Program – Bitola film center 2019

FIRST FORUM OF UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES OF FILM The Role of Innovation and Education in the Local Development of Cities

PROGRAM

4 July 2019
The arrival of participants in the afternoon
-19:00 Opening ceremony
-19:20 Screening of the restored film “A Special Day” by Ettore Scola (110 min) in collaboration with CSC (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia from Rome
Speaker Maria Coletti (CSC – National Film Archive, Rome)
Moderator Mirjana Ristovska

-21:30 Welcome cocktail

5 July 2019
– 10:00 Opening session
-10:30 Presentation and introduction to UNESCO Creative Cities of Film
Speakers Natalie Moore (Bristol UNESCO City of Film)
Alan Duggan (Galway UNESCO City of Film)
Piotr Kulesza (Łódź UNESCO City of Film)
Maria Coletti (CSC – National Film Archive, Rome)
Rachel Bottomley (Bradford UNESCO City of Film)
Bilyana Genova and Diana Andreeva (Sofia UNESCO City of Film)

Moderator Angelina Stanojoska

-11:30 Coffee break
-11:45 Panel discussion: How innovation in technology and education can help local development of cities
Speakers Natalie Moore (Bristol City of Film)
Alan Duggan (Galway City of Film)
Piotr Kulesza (Łódź City of Film)
Rachel Bottomley (Bradford UNESCO City of Film)
Bilyana Genova and Diana Andreeva (Sofia UNESCO City of Film)
Ljupco Smilev (Ministry of Culture)
Maria Coletti (CSC – National Film Archive, Rome)
Moderator Angelina Stanojoska

-13:00 Case studies: Sharing successful stories and practices:
– Arthur Le Gall (KEA European Affairs, Brussels)
-Vladimir Angelov, director of Cinemateque of North Macedonia
– Petar Kotevski, Macedonian Game Development Association – MAGDA Bitola and KAMAi Media Bitola
– Sasha Stanishik, Department of Film and Digital Media of the University of Audiovisual Arts EFTA Skopje
* Between the case studies, three short films from the Busan Intercity Film Festival, South Korea will be screened
PC Busan
Fiction┃Color┃12min┃2018┃Busan
Through Our Look
Fiction┃Color┃10min┃2018┃Busan
The Last Sunshine
Fiction┃Color┃20min┃2018┃Busan

-18:00 *Screening of the first Macedonian film in color “Macedonia in Pictures” by Arsenij Jovkov
*Screening of the documentary film “Manaki – Story in Pictures” by Robert Jankulovski
*Screening of a film from the Łódź Film School Archive

Information

THE VENUES
City Hall Bitola
Boulevard 1-vi Maj, No 61
7000 Bitola
+389 (47) 234 234
www.bitola.gov.mk

Center of Culture – Bitola
Shirok Sokak b.b.
7000 Bitola
+389 (47) 233 419
centarzakultura.com

ORGANISATION COMMITTEE
Film Center Bitola
Shirok Sokak 37
7000 Bitola
+389 (79) 233 176
centarzafilmbitola@gmail.com
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