Projection of “Work in Progress” by José Luis Guerín as part of the “Film Upside Down” program at Tuškanac Cinema on November 6.
Written by Boris on 2021-10-29
“Work in Progress,” a Spanish film from 2001, is the first documentary to be screened and awarded at international festivals alongside feature films, breaking a previously insurmountable barrier and initiating the trend of creative documentaries that is becoming increasingly prominent in world cinema today. The success of “Work in Progress” demonstrated that a different kind of film is possible: a different type of film crew, full of young people gaining experience, and a different, innovative dramaturgical strategy that has become part of the film community’s legacy.
A breakthrough film in the work of one of the most important contemporary Spanish directors, José Luis Guerín, it is one of those European masterpieces that has the potential, with its complexity and brilliant treatment of the medium, to be an example and inspiration. We have chosen it also because it shows how an event in a neighborhood can change relationships, hierarchies, and statuses, and how such a change can impact the city as a whole, like some form of urban homeopathy.
And how was a documentary made that manages to portray its protagonists as if they were in a feature film, and how did it manage to extract such an interesting, tense, and clear story arc from a chaotic neighborhood in Barcelona? We will discuss this after the screening.
This free club film gathering is intended for all young film enthusiasts aged 12 to 18 who are ready to watch and study films – all upside down – and will be held at Tuškanac Cinema on November 6 from 3 PM to 6 PM.
The leader of this new upside-down gathering is film director Vjeran Vukašinović.
The new year-round film club program by Shadow Casters and the FROOOM! film school for children and young people, “Film Upside Down,” is held in partnership with Tuškanac Cinema and the Croatian Film Association as part of the CinEd 2.0 project, on the first Saturday of every month during the 2021/2022 school year. In each three-hour gathering, we will watch one cult or contemporary successful European film by famous directors, but also those less known, yet very interesting, awarded, and current: films about growing up, finding one’s place in the world, or (un)planned changes – themes relevant to children and young people in the process of understanding adult life. Then we will closely examine each film, reframe it, change its ending and title, waving to the author from across the street and turning it completely upside down. Thus, we discover every first Saturday of the month all that we do not see when we “just watch a film,” and the participatory method of work by Shadow Casters with the participants shapes each workshop according to their wishes, capabilities, and interests: new exercises, quizzes, puzzles, treasure hunts, and other extreme film experiences!
Entry to the “Film Upside Down” club program is completely free, you just need to show up for the screening!
The film club is part of the EU project CinEd 2.0 and is part of the workshop activities of the FROOOM! film school for children and young people.
The CinEd 2.0 project is co-financed by the European Union – Creative Europe MEDIA, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Office for Non-Governmental Organizations of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, and the City of Zagreb.
Support for Shadow Casters: National Foundation for Civil Society Development and the Kultura Nova Foundation.
Project partners: Croatian Film Association and Tuškanac Cinema.
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