TIFF 2010 to Award Prizes in Five Categories
Tirana Times
TIRANA, Dec 16 – The eighth edition of the Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off last Monday in a special launch ceremony which was followed by the screening of several productions competing in the short-film category.
More than 80 movies from all over the world are competing in five categories including feature films, short fiction, short experimental, short documentary and short animation are participating in the festival which is being held at Centre for Culture, Media, and Defence Publications as well as the Central State Film Archive premises.
The prize award ceremony will be held on Saturday evening, December 18.
Spanish director Juanma Bajo Ulloa is participating in the Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF) in the framework of the Spanish Cultural Autumn in Albania 2010: “Nostrum, the Mediterranean through the five senses.”
The Embassy of Spain in Tirana, which has been collaborating with the TIFF since 2006, says the acclaimed Spanish director’s arrival in Albania was marked with a workshop on “film-making” held on Wednesday at the Centre for Culture, Media, and Defence Publications, TIFF 2010 main venue.
On Friday, 17th December “La madre muerta” (“The dead mother”, 1993), directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa will be screened under the special programme section of the Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF).
Other special guests such as French producers Jean-Philippe Laroche, Serb director Boris Miti桡re participating in the eighth edition of this festival which also pays tribute to late Albanian actors Bekim Fehmiu and Llazi Serbo.
Kosovo is also participating in the festival with the “Gomeret e Kufirit” (Donkeys of the border) movie screened on Thursday at the cinema of the Central State Film Archive cinema. The movie, directed Jeton Ahmetaj, is competing in the feature film category.
For the first time, TIFF has announced a feature film competition along with its prestigious shorts program. Created in 2003, this special cultural event, the first and only one of this kind in Albania, takes place under the auspices of the National Center for Cinematography (QKK).
Electric Blue
Tirana Art Center presented the fourth artist in collaboration with Tirana International Film Festival. After the projects of Tomas Saraceno, Bert Theis and Anri Sala, Tirana Art Center introduced on Wednesday, Dec. 15, Adrian Paci’s film “Electric Blue” in collaboration with Tirana International Film Festival.
“Electric Blue” is the title of the new video work created by Adrian Paci especially for the Kunsthaus exhibition. The title is that of an erotic TV series on what had been Yugoslavia’s state channel, one of the few entertainments available under communism. This work, produced in collaboration with the Kunsthaus Graz, is situated in Paci’s hometown of Shkoder (Albania). The artist had already used that location for the production of his video “Turn On”, which was shown at the 2005 Venice Biennale and marked Adrian Paci’s international breakthrough. In “Electric Blue” Paci tells the story of a man who attempts to secure the economic survival of his family in the chaotic collapsing state that was Albania in the 1990s. But the video, approximately 15 minutes in length, is far more than a historical document. It grapples with primordial questions of humanity: with failure and the impact of war and societal rupture on humans; with the yearning for an escape from poverty; with love, sex and passion. In this video, the artist manages to create striking and impressive images of the ‘Condition humaine’ that imprint themselves on the viewer’s memory.
Adrian Paci born 1969 in Shkodra. Lives and works in Milan. He has displayed his works in dozens of international exhibitions and competitions.
