Join us in celebrating the beginning of a new academic year with this program featuring some of the best film and audio projects produced by CEU student last year, which screened in last Spring’s CEU DOCS film screening and audio showcase event. The film screening will take place in D-002 on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 18.00.
These works were produced in both and MA- and BA-level production courses that are part of the MA Advanced Certificate in Visual Theory and Practice (VTP), and Visual Theory and Practice Major in the Culture Politics & Society BA program. The courses are supported and facilitated by the resources and expertise of the CEU Library’s Media Hub. For new students, this is a great chance to learn about the activities and resources of the Visual Studies Platform (VSP) and the Media Hub.
The program highlights how students from a range of departments and programs across the University are using film and audio to engage with the knowledge of their particular subject area and communicate that knowledge via a visual/aural medium. The event entails approximately 45 minutes of screening, which will be followed by a Q&A with some of the filmmakers.
This annual showcase is the first in a series of events hosted by the Visual Studies Platform throughout the year, which include screenings, workshops, and guest presentations that engage with the exhibition, analysis, and discussion of visual and aural media.
PROGRAM
"The Bells"
Audio Production (MA)
By Emma Holl
Runtime: 6:22
An audio rendition of Edgar Allen Poe's poem “The Bells.”
A Cup, A Seat, A Lifetime
Fundamentals of Documentary Filmmaking (BA)
By Takhmina Kamolova & Nora Kaul Hoelgaard
Runtime: 5:22
A chronicle of Cafe Eiles, located in the 8th District. It tells the story of two longtime coffee enjoyers, their feelings, memories of youth and stories associated with this place.
‘Vote' - a socially just energy transition is at play
Policy Advocacy & Video for Social Change (MA)
By Rifka Fehr & Raphael Harnett
Runtime: 2:45
The video encourages people to vote for MEPs in the 2024 EU elections that support a socially just energy transition, i.e. an energy transition based on citizen energy cooperatives (democratisation, decentralisation and decarbonisation).
"No traces in the desert"
Fundamentals of Documentary Filmmaking (MA)
By Evgenia Trapeznicova & Nurzhan Beken-Kyzy
Runtime: 7:26
A glimpse into a female sufi community in Vienna, their journeys in love, femininity and interconnectedness
The Forest Tale
Fundamentals of Documentary Filmmaking (BA)
By Eliška Holá, Yelyzaveta Holitsyna, Alexandra Dzurillová
Runtime: 7:01
After a formative experience of living abroad, Conny found her way back to Austria and the country's nature. Together we explored the meaning of the bond between humans and nature, and how to find it regardless of one's place of residence.
For the People of Europe
Fundamentals of Documentary Filmmaking (MA)
By Marko Faber, Ruben Zeeman & Roberta Koleva
Runtime: 5:39
An exploration of the controversial past and present of the Soviet War Memorial at Vienna's Schwarzenbergplatz - from its historical background in the final days of World War Two to the present day.
Mama Africa Grill Bar
Fundamentals of Documentary Filmmaking (MA)
By Ioana Popescu, Isaac Mbugo & Milan Szabo
Runtime: 5:36
This short film tells the story of Auntie Agnes, the person who is keeping Mama's African Grill
Bar alive and making it a home for her customers.
