Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival has announced it’s 2024 programme which has a focus on unearthed masterpieces, contemporary features, documentaries, uncategorizable animated oddities and short film gems.
The festival runs from October 1-5 and showcases radical works of cinema at partner venues Glasgow Film Theatre, CCA Glasgow and Summerhall Edinburgh. Several screenings will also be available through the Festival’s online partner, Klassiki.
Highlights
On October 1, audiences will be able to experience the bizarre Animations of the late Eastern Bloc (1980-1997). A surgery is performed on a bust of Joseph Stalin, a yeti living in the mountains of Kazakhstan listens to the B-52s, a school of vengeful fish attacks a seaside village, and a man pawns his face to buy a lottery ticket. The screening will be followed by a free-entry opening night celebration at the CCA Glasgow’s Third Eye Bar, featuring themed cocktails and a DJ set by Kernius Linkevicius.
As a follow up to the main festival, a pop-up screening of Grigori Kromanov’s Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel (1979) will also be shown on October 19 at the Edinburgh Summerhall.
Other screenings include Juraj Herz’s masterwork of Czechoslovak New Wave, The Creamtor and screening for the first time with English subtitles, The Touch (1989).
“really absorbing, visually stunning films”
Festival curator and Festival director Harriet Idle said, “I think that this year’s programme is truly special… whether you’re a devout horror fan, have a love for animation, or want to discover some of the artistic richness produced from this part of the world. It’s such a joy for us to showcase some really absorbing, visually stunning films that don’t always receive the visibility they deserve in Scotland.”
More information on the festival can be found here
Featured Image Credit: Veronika Bobossova Raimund Felt (Image from Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel)
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