018)
Mаmory Hosoda, JP, 98’
followed by a discussion moderated by Martin Popovski, PhD

 

 

23/5 TUESDAY
18-19.00
Zoom platform
ONLINE WORKSHOP WITH MARTIN POPOVSKI, PhD
A condition for participation in the workshop is a prior viewing of the animated film MIRAI, available online for free from May 16-23 through Cinesquare’s VoD platform throughout Macedonia.

 

 

CONFERENCE

Zoom link to follow the conference:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85839400840?pwd=QW1FbzFJTmN3dDJGanNEaDgxNzNCUT09 

Web-site with the Conference programme: https://conference.philosophicalfilmfestival.mk/ 

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CONFERENCE DAY 1 (25/5 Thursday)

14:00 Conference Opening

FIRST SESSION: All the (Hi)stories: Godard
moderator: Viktor Jovanoski

14:20 Haunted by Godard
Keynote speaker: David Sterritt (US)

15:00 The Eras of Godard: A Phenomenological Approach
Glen W. Norton (CA)

15:20 Godard’s Chromatic Fabric
Tamara Tasevska (MK/US)

15:40 Panel discussion
16:20 Coffee Break

 

SECOND SESSION: The Control of the Universe
moderator: Marija Todorovska

17:00 The Biopolitical Potential of Postmodern Cinema: when Baidou and Žižek meet Aloni’s “Local Angel”
Oana Șerban (RO)

17:20 The Dark Knight Trilogy: Fake Solutions and Real Indoctrination
Davor Đalto (BA/SE)

17:40 Echoists of the ‘Anthrobscene’ – We Better “Look Up”!
Gabriellla Calchi Novati (IT/CH)

18:00 War, Displaced People and Poverty in Contemporary Films
Rahime Özgün Kehya (TR)

18:20 Panel Discussion
19:00 Dinner Break

THIRD SESSION: A Single (Hi)story
moderator: Vangel Nonevski

20:00 War through the Lens of a Camera: Reflections on Seeing in the Work of Ernst Jünger
Martín Heredero del Campo (ES)

20:20 Is “An Cailín Ciúin” an Example of Deleuzian Minor Cinema?
Niall Kennedy (UK/IR)

20:40 Horror Film and Philosophy: Revenge and Forgiveness in “Pumpkinhead”
Diana Neiva (PT)

21:00 On the Immortality of Death: Beckett’s “Film” According to Gilles Deleuze
Diogo Nóbrega (PT)

21:20 Panel Discussion

 

CONFERENCE DAY 2 (26/5, Friday)

FIRST SESSION: Only Cinema
moderator: Ana Dimishkovska

14:00 The Posthumous Phenomenology of the Star Biopic: Kristen Stewart as Jean Seberg
Keynote speaker: Lucy Bolton (UK)

14:40 The Face as Icon: Rethinking Pictorial Representation through Lévinas’ Concept of the Face
Alexandra Okanovic (HU)

15:00 The Language of Film
Nemanja Mićić (RS)

15:20 Understanding Cinema: From Semiotic Structures to Free-Floating Interpretations
Olena Verbivska (UA)

15:40 Panel Discussion
16:20 Coffee Break

SECOND SESSION: Deadly Beauty
moderator: Maja Muhić

17:00 Towards an Apotropaic Cinema: Feminist Posthumanism and Representation in “Tár”, “She Said”, and “Women Talking”
Russell J. A. Kilbourn (CA)

17:20 Ontology and Gender in Film Philosophy
Evangelos D. Protopapadakis & Georgios Arabatzis (GR)

17:40 Aesthetics and Political Philosophy of Fem Film Documentaries
Senka Anastasova (MK/US)

18:00 Seeing Beyond: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Approach to the Politics of the Cinematic Gaze
Sofia Koukia (GR)
18:20 Panel Discussion
19:00 Dinner Break

THIRD SESSION: The Signs Among Us
moderator: Vladimir Djurović

20:00 Differences Between Comics vs Cinematic Storytelling: Formats, Motion, Duration and the Concept of Closure
Boshko Karadjov (MK)

20:20 Movie as a Stimulus in Workshops for the Development of Critical Thinking
Bruno Ćurko (HR)

20:40 Wittgenstein and Cinema
Ernesto Heredero del Campo (ES)

21:00 Cinema and Death: A Film-Philosophical Analysis
Susana Viegas (PT)

21:20 Panel Discussion

 

MAIN PROGRAM

2/6 FRIDAY
20.00
Open-air Cinema: “A Quiet Summer”
Musical performance
Opening Ceremony of the 13th Philosophical Film Festival
BUKRSHLIEV & MIRCHESKA PLAY COLTRANE

 

 

BALLAD OF PIARGY
Ivo Trajkov, SK/MK/CZ, 100’, 2022

Q&A with Ivo Trajkov (in Macedonian)

 

 

 

 

3/6 SATURDAY

18.30
Cinematheque
THE KINGS OF THE WORLD (2022)
Laura Mora, CO/LU/MX/FR/NO, 104′

Online Q&A with Laura Mora

 

 

 

 

21.00
Open-air Cinema: “A Quiet Summer”
TOUKI-BOUKI (1973)
Djibril Diop Mambéty, SN, 90’
Talk by Niall Kenedy, PhD

 

 

 

 

 

4/6 SUNDAY
18.30
Cinematheque
PLAN 75 ( 2022)
Chie Hayakawa, JP, 112′

 

 

 

21.00
Open-air Cinema: “A Quiet Summer”
free screening
OFFICAL SELECTION OF SHORT FILMS – 1ST NIGHT (123’)

In the Darkness of Time, 2002
Jean-Luc Godard, FR, 10’ 2023
Focus Godard

Official selection:

  1. Same Old (2022) | Lloyd Lee Choi, US/CA, 15’
  2. Über Wasser (2021) | Jela Hasler, CH, 12′
  3. The Blanket (2022) | Teppo Airaksinen, FI, 15’
  4. Bergie (2022) | Dian Weys, ZA, 7’
  5. About me (2022) | Ali Asgari, NL, 15’
  6. An Avocado Pit (Um Caroço de Abacate, 2022) | Ary Zara, PT, 19′
  7. 2nd Person (2022) | Rita Barbosa, PT, 16′
  8. Luz Nocturna (2022) | Kim Torres, CR, 14′

 

 

5/6 MONDAY

18:30
Cinematheque
(HI)STORIES OF CINEMA (1988-1998)
Jean-Luc Godard, FR, 147′
Focus Godard

 

 

 

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21:00
Open-air Cinema: “A Quiet Summer”
free screening
OFFICAL SELECTION OF SHORT FILMS – 2ND NIGHT(122’)

Official selection:

  1. Before After (2022) | Filip Bojarski, PL, 20’
  2. Alba Vulva (2022)    | Dorka Vermes, HU, 16′
  3. Please Make It Work (2022) | Daniel Soares, CH/PT, 14’
  4. The Silent Whistle (Feng Zheng, 2022) | Yingtong Li, CN, 18’
  5. Craze (Hajszálrepedés, 2022) | Bianka Szelestey, HU, 22′
  6. Graveyard of Horses (2022) | Xiaoxuan Jiang, US, 17’
  7. On Xerxes’ Throne (2022)    | Evi Kalogiropoulou, GR, 15′

 

 

6/6 TUESDAY

17.00
Cinematheque
BALLAD OF PIARGY (2022)
Ivo Trajkov, SK/MK/CZ, 100’

 

 

 

18.30
Cinematheque
THE LAST SNOW (2022)
Amirhossein Asgari, IR, 119′

Online Q&A with Amirhossein Asgari (Macedonian/Persian)

 

 

 

21:00

Open-air Cinema: “A Quiet Summer”
EASY RIDER (1969)
Dennis Hopper, US, 96’
Introduction by Elizabeta Sheleva, PhD (in Macedonian)

 

 

 

7/6 WEDNESDAY
18.15
Cinematheque
(HI)STORIES OF CINEMA (1988-1998)
Jean-Luc Godard, FR, 119′
Focus Godard

 

 

 

 

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21.00
Open-air Cinema: “A Quiet Summer”
THE TENANT (1976)
Roman Polanski, FR, 126’
Talk by Zlatko Gjeleski (in Macedonian)

 

 

 

 

8/6 THURSDAY
18.30
Cinematheque
PERFECT NUMBER (2022)
Krzystof Zanussi, PL/IL/IT, 87’
Q&A with the director Krzysztof Zanussi, special guest of the Philosophical Film Festival

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21.00
Open-air Cinema: “A Quiet Summer”
1976 (2022)
Manuela Martelli, CL/AR, 95′

 

 

 

09/06 FRIDAY
20.00
Awards and closing of the festival
Open-air Cinema: “A Quiet Summer”
RAISE RAVENS (Cria Cuervos, 1976) РП
Carlos Caura, ES, 109’
Talk by Luis Martin Arias, PhD

 

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