Cinema
Gogol Bordello Non Stop
Margarita Jimeno, USA, 2008, 93′
Lumiere cinema (3, Hrushevskoho Str.), June 15, 15:00
A vibrant chronicle of one of today’s most notorious and revered live bands, Gogol Bordello, and front man Eugene Hütz’s gypsy-punk Ukrainian immigrant. Filmmaker Margarita Jimeno tracks their raucous gigs from 2001 to 2007, from NYC to Italy, as the band rises from dingy basements to international main-stages, from underground legends to international rock stars, music is non-stop.
The Eleventh Year
Dziga Vertov, Ukraine, VUFKU, 1928. soundtrack for the film will be performed live by Anton Baibakov
Lumiere cinema (3, Hrushevskoho Str.), June 15, 21:00
The Eleventh Year (1928) is the first of three avant-garde films made by Dziga Vertov and his brother, cameraman Mikhail Kaufman, in Ukraine at the newly opened Kiev film studio VUFKU. Dedicated to the success of the first five-year plan in the Donbass, the film tells the story of accelerated industrial modernization of eastern Ukraine, which resulted in transformation of an agricultural country into an industrial one. The Eleventh Year is Vertov’s first experiment in implementing his program of developing a specific film-language, separate from the language of theater and literature, in which the camera would directly capture the raw matter of life. This program was fully realized by Vertov in his next Ukrainian film, Man With a Movie Camera (1929).
Music for the film was written by Ukrainian composer Anton Baibakov within the serial project of musical cinematic performances, Kolo Dzigi. The modern soundtrack for the film will be performed live by Anton Baibakov (electronics) and Sofia Turta (keyboards).
STATION TO STATION
Doug Aitken, USA, 2015, 71’
Lumiere cinema (3, Hrushevskoho Str.), June 16, 15:00
A high speed roadtrip through modern creativity. It is a revolutionary feature comprised of 62 one-minute films highlighting an exciting and eclectic mix of artists, musicians, writers, places, and perspectives. In the summer of 2013, a train designed as a kinetic light sculpture by artist Doug Aitken traveled from New York City to San Francisco over 24 days. Rolling into ten stations on the route, the train set in motion a series of happenings, each unique to its location and mix of creative participants. The film features Beck, Thurston Moore, Patti Smith, Cat Power, No Age, Suicide, and many other artists.
The Punk Singer
Sini Anderson, USA, 2013, 80′
Lumiere cinema (3, Hrushevskoho Str.), June 16, 21:00
A look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the “riot grrrl” movement of the 1990s.
Melody of Noise
Gitta Gsell, Switzerland, Germany, 2016, 86’
Lumiere cinema (3, Hrushevskoho Str.), June 17, 15:00
The film is a daredevil journey into the realm of noises and sounds, of rhythm and silence. A journey along with those who listen closely and without any reservations. The Gyro Gearlooses of music, those who seek new sounds nobody has ever heard before passionately. They build new instruments, work with everyday drones, and in doing so transform noise into sound. A film that will make you listen with your eyes and see with your ears. Unexpectedly sensual.
Director: Gitta Gsell
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin
Jörg A. Hoppe, Heiko Lange, Germany, 2015, 92′
Lumiere cinema (3, Hrushevskoho Str.), June 17, 21:00
Music, art and chaos in the wild West-Berlin of the 1980s. The walled-in city became the creative melting pot for sub- and pop-culture. Before the iron curtain fell, everything and anything seemed possible. B-MOVIE is a fast-paced collage of mostly unreleased film and TV footage from a frenzied but creative decade, starting with punk and ending with the Love Parade, in a city where the days are short and the nights are endless. Where it was not about long-term success, but about living for the moment – the here and now.
Jamala.UA
Anna Akulevych, Ukraine, 2017, music documentary
Lumiere cinema (3, Hrushevskoho Str.), June 18, 15:00
Jamala.UA documentary is directed by Ukrainian Anna Akulevych. Work over the film was started before it became known who would represent Ukraine at the Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm. The film embraces the period from the start of preparations to the song contest until a few weeks after the event, when Jamala returns home with the victory. The movie lifts the veil off the usual on-stage and TV image of the star, showing a person with a strong character and principles, doubts and dissatisfaction with herself, weaknesses and tenderness, but always devoted to music.
Gimme Danger
Jim Jarmusch, USA, 2016, 110’, the story of The Stooges, one of the greatest rock-n-roll bands of all time.
Lumiere cinema (3, Hrushevskoho Str.), June 18, 21:00
Gimme Danger is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Jim Jarmusch about the band The Stooges.
Emerging from Ann Arbor Michigan amidst a countercultural revolution, The Stooges’ powerful and aggressive style of rock-n-roll blew a crater in the musical landscape of the late 1960s. Assaulting audiences with a blend of rock, blues, R&B, and free jazz, the band planted the seeds for what would be called punk and alternative rock in the decades that followed. Gimme Danger chronicles the story of The Stooges, one of the greatest rock-n-roll bands of all time. Gimme Danger presents the context of the Stooges emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relates their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy.