Balkan Buro is the proud presenter of a new Balkan culture festival, in the first weekend of June. Southeast Europe, a Cultural Journey is a festival that travels through several cities in Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. It's goal is to present the possible new Eu countries in the Southeast to the West of Europe. How? By presenting magnificent concerts, great food, literature and film. The festivities are spread over different venues in the city. You just make your choice!
From what? Music, we mainly present great concerts to you. Friday night, Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina wil feature the best live Gypsy music from the Balkans, with as main act the top of gypsy acts: Kocani Orchestar. Saturday is alternative: The most creative squat of Amsterdam will feature the best cult act that Serbia has to offer: Rambo Amadeus! Kriterion will show great Balkan movies on the same day. Sunday: lazy day! We'll start with some impressive writers at Brakke grond, and will continue with a greasy Serbian roast: the Balkan Barbeque! On the square in front of Brakke Grond, a Serbian cook is coming to roast the pork himself! We will collectively digest the weekend to a cinematic experience of underground music in Istanbul.
Dance, eat, enjoy, it's the Balkans to you!
PROGRAMME:
4 June | Balkan/Gypsy Feast! at Café Pakhuis Wilhelmina www.cafepakhuiswilhelmina.nl 21:00 Caspian Hat Dance (Balkan) 22:00 King Naat Veliov & the Original Kocani Orkestar (Macedonia) 23:30 DJ Cigan (Serbia)
5 June | Balkan underground sounds at Schijnheilig www.schijnheilig.org 21:00 Blazin’ Quartet (Balkan) 22:00 Rambo Amadeus (Montenegro) 23:30 Kako da Ne Collective (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Southeast European Cinema at Kriterion www.kriterion.nl 20:00 East West East (2009, Albania) in the presence of director Gjergj Xhuvani. Rakia and Meze after the film! 22:00 Dust (by Milco Mancevski, 2001, Macedonia)
6 June | Cultural Journey continues… at De Brakke Grond www.brakkegrond.nl 14:00 Author readings with Daša Drndic (Croatia), Perihan Magden (Turkey) and Nenad Velickovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 16:00 Balkan BBQ with chef Nikola Milovanovic (Serbia) and live music by trio C tot de Derde (Balkan) & "Food for Soul" 19:15 Film: Crossing the Bridge (by Fatih Akin, 2005, Turkey)
“Food for soul” by Ajvar Sisters (sunday only) In the face of all urgent matters dominating global agenda at this very moment including the last economical crisis and global warming, the primary focus of this project is Ajvar.
Under the leadership of Ira Prica and Mirjana Smolic the research group Ajvar Sisters & Associates & Son’s is committed to fostering current developments, possibilities and challenges in the various discourses of Ajvar in our contemporary post-communistc condition and new Ajvar paradigma’s.
The Ajvar Sisters are developing a framework to interactively and multidisciplinary investigate an Ajvar phenomena (i-Var) following the proverb: “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
Southeast Europe, a Cultural Journey is a project in collaboration with the European Commission.
Tickets for the events in Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, Kriterion and De Brakke Grond, can be reserved via tickets@balkanburo.org. No answer = no reservation!
The Balkan Underground Sounds night in Schijnheilig is free (donations are welcome), no reservation possible, come early!
SEE YOU THERE!!!!
4Tuned Cities
Currently we are still workingon the 'next big thing' together with partners in the Balkan to realise a cross cultural film and visual arts event. Our partners abroad are Lokomotiva in Skopje, Kriterion Sarajevo and Skena Up, Dokufest and Dit' e Nat' in Pristina. This one is still in the fundraising phase.
The first fund who awarded our project is the European Cultural Foundation through their Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture (BIFC). We are very glad and thankful to get their support.
The event is about to take place in march and april 2010 in Amsterdam/Sarajevo/Pristina & Skopje. ________________________________________________
Nachtkino From may 2nd 2009 onwards Balkan Snapshots will be part of Nachtkino inAmsterdams famous alternative cinema Kriterion! We host a monthly event of superb late-night movies, music and art affiliated to our Film Festival - to keep you updated about whats going on with the BSFF, the fim scene in the Balkans and to make you swing at night in Kriterion.
The screenings of Balkan Snapshots will be the 28th of november, 26th of december and 23d of january till now.
Check www.kriterion.nl for programme and timeschedule. ______________________________________________
Cultural Decontamination? Challenges for Art beyond National Borderlines
For the ROUTES-Award 2009 we are producing a round table discussion in De Balie (Amsterdam). Borka Pavicevic (Winnares ROUTES-Award 2009), Gal Kirn, Manja Ristic, Laurens Runderkamp, Aneta Lesnikovska and Friso Wiersum will debate the role of art in challenging populist political discourses.
The event will take place on thursday 28th of january 2009 at 20.00 hours.
More info HERE (in dutch) _______________________________________________ Balkan Snapshots Film Festival - A CREATIVE SPECTACLE
Stichting Balkan Buro and Stichting Mara organised the fourth edition of the Balkan Snapshots Film Festival, a three-day festival located in Amsterdam on October 30, 31 and November 1, 2009.
