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Film of the Week: Concrete Stories

date:
29.08.2010

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Currently in production, Concrete Stories by director Lorenz Findeisen and producer Veronika Janatková recounts the history of concrete and the stories of people living in high-rise buildings in various countries across Europe. In 2008, the film attended Ex Oriente Film and was pitched at the East European Forum.

The documentary project Concrete Stories attended the international workshop Ex Oriente Film 2008 and was pitched to international funders at the East European Forum 2008.

You can apply for the upcoming East European Forum (October 21 - 28, 2010, Jihlava, Czech Republic) until September 3, 2010. More details available here.

CONCRETE STORIES
Work-in-progress
Czech Republic, France, Germany, 75 min, Beta, HD

Director: Lorenz Findeisen
Producer: Karla Stojáková, Veronika Janatková
Original Idea: Lorenz Findeisen, Mirek Škultéty
Script: Lorenz Findeisen, Mirek Škultéty
Cinematography: Sebastian Zurita

Both a capitalist invention and a Soviet symbol, the concrete slab buildings link a whole destiny of people. A film about a shared reality. In Concrete Stories, people from different countries who live in concrete buildings tell their stories as they relate to industrial housing in the time of clashing ideologies between East and West. The film puts forward a European story of standardization that has ruled the lives of entire generations. We compare spaces and public interests of the time, the tenants in different countries become virtual neighbours. The documentary aims to connect various stories from all around Europe to erase the stigma concrete panel buildings often have, by relating their historical and European meaning.

date:
29.08.2010

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