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LINES by Barbora Sliepková

Lines depicts the everyday hustle and bustle of contemporary Bratislava, an exemplary post-socialist city whose inhabitants cope with the constant grind of urban construction, collapsing traffic and rising housing prices, in addition to their own woes. Blanka is a woman in her 50s, as alone in her apartment as in her life. Matuš, a young and motivated activist, hopes to become a municipal councillor despite his lack of marketing savvy. A cool real estate agent sells the dream of a happy life through Bratislava apartments. Two road workers paint traffic markings and when their shift is over, they drink beer in their boarding rooms and ponder the indifference of the city inhabitants. Danko, a queer music composer, lives in the city center with his mother in a modest flat. He takes long walks, listening to urban sounds, trying to capture the rhythm around him.

NO PLANET B

“No Planet B”: this slogan has been popularized in recent years by environmental movements and several international political figures. In Marie Fages’ ATÉR, an art film in the vein of Bertrand Mandico or René Laloux, a woman living on our ​“withered planet” sets out in search of supposedly miraculous lunar energy. With our world in danger, we are faced with the question of how to inhabit it. In Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines, filmmakers Ryan Mah and Danny Berish focus on an architect who champions the idea that buildings must blend into their natural environment. The underlying notion of respect is also present in Yollotl (Heart): director Fernando Colin Roque delicately celebrates two thousand-year-old trees whose strength and fragility are equally apparent…

FRANCOPHONIE EN FÊTE !

Redécouvrez, à travers cette programmation, quelques un·e·s de celles et ceux qui font vibrer la langue française d’hier à aujourd’hui

Par la force de leurs mots et la singularité de leur regard, ces artistes francophones insufflent au français une portée poétique, sensible et engagée. De la plume affûtée de Marguerite Yourcenar à l’univers troublant de Gaétan Soucy, de la sensibilité cinématographique de Jennifer Alleyn à l’élan créateur de Raôul Duguay et d’Anne-Marie Tougas, toutes et tous font résonner la langue avec éclat. Cette programmation est une invitation à plonger dans leurs œuvres et à célébrer le français comme espace vivant de création.

A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL TOOL

ARTS.FILM aims to become a major partner for universities across the province and the country.

Documentaries, fictions, biographical films, art films and videos, artistic and musical performances — ARTS.FILM offers online access to these teaching resources for more than twenty disciplines: cinema, dance, visual arts, poetry, architecture, animation, photography, art history, performance, music, and more.

By building strong ties with the academic community, we aim to solidify a heartfelt and intellectual connection with teachers and students by offering them privileged access to the only art film platform in the country.