SIMS, in collaboration with BalCan CrossOver, is hosting a screening of the Bosnian film Stigmas (Stigme) which unveils the complex issues surrounding collective memory and intergenerational trauma of the countries of the Western Balkans. After the screening, there will be a discussion where we will dive deeper into the topic of collective memory and its perception across […]
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Docs Screening: Sudan and Western Sahara – Neglected Crisis in Africa
As part of this year’s Africa Week, the Center for African Studies invites you to an early evening of documentary films that focus on two current crises in Africa that are systematically overlooked by the Western world. A series of shorter documentaries will show the audience the long-lasting conflict in the Western Sahara/Sahrawi Republic as well as […]
ONLINE: Social Screenings: Ways of Seeing, John Berger – Part 2 (1972)
Berger offers a master-class in how to interpret images through a historical materialist lens. Famously, he did so in an extremely accessible, enjoyable way; for Berger, being able to expose the ideologies and the history of class struggles which shape ideology was a practical tool, and one that had to be available to the masses if it is to […]
Social Screenings: Ways of Seeing, John Berger – Part 1 (1972)
Berger offers a master-class in how to interpret images through a historical materialist lens. Famously, he did so in an extremely accessible, enjoyable way; for Berger, being able to expose the ideologies and the history of class struggles which shape ideology was a practical tool, and one that had to be available to the masses if it is to […]
Screening POLY XENI
The film’s story begins in 1955 in Constantinople. A nineteen-year-old girl Polyxeni has to leave her younger brother and is adopted by a wealthy family. Her new life begins – she studies, grows up, and falls in love. After the death of her foster father, she is left with a considerable inheritance – another challenge in her life.
Screening of Turkish Movie “Set Off”
Small Hall Documentary Monday English Friendly Gitmek, deu-tur, 2019, 63 min, Director: MUSTAFA EMIN BÜYÜKCOSKUN Sound:kurdish, turkish English subtitles The city of Kobani lies in Syria on the border of the sphere of influence of the Islamic State, Turkey and the Kurds. Representatives of these three opposing parties battled it out between the years 2014 […]
Middle East Movie Nights: Crossing the Bridge
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies cordially invites everyone interested to a screening of the film Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul with a follow-up discussion. Annotation: The award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at […]
FRANKENREADS at Kampus Hybernska
2018 marks the anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – the novel first appeared in January 1818. Join us for a special Frankenstein reading and screening at the fantastic Kampus Hybernská. You may also want to sign up for a short reading from Shelley’s timeless novel (Doodle link). Frankenreads (https://frankenreads.org/) is an international celebration of the 200th anniversary […]
Iranian Document Screening and Discussion with Directors (Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam)
A special screening of the Iranian documentary film, Diplomasi e Shekastnapazir e Aghaye Naderi (Invincible Diplomacy of Mr Naderi), followed by a discussion with the directors, Behtash Sanaeeha, and Maryam Moghaddam. Mr. Naderi, a Tehran-based entrepreneur, has all money can buy except his biggest dream – that all wars come to an end, namely the one between Iran and USA. […]
Blames and Flames, Wedding: A Film – Screening of Two Iranian Films and Discussion with the Director
A special screening of two Iranian documentary films (Wedding: A Film and Blames and Flames) followed by a discussion with the director Mohammadreza Farzad. Wedding: A Film A personal, poetic essay in which Mohammadreza Farzad tries to understand the institution and concept of marriage. He plays his own wedding video over and over again to look for early signs […]
Middle East Movie Night
Commented screening of the documentary movie “Crossing the Bridge”, directed by Faith Akın (2005). Hosted by Ebru Akcasu and Michal Láznička, Institute of the Near Eastern and African Studies, Faculty of Arts.
