“What's Art Doc?” introduces Lithuanian documentary “The Bug Trainer”
Updated 2008-11-20
22 November, 2 December 2008. The second festival of European documentaries, which takes place in London from 18 November to 8 December, chooses this year its subject artists who cross boundaries and, in their work, invent a universal language. Spread over several venues, What's Art Doc? offers an eclectic panorama of documentaries profiling painters, musicians, dancers, singers and other artists, or their collaborators, who talk freely about their inspiration, their relationship to the world and to their audience.
Lithuanian entry this year is the new documentary “The Bug Trainer” (2008) on Ladislas Starewitch (1882 – 1965), dubbed the ‘European Disney’, a pioneer in stop-motion puppet animation and one of film’s great forgotten geniuses. His career took him from Lithuania, to Russia and then France.
His breathtakingly beautiful and imaginative films are often set in the insect kingdom – hence the title of this playful documentary which seeks to 'decode' the man through his art.
The Bug Trainer (Vabzdžių dresuotojas, Era Film)
Lithuania/Poland | 2008 | col | 53 mins | dir.s Rasa Miškinytė, Donatas Ulvydas, Lina Augutis & Marek Skrobeki, the film has been an official selection of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Produced by Rasa Miškinytė, Era Film, co-produced by Se-ma-for Film Production (Poland),
NHK (Japan), AVRO (The Netherlands), YLE Co-productions (Finland).
Lithuania/Poland | 2008 | col | 53 mins | dir.s Rasa Miškinytė, Donatas Ulvydas, Lina Augutis & Marek Skrobeki, the film has been an official selection of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Produced by Rasa Miškinytė, Era Film, co-produced by Se-ma-for Film Production (Poland),
NHK (Japan), AVRO (The Netherlands), YLE Co-productions (Finland).
The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), EU countries and their embassies, with the support of the European Commission Representation in the UK, invite you to discover these remarkable films, many presented by their subjects and directors who will travel to meet London audiences.
The Bug Trainer (please note two screenings)
Date: Saturday, 22 November 2008
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: La Médiathèque, Institut français du Royaume-Uni
Address: 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT
Box Office: 020 7073 1350
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: La Médiathèque, Institut français du Royaume-Uni
Address: 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT
Box Office: 020 7073 1350
Ticket price: £3
AND
Date: Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Chisenhale Gallery
Address: 64 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ
Tel: 020 8981 4518
Chisenhale intro by Rasa Miškinytė (Producer)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Chisenhale Gallery
Address: 64 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ
Tel: 020 8981 4518
Chisenhale intro by Rasa Miškinytė (Producer)
Admission: Free
For more information on the festival please visit: http://www.europe.org.uk/artdoc/lithuania/
