Večer animiranih filmov: Jalal Maghout

Predvajanju filmov bo sledil pogovor z avtorjem, ki ga bo vodila Andreja Hribernik, direktorica Koroške galerije likovnih umetnosti. Pogovor bo potekal v angleščini, filmi se bodo predvajali z angleškimi podnapisi.

Jalal Maghout, filmski ustvarjalec sirskih korenin, trenutno živi in dela v Berlinu. Diplomski študij za vizualno komunikacijo je končal na univerzi v Damasku, kjer je nekaj časa tudi poučeval. Trenutno nadaljuje magistrski študij s področja filma na Berlinski univerzi. S filmi je sodeloval na različnih festivalih animiranega filma, kot so Dok-Leipzig, Carrefour Du Cinéma d'Animation-Paris, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Animafest Zagreb in ANNECY International Animation Film Festival.

Jalal Maghout is an independent filmmaker from Syria who started his film career after receiving a bachelor's degree in visual communication from Damascus University 2010, where he was also a teacher, before moving to Berlin in 2013. Currently, he is working on his master-film in Berlin. He has produced and directed a variety of short animated films that were played at festivals around the world, including his most recent film "Suleima"- an animated documentary which has been selected amongst others for: Dok-Leipzig, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and ANNECY International Animation Film Festival.

Projekcije filmov Jalala Maghouta/Projections of the Films by Jalal Maghout:

# Selfie Attempt (2016, 1’11’’)

# Streben (2017, 1’27’’)

# Canvas on Mixed Media (2013, 5’12’’)

# Suleima (2014, 15’04’’)

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Poskus selfija / Selfie Attempt

"Poskus selfija predstavlja težko nalogo. Katera stran je bolj natančna: katero obliko sebe naj prikažem? Ali sem lahko sploh pri miru? Ali je sploh možno prikazat sebe? Poskus selfija je dejansko spokus predstaviti svoj portret v nekem časovnem kontekstu. Navdih za projekt izvira iz prošnje nekoga, da si izposodi en dan mojega življenja, da bi videli, kako izgleda. Ta video ponazarja tudi težke izkušnje z migrano in glavoboli"

"An attempt to take a selfie, could be an exhausting mission. Which side of myself- or more precise: which self of me should it capture? But can it actually be still? Is it able anyway to be captured? A Selfie Attempt, is a try to present a self-portrait in a temporal context, was inspired by a request from someone, who asked to borrow one day from my life, to see how it would look like for them. In addition, this video tries to visualize a tough experience with migraine headaches."


Stremenje / Strive

"Doživljenjsko stremenje za nečim, kar je dejansko sam konec."

"A lifelong striving for something which is apparently the ending itself."


Have a Nice Dog

Izolacija včasu vojne, osamljenost zaradi odhoda prijateljev in družine, neka odtujenost drugače znanih konceptov, ljudi in prostora, vzbuja občutke, ki so pogosto zamaskirani ali celo nerazumljivo oddaljeni. Film govori o soočenju z posledicami tega vedno spreminjajočega se stanja, raziskuje odnos protagonistov, človeka in psa, do spomina v govorjenem in v vizualnem jeziku.

Isolation, during a time of war, loneliness through the departure of friends and family, and an unfamiliarity of concepts, people, and places which had been known bring about a variety of feelings which are often masked, or even incomprehensibly remote. This film is a confrontation with the effects of these constantly changing sattes, their relation to the memory are explored by the protagonists, human and dog, in a language spoken and visual.


Platno na mešanih tehnikah / Canvas on Mixed Media

"Vrane so bolj človeške kot si mislimo. Obstaja mnogo logičnih razlag zakaj to bitje ni neko slabo znamenje. Četudi smo vraževerni in obdani z uničenjem, danes še vedno prosimo to žival za upanje in rešitev. V tem filmu vran ne zbira svetlečih predmetov. Svetleči predmeti se avtomatsko zbirajo na nekem osamljenem prostoru, namesto, da bi zadevali svoje tarče. Potujejo v temno točko daleč proč, da se lahko nadaljeuje življenje.

"Crows are more humane than we think. There are many logical reasons to explain why this creature is not a bad omen. Today, even if we believe in the traditional superstition, in the midst of the surrounding destruction, we still beg for hope and salvation from this ominous creature. Here, the crow no longer collects shiny things. Shiny things automatically make their way to a deserted place instead of hitting their targets. They travel to a dark spot far away so that life can continue."


Suleima

Suleima je ženska, ki je bila del Sirske revolucije od njenih začetkov. Dvakrat zaprta še vedno izreka: "Raje umrem, kot da vidim, da koga aretirajo, brez da bi skušala pomagati."

Suleima is a woman who has been a part of the Syrian revolution since its beginning. Twice detained, she states : "I'd rather die than see someone arrested without trying to help."
 

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Projekcije filmov so del projekta Čas za zgodbe. Projekt Čas za zgodbe povezuje pet evropskih organizacij: založbo Izvori, d. o. o., iz Zagreba, organizacijo Inter-kulturo, d. o. o., iz Maribora, Avstrijsko društvo za otroško psihologijo iz Gradca (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinderphilosophie), podjetje Studio Gaus GmbH iz Berlina ter Koroško galerijo likovnih umetnosti. Različni partnerji v projektu predstavljajo platformo za izvedbo aktivnosti, ki je usmerjena k vzpostavljanju in utrjevanju medkulturnega dialoga.