The content of the project, which will be in English, will give participants the opportunity to create an augmented reality app for Android and iOS.
On June 9th and 10th, BEAST International Film Festival & OKNA Espaço Cultural will promote, in partnership with the Hungarian-Polish duo Elektro Moon Vision, a free and introductory workshop on augmented reality.
The class will get familiar with the interface of Unity and simple scripting to enhance the possibilities of the built-in tools. The aim of the project is to build the application, which will later be used for an exhibition organized by BEAST IFF & OKNA – Espaço Cultural.
The workshop is held within VISEGRAD FILM HUB, organized by BEAST International Film Festival with the support of International Visegrad Fund providing support for the audiovisual works from the V4 region (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia).
Date: June 09 & 10 (18:00 – 21:00)
Location: OKNA Espaço Cultural (R. Igreja de Cedofeita 27, Porto)
Language: English
Duration: 2 Sessions (3h/session)
Free entry with mandatory registration, up to 15 people.
A OKNA Espaço Cultural, escritório e berço do BEAST IFF, exibirá no dia 30 de maio duas sessões da Competição Oficial do festival de 2021.
O BEAST International Film Festival finalmente abre ao público, em segurança, as portas de sua própria casa – OKNA.
A partir de uma estreita cooperação entre a Europa de Leste e Portugal, a OKNA Espaço Cultural promove diálogos inter-culturais e evidencia-se como um importante centro cultural dedicado a fornecer programação artística, residências e projetos educativos na cidade do Porto.
Neste sentido, além da exibição de filmes da Competição Oficial do BEAST IFF 2021, haverá uma receção especial a partir das 17h.
Local: OKNA Espaço Cultural
Data: 30 de maio (DOM), 17h
Bilheteira: A entrada é livre, mas é necessário confirmar a sua presença AQUI.
Programa
No âmbito dos prémios EAST Doc, EAST Wave e experimentalEAST, as três menções honrosas determinadas pelo júri na edição online do BEAST 2021 serão exibidas às 18h e depois novamente às 20h. O limite de capacidade por sessão é de 20 pessoas.
EAST DOC AWARD Menção Honrosa do Júri: A CAT IS ALWAYS FEMALE (Martina Mestrovic & Tanja Vujasinovic, Croácia, 2019, 16′, LEG. PT/EN)
Através de uma lente feminista, as cineastas prestam homenagem à professora Marija Ujevic Galetovic – uma das escultoras mais importantes da Croácia. A história de vida e as visões de Marija são contadas através de uma combinação de vídeos e animações das suas esculturas femininas.
EAST WAVE AWARD Menção Honrosa do Júri: NINA (Hristo Simeonov, Bulgária, 2019, 19’, LEG. PT/EN)
Nina, de 13 anos, está a sentir-se presa na sua relação com o autoritário Vassil, que a está a prepará-la para ser uma habilidosa ladra de carteiras em Espanha. Há dias em que ela está quase a ponto de fugir dele.
EXPERIMENTAL EAST AWARD Menção Honrosa do Júri: MATERNITY (Nataliya Ilchuk, Ucrânia, 2019, 17′, LEG. PT/ENG)
O acto de auto-sacrifício em prol de uma criança que absorve todo o tempo e não deixa espaço nem para o consumo, nem para satisfações ou vaidades, torna-se numa oportunidade para uma mulher devotada, em estado de exaustão física e emocional, atingir um estado transcendental próximo a um êxtase espiritual.
V4 ACADEMY: Workshop online de Animação para crianças
A partir do 1º de junho, o BEAST IFF oferece gratuitamente um Workshop de animação para crianças de 5 a 12 anos, em parceria com o estúdio checo Aeroškola.
Na próxima semana, o BEAST International Film Festival dará início ao Workshop online de Animação para Crianças, preparado pelos educadores de cinema checos do estúdio de animação Aeroškola. O conteúdo será em português, e as atividades gratuitas propostas pelo Workshop poderão ser realizadas até ao dia 15 de junho.
O objetivo do workshop é a criação de uma curta animação caseira, baseada em personagens do filme-conto infantil “Hungry Bear Tales”. Os filmes criados pelos participantes serão exibidos posteriormente no centro de operações do BEAST IFF – a OKNA Espaço Cultural.
Os únicos materiais e pré-requisitos necessários para a realização do workshop são uma tesoura e qualquer dispositivo com que o participante possa tirar fotografias (telemóvel, tablet, câmara fotográfica). Papéis, cola e outros materiais de arte não são necessários, porém é preferível tê-los.
Ao registar-se, a criança ganha acesso a um vídeo educativo criado pela Aeroškola, um material em pdf com fantoches para recortar, e o filme animado Hungry Bear Tales (2020, República Checa, dirigido por Alexandra Májová e Kateřina Karhánková).
O workshop é realizado com o apoio do International Visegrad Fund, que fornece suporte para as obras audiovisuais da região V4 (República Checa, Hungria, Polônia, Eslováquia).
Para participar, basta realizar apenas um rápido registo.
BEAST IFF ON-SITE #10: The 16mm Surrealist Czech Underground
On Saturday, May 29th, two festivals come together to bring the best of Czech surrealist cinema from the 80’s to Portuguese audiences
Among the novelties for those who accompanied BEAST IFF from the comfort of their homes in March this year, there will be two very special and unseen screenings in partnership with the Czech festival BRNO16 – International Short Film Festival.
These screenings are held in partnership with the International Visegrad Fund, within the scope of the Visegrad Film Hub project.
Location: Livraria Térmita
Date: May 29th (SAT), 7 PM & 9 PM.
Ticketing: Free entry.
Program
Four shorts by director Jiří Smýkal Donné, founder of the underground group Esenc (formed also by his companions in the Brno (CZ) film scene), will be screened from original 16mm film reels.
The work of Jiří Smýkal Donné and his friends is saturated with cinematic poetics inspired by Dada, Expressionism, and Surrealism. They also blend strong images with brilliance.
BEAST IFF ON-SITE #9: Servants
On May 26th, the feature film “Servants”, co-produced by the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania, will be shown at Cinema Passos Manuel.
The film by director Ivan Ostrochovský was one of the highlights of the online edition of BEAST IFF 2021. “Servants” is also within the V4 Screen program, dedicated to the cinema of the Visegrad Group countries.
This session is held in partnership with the International Visegrad Fund and the Slovak Embassy in Portugal, as a part of the Visegrad Film Hub project.
Location: Cinema Passos Manuel
Date: May 26th (WED), 8:30 PM
Ticketing: The regular ticket will be 5€, while the student ticket and the ticket for Tripass cardholders will be 3.5€.
The year is 1980. Michal and Juraj are students at a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Fearing the dissolution of their school, the tutors are moulding the seminarians into a satisfactory shape to the ruling Communist Party.
Each of the young students must decide if he will give in to the temptation and choose the easier way of collaborating with the regime, or if he will subject himself to draconian surveillance by the secret police.
BEAST IFF ON-SITE: BE A VOLUNTEER
The BEAST IFF 2021 volunteer program is about to begin.
Being a volunteer means joining the international team of the festival, sharing new experiences, and discovering more and more about Eastern European culture.
The activities of the 4th edition of BEAST International Film Festival will run until June 3.
Help us to make the festival even better and bigger!
BEAST IFF ON-SITE #7 and #8: The Mirages of Freedom
At Cinema Passos Manuel, on May 13th, two separate sessions will host the exhibition of short and medium-length films of the retrospective program “The Mirages of Freedom”.
The section is a collaborative project with the Dovzhenko Center, in Ukraine, and pays homage to the country and its experimental short films produced between the 1960s and 1980s, under the control of the Soviet State.
Location: Cinema Passos Manuel
Date: May 13th (THU) – 7:00 PM (The Physicists); 8:30 PM (The Poets)
Ticketing: The normal ticket will be 5€, while the student ticket and the ticket for Tripass cardholders will be 3.5€.
The first session received the name of “The Physicists” for hosting nine short films made in an academic and more experimental context. In turn, the second session is called “The Poets” for presenting works by filmmakers already renowned at the time, such as Sergei Parajanov.
Program
Among its titles are works by the Ukrainian Poetic Cinema movement, led by Sergei Parajanov; student films created by those who would be future icons of Ukrainian cinema, such as Leonid Osyka and Roman Balayan; and shorts produced by the creative team of the Kyivnaukfilm Studio, in the 1980s.
These shorts, marked by absurdity and irony, present the beauty and tragedy of late Soviet informal art, ranging from documentary chronicles of family life to parody comedies.
BEAST IFF ON-SITE #6: EAST Doc Award
On May 12th, the medium-length film “Arte Pura”, winner of the EAST Doc Award, will be shown at Espaço Cultural Maus Hábitos.
Every year, exciting new short and medium-length films compete for the awards of Best Fiction, Best Documentary and Best Experimental within the ambit of BEAST International Film Festival. With each edition, this competitive programme enriches BEAST IFF and its community, introducing new works, new faces through a diverse selection of style and form.
Location: Maus Hábitos – Espaço de Intervenção Cultural
Date: May 12th (WED), 8:30 PM
Ticketing: Free admission* *Pre-reservations can be made by purchasing a snack pack at the Maus Hábitos store.
Program
East Doc Award for Best Documentary: Pure Art (Maksim Shved, Poland, 52′, 2019, DOC., LEG. PT)
Communal painters Zina and Inna carefully paint the graffiti and slogans on the walls of Minsk, leaving colorful rectangles as a result. The artist Zakhar Kudin is inspired by bright figures and decides to copy them to the huge canvases. Passers-by intrigued by Zakhar’s performance are trying to interpret his work and express their opinion, but not only about art. Watching the birth of an artistic phenomenon, the film with irony and love shows contemporary Belarus and raises issues that are relevant not only in this country.
V4 ACADEMY: Video Mapping Workshop
The workshop, which was a success in 2019, is planning a return for its second edition in an online format for a limited number of 15 participants.
Video mapping is a part of evolution of visual art – it indicates a manifestation of technology to create an optical illusion while playing with light. As a conclusion, ordinary objects are changed into awesome magical creations. Artists can simply apply their majestic sketches to any 3D materials, for example buildings.
In cooperation with the TRAKT from Slovakia, the Video Mapping Workshop intends to give the participants an overview of the different possibilities to create a live installation wrapping projected virtual content around a real world object.
The first edition of the workshop (2019) was a great success, with over 200 people applying for participation. Its second edition will return in an online format, for a limited number of 15 participants. It will cover various options of how to create content (both pre-produced and in real time) and how to apply it on an object using various mapping methods.
Furthermore, the students will get a comprehensive insight on what kind of content works best, based on the nature of the individual, illuminated objects. The educational event invites the participants to discover the space of projection in volume and the production line of the video mapping with a contemporary approach. This was tailored to build on the strengths of the new emerging talents, and equip them with a full understanding of both the workflow, and the technical skills required to create interactive projection mapped installations.
The basic concept of the 2021 online workshop is preparation of mapping for a specific building in Porto. The idea is to discover new creative techniques on how to relate to the object. Software skills are secondary. The mapping lessons will take place via Zoom call, 4 times a month at a regular time.
Sat. 08. 05. 2021, 15:00 – 18:00 | Session 1 – Basics of video mapping The first lesson will be an introductory lecture including a short demonstration, explanation of basic terms and technical basics. The plan for the rest of the month will be presented.
Sat. 15. 05. 2021, 15:00 – 18:00 | Session 2 – Ways of creating content The second lesson will focus on creating the content: using a façade printed out on a 3D printer and a mask printed out on a paper. The lecturers will present various unconventional methods – light painting, a look through a cut out part of a text on the texture, fire art, water art, ants and other analogue mapping techniques.
Sat. 22. 05. 2021, 15:00 – 18:00 | Session 3 – Digital processing of pictures The third lesson will focus on the digital processing of pictures by processing videos created during the previous lesson. The participants would learn how to use digital effects from a database, composition, simple picture blending and other techniques.
Sat. 29. 05. 2021, 15:00 – 18:00 | Session 4 – Your own creations The fourth lesson will include a small model of a building (printed out on a paper and glued to a board). The participants will try out their creations using one of the mapping programs.
TRAINERS:
Stefan Olis The main thrust of the work of young artist Stefan Oliš, who now teaches at the Secondary School of Arts in Trencin, is to draw attention to the subject of violence, crime, social problems. He is dedicated to the production of video art, interactive installations, sound installations, art events, objects, but also painting and graphics. Through its broad-based creation tries often with sarcasm and irony to induce viewers to reflect on human life, its values, spirit and interpersonal relationships, the decadence of a critique of the current system of.
Pavol Soukal Promotion Department graduate design at the Central School of Arts in Trencin. Currently a student Industrial Design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. He deals with many media are fine art as documentary photography, figurative drawing, light and interactive tendencies, 3D visualization, but also examines new technologies in product design. Since 2012, a member of the civic association TRAKT, where he regularly participates in art projects and realization.
LANGUAGE: Workshops are in English DURATION: 12h PRICE: Free entry with mandatory registration, up to 15 people. TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Participants of the workshop will use free video programs (olive, resolve). As a hardware might be used a camera or a phone. The lecturer will use resolume or a free version of MapMap, or VVVV for projections.
For registration and further informationCLICK HERE
The workshop is held within VISEGRAD FILM HUB, organised by BEAST International Film Festival with the support of International Visegrad Fund, provides support for the audiovisual works from the V4 region (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia).
BEAST IFF ON-SITE #5: Portuguese Abroad with André Gil Mata
On May 8th, the Portuguese Abroad section turns to Portuguese director André Gil Mata, responsible for the premiere of the program in 2017.
In partnership with Cineclube do Porto, BEAST International Film Festival will bring to the city of Porto the best of Portuguese cinema with connections outside Portugal.
André Gil Mata is a Portuguese director with a strong connection to Eastern European cinema, having made several films abroad. In the session, his most recent feature film “Drvo” (A Árvore, in Portuguese) will be screened.
Location: Casa das Artes
Date: May 8th (SAT), 6:00 PM
Ticketing: The regular ticket will be € 3.5, while the student ticket and the +65 ticket will be € 2.5.
Programa
Drvo (André Gil Mata, Portugal / Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, FIC., 104’, SUB. PT/EN)
“Drvo” portrays the loneliness present in the shadow of the Balkan War. The project was carried out under the influence of Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, and caused a stir in the 2018 Berlin Film Festival Official Competition. The film was shot entirely in Bosnia.
