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Retrospective of animated movies of Kino Studio in Tirana Cultural Exchange to visit the repositories of Albanian State Central Archive in Tirana and view animations produced by Kino Studio during the communist regime |
Applicant(s) Dokufest |
Time and place Tirana, Albania from: 01.03.2009 till: 09.03.2009 |
Grant CHF 345.71 |
| State Central Archive repositories in Tirana, Albania, have numerous animated movies produced by Albanian authors from Kino Studio in collaboration with foreign artists. Even though it is considered that the number of Albanian animation artists has decreased considerably through time, this was not the case in the period between 1975 and 1990 when creativity in this media was in its full swing.
Given that animation is considered to have the biggest impact on education and identity development amongst children, we believe that it is important to present a retrospective of these creations to the contemporary audience of Kosovo. After viewing the entire collection, two selectors will chose several animations that would best represent a retrospective of animated movies produced at that time. Finally, the selection will be brought to Kosovo and screened at DOKUFEST as a special programme. |
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Video "Tibet" Visual Arts Production of the video |
Applicant(s) Alban Muja |
Time and place Zurich and Prishtina from: 10.11.2008 till: 30.11.2008 |
Grant CHF 2,830.00 |
| The video deals with an Albanian man from Kosovo who lives in Switzerland and bears an unusual name - Tibet.
Through this video, the author wants to present the importance of interpretation and influence of news upon global society. The news deal with tragic and horrifying events that spark extreme reactions, as even today it is not that easy to distinguish the boundary between heroism and madness. This video will be presented at several exhibitions and festivals, and also in “Able Gallery” in Berlin. |
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Current Issue Visual Arts Portraits of Kosovo people in the enviroment they live in. |
Applicant(s) Blerim Racaj |
Time and place Prishtina and other places in Kosovo from: 25.11.2008 till: 25.12.2008 |
Grant CHF 3,994.00 |
| Kosovo is going through transition. Once a part of a country ruined under malicious regime, it is now free and democratic.
The project is about capturing scenes of that process by portraying residents of the country and their immediate surrounding. It is a whole new experience for them, especially after the declared independence. Transformations are colossal in every aspect of life . The project is not intended to have a documentary purpose or visually enjoyable sights; it is more about the personal view. This is an ongoing project. In its first two parts the author focused on finding interesting people, portraits, asking questions about subjects’ individuality, cultural orientation, or their social state. As the background plays important part in making the image, it is carefully selected before putting the subject in front of it. With the landscapes or cityscape - abandoned spaces, land and store for hire, or car junk by the roadside - this series’ intention was to make a visual tension that gives us the sense of economic and social damage, which is a consequence of war and political turbulence. By combining those two categories (portrait, landscapes) even though they are different, the author is trying to get a balanced story. The project is meant to be seen as a whole, not as individual works. The third part of project will be a continuity of previous series. The exception this time is the additional focus on remains of old industrial buildings and buildings from the previous era which are still in use, and the mixture of new and old architecture inside the existing narratives. |
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Kapsamun Balkan October 2008 Tour Concert Support to organisation of two concerts in Kosovo www.kapsamun.com |
Applicant(s) Kapsamun - Band |
Time and place Prishtina and Prizren from: 07.09.2008 till: 12.09.2008 |
Grant CHF 2,482.00 |
| The repertoire of Kapsamun is based on traditional Albanian folk dances from Kosovo. The musical nostalgia of Arsim Leka, who lives in Switzerland, and the musical wanderlust of his Swiss co-musicians make the spirit of Kapsamun’s music.
The Band is shifting in between tradition and innovation, and between exile and home. Not afraid of being influenced by current musical trends in jazz and electronics, Kapsamun’s original compositions have a broad range of inspirations. They revive the traditional music of Kosovo and spark the enthusiasm of a broad audience. |
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Balkan Documentary Campus Photo Exhibition Dokufest is documentary and short film festival organised every year in Prizren. |
Applicant(s) DOKUFEST – International Documentary and Short Film Festival |
Time and place Prizren and Prishtina from: 01.08.2008 till: 31.08.2008 |
Grant CHF 16'740.00 |
| A traditional documentary photo exhibition, known as DOKUPHOTO, besides exhibitions and a master class in Prizren, will travel to Prishtina with the same exhibition and a customized slide show. Several world known photographers will exhibit their work (Teru Kuwujama, creator of Lightstalkers), Balazs Gardi, recent double winner of World Press Photo contest, Azad from Iran with a selection of mobile phone pictures of Tehran, Bevis Fusha from Albania, and Andrej Ban from Slovakia, with a large collection of works on Kosovo. A number of young photographers from Kosovo and the region will be invited for a master class with a prominent documentary photographer.
The educational aspect of the project (workshops, master classes, children programme) will bring a new dimension to the festival and will enrich otherwise poor cultural life of Kosovo. |
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Three minutes of solitude Short film |
Applicant(s) Visar Krusha |
Time and place Prishtina from: 15.06.2008 till: 15.07.2008 |
Grant CHF 7,295.00 |
| “Three minutes of solitude” is a short feature film (around 10 minutes) on the challenges of a gay person living in Kosovo. The film aims at showing the inside world of a gay and the conservative attitude of Kosovo society towards gay population. | ||||
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Pischmen - Circle the Square Music album Recording a music album of contemporary music makers from Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia |
Applicant(s) Pischmen |
Time and place Prishtina from: 05.04.2008 till: 30.06.2008 |
Grant CHF 9,198.00 |
| The project idea is to connect contemporary music makers from the region, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, thus initiating a regional network of music artists.
Influenced by different music styles, the aim of the band is to break musical boundaries thus contravening any musical taboos, bringing together an audience of diverse tastes and ages, creating a new communicating platform of the subculture. |
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Lulet Recording music album To record an album of band |
Applicant(s) Bashkim Salihu |
Time and place Prishtina from: 01.03.2008 till: 01.04.2008 |
Grant CHF 7,680.00 |
| The Band “Lulet” was established by Bashkim Salihu and Enes Bajramliqi in the summer of 2007.
It started with an idea of creating a music project also called “Lulet”, which would have more specific content other than actual music projects in Kosovo. The whole idea was to deliver four natural and smooth female vocals to the public, which took a long and hard work to identify. After many interviews and evaluations of the young and talented female singers, four young female singers with astonishing vocals were identified. |
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3rd International Festival of Young Musicians DAM 2008 Music Organization of series of concerts and workshops of students from Kosovo, region and Europe www.prishtinadamfest.com |
Applicant(s) Music Art Centre Association DAM-MACADAM |
Time and place Prishtina from: 24.03.2008 till: 30.03.2008 |
Grant CHF 10,528.00 |
| International Festival of Young Musicians- DAM is the only one of this kind in Kosovo. It brings many famous individuals and ensembles of classic music that, apart from performing, run workshops. Organisation of this festival involves and engages students of Faculty of Music in Prishtina, and students from the academies in the region and Europe. | ||||
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Tout un hiver sans feu - Days of Francophonie in Tirana Participation and screening of “Tout un hiver sans feu” during the Days of the Francophonie in Tirana, organised by the Swiss Embassy in Albani |
Applicant(s) Blerim Gjoci |
Time and place Tirana, Albania from: 17.03.2008 till: 19.03.2008 |
Grant CHF 600.00 |
| IIn the framework of the Francophonie, the Swiss Embassy in Tirana is presenting the Swiss film “Tout un hiver sans feu” of Greg Zlinski in which Blerim Gjoci has a role. He will present the film before the screening and talk to the public afterwards.
In addition, the applicant will have a presentation at the Marubi Film School in Tirana. |
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Tallava Superstar Documentary movie A documentary that tackles characteristics of "Tallava" music |
Applicant(s) Tripika |
Time and place Prishtina from: January 2008 till: March 2008 |
Grant CHF 4,437.23 |
| AA documentary film that will tackle the characteristics of "Tallava" music, where it came from, why is it widely spread in the Kosovo society, and why has it been easily accepted by a considerable mass of people.
The contributors for this discussion will be different people from different backgrounds, from musicians, singers, producers and composers to sociologists and philosophers. The interaction of their opinions, their viewpoint of the subject and their knowledge of this subject will provide for an invaluable topic analysis. |
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