BIEFF #7 | Winners and Highlights

about 86 months ago (04/16/2017)

BIEFF #7 | Winners and Highlights - The re:art BIEFF #7 | Winners and Highlights Created under the token of the ancient Mayan greeting In Lak’ech Ala K’in (You Are Another Me), the 7th edition of the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF , held between March 28th and April 2nd, 2017, was a success and consisted of outstanding films raising debate around the notion of border and proposing “a denial of barriers – those between individuals, but also those of the cinematic language.” BIEFF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION | WINNERS AND FAVORITES This year, the international competition focused on five major themes – You Are Another Me, The Politics of the Body, Searching for Transcendence, The Alchemy of the Frame, Cutting the Cord. There was a thorough selection of visually stunning, awe-inspiring, bold and thought-provoking short films dealing with the pressing challenges of the present while inviting to meditation and empathy: (1) the image of the other as perceived in relation to recent social and political contexts; (2) identity and self-presentation, gender stereotypes, the culturally-constructed ideas and social norms defining what is normal/ acceptable/ beautiful; (3) recollected or immediate experiences beyond the known reality; (4) deconstructing and creatively rethinking the cinematic image and discourse; (5) family bonds and discontents. The jury was formed by Nora Molitor – Representative of Berlinale Forum Expanded and Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art, Paolo Moretti – Selection Committee member of FIDMarseille and program advisor for ​​Visions du Réel, and Boglárka Nagy – the programmer of Elvire Popesco Cinema in Bucharest and responsible for the film projects of the Institut Français in Romania.

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