June 4~25 at 6:30 PM at Pratt Manhattan (144 West 14th Street, Second Floor, Room 213)
International Films Screened at Pratt Manhattan as Part of Global Cinema Series
Amy Guggenheim, a writer/director, filmmaker, and Pratt Institute adjunct associate professor, has curated and produced nine film screenings as part of Global Cinema Salon (TM), an international screening series that brings together emerging and established filmmakers, multimedia artists, writers, and speakers to stimulate creative dialogue through independent film. The program, titled “Summer Screening Speaker Series: What Makes Us (In) Human,” includes films by filmmakers and multimedia artists from seven countries that address the elusive social and natural forces that drive people to extreme acts of love and destruction. Each film screening will be followed by a live Q&A with the directors about their vision, culture, and field. Films will be screened at 6:30 PM at Pratt Manhattan at 144 West 14th Street, Second Floor, Room 213, unless otherwise noted, and are free and open to the public. The series is co-presented with Pratt’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Seating is limited.
The seven filmmakers include: Milcho Manchevski (Macedonia/New York); Mariette Montpiere (Guadalupe/France); Elena Bychokova (Russia); Noritoshi Hirakawa (Japan/New York), Taezoo Park (Korea); Cuong Ngo (Vietnam/Canada); Anton Koskov (Russia),and Lucy Walker (Japan/UK)
June 4: Milcho Manchevski; Mothers
June 6: 1:30 PM and 4 PM: Haolin Shu; No. 89 Shimen Road
June 11: 1:30 PM and 4 PM: Min Ah Baek; “Video Gestures” (Artist Talk)
June 11: Mariette Montpiere; Elza the Film
June 13: 3 PM: Elena Bychkova; Express-Course of Buddhism
June 15: 6 PM: Noritoshi Hirakawa; “The Human Gesture” (Master Class)
June 18: 4 PM: Taezoo Park; “Human Spaces” (Artist Talk)
June 18: Cuong Ngo; Pearls of the Far East. Moderated by Elizabeth Shim, GlobalAsianCulture.com
June 20: 3 PM: Anton Koskov; The Abyss
June 25: Lucy Walker; The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom. Followed by a panel, titled “Artists and Designers Respond,” with architect Yutaka Takiura and others.
A closing reception will be held after Lucy Walker’s screening on Monday, June 25, at Pratt Manhattan, Room 213 with food, drink, and networking. The closing reception is co-presented with Pratt Institute’s Center for Sustainable Design Studies.
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