“This tape is dedicated to the life of one of the brightest representatives of American pop art and street art, a symbol of freedom and madness of new York in the 1980s. Haring adorned with his graffiti in the subway, drawing on the body of grace Jones, made costumes for Madonna, was friends with Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. By age 25 he was in all the magazines, and in 31 he died – but left his cheerful works that entered the language of pop culture along with prints of Warhol and logo I love NY”, – is spoken in the message of the Beat Film Festival. The premiere, which will be supported by Karo. Art, planned to start in the first minutes of 1 August – the date when the Moscow cinemas will officially open for spectators.
live shows of the Beat Film Festival will also be held in summer cinema Garage Screen, the documentary film Centre, Moschino Museon and Karo Hermitage. The organizers promise that all the festival’s venues will meet the requirements of social distancing and other security measures.
a Few days ago Beat Film Festival announced its major national contest and a full list of programs, including music, and – combined with a summer cinema Garage Screen.
In the National competition Beat Film Festival, the audience will see the film project “Spring”, which brought together 14 stories of people who were able to take out the spring experience isolation, something important and valuable, feature film about fans of anime, comics, and other representatives of the Russian geek community “Secondary world” and the tape “No show” on one of the biggest theatrical projects in recent years – the production of “homeland” in the Center. Meyerhold. The program also includes short films about modern youth culture: the Russian Chronicles skateboarding from the first Cup of the Union in 1991 to the present day (“Flip”); the story of the Flammable Beats DJs, club Moscow accustom the public to soul, funk and hip-hop (“matchbox”); sketch of a life in a society of censorship from the well-known graffiti crew A. D. E. D. (Wasted).
in addition, the competition includes works about music: “Landscapes of Rivers (and other ways to speak with yourself)” – about the life of musicians, outsiders and “Keiji Heino” on the Japanese legend of experimental rock, as well as the tape of the theater Studio “Circle II”, working with particular actors (“playing in Garbage”).
Partner of the National contest – Moschino: cinema network will be the venues for the premiere of the film program. Moschino will be awarded a special prize for the best display of relevant trends in the culture and heroes of the Beat Film Festival in modern Moscow.
Describe in a nutshell on the movies, which can be viewed at the festival, in particular. In the music program. Tape “Dream max Richter” immerses an 8-hour album of the protagonist of “Sleep”. Live performance the audience listened to lying in bed, on the verge between sleep and b��testowanie. The Painting “Michael Hutchence: Mystify!” biography of the charismatic frontman for Australian band INXS, which explores the trajectory of his life, ending by suicide and at the same time resurrecting the spirit of the rock scene of the 1980s.
the Film “Throbbing Gristle: Another, the same as me” reveals little-known details of the formation of the gang Genesis P-Orridge. “White Riot” says that the violent punk scene of Britain of the 1970s, for example, The Clash, Buzzcocks, Sham 69 and the protest energy, which were loaded with musicians who spoke out against the racism. “Apollo” is a film, the scene of which is Harlem concert hall, which became a symbol of African-American music. Special screenings “Apollo” on the Beat Film Festival, held in partnership with the online cinema Amediateka. The film “Swans: Where Does a Body End?” includes 40 years of history of the legendary band Swans and its leader Michael Giro.
we Can safely recommend the viewers not to miss such works as “Last and first men” is a ribbon of Icelandic composer Johan Johannsson, adaptation of the fiction novel of 1930 about the end of humanity and voiced by Tilda Swinton. After the premiere the film will be released in limited release in our country.
“bloody nose, empty pockets” – the movie-the happening, hosted by the Directors-experimenters bill and Ross Turner. “The American sector” – travel Directors-researchers Pacho Velez and Courtney Stevens of the United States in search of fragments of the Berlin wall. “Creston” – the film about the commune of rappers who settled in the wilderness of Colorado and serving as a signal outward through the app Soundcloud and Instagram. The festival will take place session of questions and answers c Directors, organised with the support of the U.S. Embassy.
