Table of contents - Balkan Trafik Festival

Programme
THURSDAY 12 APRIL – Opening night
MUSIC
19:00 & 22:15 Folkdance Xheladin Zeqiri from Tetovo (MK – Horta Hall)
CINEMA
20:00 Première Alps – Yorgos Lanthimos (Hall M)
In the presence of the director
A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach have formed a
service for hire. They stand in for dead people by appointment, hired
by the relatives, friends or colleagues of the deceased. The
company is called Alps. Their leader, the paramedic, calls himself
Mont Blanc. Although Alps members operate under a disciplined
regime demanded by their leader, the nurse does not.
With Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris, Ariane Labed
Greece, 2011, 93’, Greek – Subtitles: English
Venice International Film Festival 2011, Competition
Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, where he studied directing for film and television. Since 1995,
he has directed a series of videos for dance-theatre companies, television commercials, music videos,
short films and theatre plays. In 2011, he staged Chekhov's Platonov at the Greek National Theatre.
His first film Kinetta (2005) screened at the Toronto and Berlin Film Festivals to critical acclaim. His
sophomore feature Kynïdontas (Dogtooth) won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2009 Cannes Film
Festival, followed by numerous awards at festivals worldwide. It was also nominated for the Best
Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 2011 Academy Awards.
FRIDAY 13 APRIL
MUSIC
18:45 Ensemble Dropulli of Gjirokaster & special guest Josif Shukallari (AL – Hall M)
© 2012 Strange Milena - SOFAM Belgium
Video: http://youtu.be/CXJMOhjQ2nU
The folk arts group Dropulli comes from the southern city of
Gjirokastër, the centre of Albanian iso-polyphony, a strange
form of part-singing that is closely related to the polyphony
found over the border in Greece. It is no coincidence that the
members of Dropulli all belong to the Greek minority in Albania.
They are joined for the occasion by Josif Shukallari, the
Albanian master of the plaintive clarinet, who comes from the
Permet district, where he livens up weddings and all sorts of
festivities.
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