SMART Cinema | Films in Premiere Wristcutters, a Love Story dir. Goran Dukic (US / Eng 2006, 88 min) Thursday 8 January, 20.15 hrs Location: Auditorium, level 1 Zia is distraught over the break up with his girlfriend and decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers there is no real end; his afterlife is strikingly similar to his previous life, only a bit worse. Discovering his ex-girlfriend has also “offed” herself, he embarks on a road trip with a Russian rocker to find her. With a cameo apperarance by Tom Waits, \'Wristcutters, a Love Story\' is an unusual, intelligent, morbidly wacky and razor sharp comedy packed with absurd twists and black humour. Nominated for the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. Winner of the audience award at the Winsconsin Film Festival, the Philadelphia Film Festival and Ashland Independent Film Festival.

TUESDAY JANUARY 13th @ CAVIA THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966) Directed by Gillo Ponteccorvo 121 minutes In Italian/French/Arabic with ENGLISH subtitles Probably one of the most influential political films to date, the Battle of Algiers vividly recreates a key year in the violent Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. When violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafes, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of their prisoners. Shot in a riveting documentary style of filmmaking this movie is a tour de force on the subject of terrorism. Acknowledged as one of the most powerful films ever made, its on many critics top ten lists for greatest films in the history of cinema. Its vital, dramatic, inventive and sincere. It developed its own new style of filmmaking, it has some great naturalistic acting, brilliant editing and a powerful soundtrack. If only one percent of the junk that comes off the HOLLYWOOD assembly line was as fresh and incredible as this film! It should be noted that in fact many of the \'actors\' that were used had been the real freedom fighters during the war for liberation. And despite the fact that the cast was made up of non-professional actors, its had a deep influence on directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Steven Soderbergh (the style of TRAFFIC was totally lifted from this film), Julien schnabel, Spike Lee and Oliver Stone. Indeed its a mandatory film for any cinema lover to experience. The film\'s impact was so incendiary that when it first came out it was banned in France. And what is surreal is the fact that in 2003, in the \"war against terror\", the PENTAGON screened this film in order to see what strategy they should use to combat terrorists in Iraq! In fact the film is still strikingly similar to current events today in the middle east. Ciné INTERZONE Filmhuis Cavia- Van Hallstraat 52-B Time: 20:30 Membership 3 Euros

Impakt Event: Joost Rekveld Datum: Woensdag 28 januari 2009, 19:00 uur Locatie: Filmtheater ‘t Hoogt, zaal 1, Hoogt 4, Utrecht Entrée: 8,- Euro (CJP/U-pas, 65+, student: 7 Euro) Reserveren: via [email protected] of 030 - 232 83 88 Joost Rekveld (1970) houdt zich sinds 1991 bezig met het maken van abstracte films en lichtinstallaties, waarbij hij oorspronkelijk uitging van het idee van een visuele muziek voor het oog. Zijn films zijn vaak geïnspireerd door nu nog maar zelden betreden zijpaden in de geschiedenis van wetenschap en technologie. Veel van zijn werk tot nu toe is gebaseerd op verschillende vormen van \'scanning\' of op concepten die zijn gerelateerd aan de vroege geschiedenis van optica en perspectief. Zijn interesse in de ruimtelijke aspecten van licht leidde tot meer theatrale en architecturale vormen van werk. De laatste tijd raakt hij steeds meer verwikkeld in activiteiten die doen denken aan cybernetica, artificial life en robotische architectuur. Joost Rekveld werkte vaak samen in theaterprojecten, vaak met dansgroep Emio Greco | PC en muziektheater ensemble De Veenfabriek. Als curator stelde hij programma’s samen voor onder andere Sonic Acts (Sonic Light) en het Filmmuseum (4D in het Filmmuseum). Ook geeft hij les en is hij hoofd van de Interfaculteit ArtScience van het Koninklijk Conservatorium en de Koninklijke Academie in Den Haag. Joost Rekveld zal op dit Event ‘#37’, zijn nieuwste film vertonen. ‘#37’ is genomineerd voor de Tiger Award 2009 voor de beste korte film. Joost Rekveld wordt geïnterviewd door Maria Verstappen en zal aan de hand van zijn eigen films en \'Kosmos\' van Thorsten Fleisch en \'Lapis\' van James Whitney praten over zijn methodes en zijn ideeën.

Al tien jaar werk ik in de film industrie in Bulgarije. ik zou willen Voorstellen Bulgarije als een prachtige en zeker wat goedkoper land voor film makers. Wij hebben verschillende films geproduceerd in Bulgarije zo als Amerikaans, Indish, Italianns Beste Neerlandse collega\'s u bent hartelijke welkome om contact met me op te nemen en alle vragen te stelen. Ik denk dat het spannend zou zijn om een Nederlandse project in Bulgarije uit te voeren.

voormalig theatertechnicus met talenknobbel en enige ervaring in decorbouw biedt zich aan als creatief duizendpoot voor laswerk, timmerwerk, schilderwerk, naaiwerk, lichtassistentie etc.etc. Betrouwbaar, flexibel en in bezit van een zeer goed ontwikkeld improvisatietalent. Heb als zzp\'er recentelijk medewerking verleend aan \'Korenslag\' en \'de Ultieme Woondroom\'

Rialto & Binger Inspire: January 13, 2009 Inspiration - that sometimes elusive, but fundamentally necessary spark to fire the beginning of any creative project. What do filmmakers do, or where do they look to get inspired? And once an idea has taken hold, how is it then turned into a plan, and action? True to tradition Amsterdam film theatre Rialto and Binger Filmlab present an inspired evening’s screening and conversation with international filmmakers developing their feature film projects in the Binger’s Script Development Programme. On January 13, Australian screenwriter and journalist Matthew Curlewis will coax three filmmakers into sharing a few of their secrets about where they find inspiration. Paola Morabito (Australia), Adrian Sitaru (Romania) and Barney Elliott (US) will each show one of their prizewinning short films, and by also showing some excerpts from other films that inspired them, give some insight into the creative choices they made. The short films are respectively My Sister and I (2006, shortlist Cannes Film Festival 2007), Waves (2007, Golden Leopard Locarno Film Festival, Official Selection Sundance Film Festival), and True Colours (2006, shown at festivals worldwide, won a.o. The Special Jury Prize of Premiers Plans Film Festival in France). Inspiration Night is for film lovers, and anyone else curious about creativity. Audience discussion and interaction will be warmly encouraged. Rialto & Binger Inspiration Night: January 13, 2009 at 7.30 pm Reservation advised! Tickets can be reserved at: 020 – 676 8700 or are available at Rialto’s box office. Tickets for Inspiration Night are: 8 euro Rialto - Ceintuurbaan 338 - De Pijp, Amsterdam