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Ken Nolley | 2 Sep 2010 02:17
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Post 1989 migration on the European film screen

From:    "Engelen Leen" <Leen.Engelen <at> khlim.be>

I'm making a list of European films representing post-1989 migrations from
the former Eastern Bloc to Western Europe. Obvious titles include
Krzysztof Kie¶lowski's Blanc (1994), Pawe³ Pawlikowski's Last Resort
(2000), Hans-Christian Schmid's Lichter (2003), Ken Loach's It is a Free
World (2007) etc... Far from all films from Eastern Europe reach Western
European cinema's and festivals. All suggestions for less well-known (or
only locally known) films are most welcome.

Leen Engelen

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Leen Engelen
Lecturer in film history and media theory, Media & Design Academie (KHLim)
Researcher 'Centre for Media Culture and Communication Technology'
(Catholic University of Leuven)

Leen.engelen <at> mda.khlim.be
Media & Design Academie, C-Mine 5, 3600   Genk
Tel.  089 300 850  -  Fax  089 300 859

 
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Ken Nolley | 2 Sep 2010 22:14
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Re: Post 1989 migration on the European film screen-2 responses

From:    "Dagmar Brunow" <Dagmar.Brunow <at> hh.se>

dear Leen,
you might already have included Lukas Moodyssons Lilja-4-ever,
as well as the TV-series "Londoners" about Polish workers coming
to Britain.
best wishes,
Dagmar Brunow

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From:    "Lance Lubelski" <lubelsk1 <at> illinois.edu>

I believe the Russian film It Does Not Hurt (2007?) deals with this issue.

Lance Lubelski
U of Illinois

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> From: "Engelen Leen" <Leen.Engelen <at> khlim.be>
> I'm making a list of European films representing post-1989 migrations
from the former Eastern Bloc to Western Europe. Obvious titles include
Krzysztof Kie¶lowski's Blanc (1994), Pawe³ Pawlikowski's Last Resort
(2000), Hans-Christian Schmid's Lichter (2003), Ken Loach's It is a Free
World (2007) etc... Far from all films from Eastern Europe reach Western
European cinema's and festivals. All suggestions for less well-known (or
only locally known) films are most welcome.
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Ken Nolley | 3 Sep 2010 00:16
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Re: Post 1989 migration on the European film screen-2 more responses

From:    "John Sundholm" <john.sundholm <at> kau.se>

ulrich seidl, "import, export" (2007)

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From:    "Shelleen Greene" <greenes <at> uwm.edu>

"Lamerica"  (Gianni Amelio, 1994) a reflection on Albanian immigration to
Italy after the end of the Cold War...
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Ken Nolley | 3 Sep 2010 21:24
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Re: Post 1989 migration on the European film screen

From:    "Sanjin Pejkovic" <sanjinpejkovic <at> gmail.com>

Dear Leen,
here are some films that crossed my mind...

Rezervni deli (Spare parts, Kozole, Slovenia, 2003)
Code unknown (Haneke, 2000) (partly about the romanian woman coming to
Paris)
Honeymoons (Paskaljevic, 2009)
Nordrand (Albert, 1999)
Beautiful people (DIzdar, 1999)
The world is big and salvation lurks around the corner (Komandarev,
Bulgaria, 2009)

There are also few films dealing with the main characters' decisions to
leave the home country:
Tirana Year Zero (Fatmir Koci, Albania, 2001)
Occident (Mungiu, Romania, 2002)

And about coming back (for different reasons, both visiting and returning)
and looking at "the home country" with different eyes:
Sorry for Kung fu (Svilicic, Croatia, 2004)
First of all, Felicia (De Raaf & Radulescu, 2009)

Best wishes
/Sanjin
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Ken Nolley | 4 Sep 2010 16:40
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Re: Post 1989 migration on the European film screen

From:    "Yuri Shevchuk" <sy2165 <at> columbia.edu>

Dear Leen,

I'd suggest to include in your list The Fourth Wave by Victoria
Melnykova, Ukraine:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc/films/library_4thwave.html

and Acts of Imagination by Carolyn Combs, Canada:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc/films/library_aa.html#fac

Yuri Shevchuk

Dr. Yuri I. Shevchuk,
Lecturer of Ukrainian Language and Culture,
Department of Slavic Languages,
Director of the Ukrainian Film Club,
Columbia University,
718 Hamilton Hall,
1130 Amsterdam Ave., MC2839
New York, NY 10027
phone: 212-854-5627 (office)
fax: 212-854-5009
web site: www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc
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Ken Nolley | 6 Sep 2010 01:37
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Re: Post 1989 migration on the European film screen

From:    "Reinhild Steingrover" <rsteingrover <at> esm.rochester.edu>

Also interesting is Michael Klier's 1989 film:

The Grass Is Greener Everywhere Else (http://www.imdb.com/year/1989/> )
 »Überall ist es besser, wo wir nicht sind (original title)

Good luck,
Reinhild

Reinhild Steingrover
Associate Professor of German
Humanities Department
Eastman School of Music
26 Gibbs Street
Rochester, New York, 14604
rsteingrover <at> esm.rochester.edu
(585) 274 1616 (office phone)
(585) 274 1028 (fax)
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From:    "Prof. Dina Iordanova" <di1 <at> st-andrews.ac.uk>

Sorry, I missed the original query here. But it seems I may be able to
contribute some references nonetheless.

Mainly, please see the book Moving People, Moving Images: Human
Trafficking in
the Cinema of New Europe (Will Brown, Dina Iordanova, Lesgu Torchin, 2010).

Also you may want to check out the book on European Migrant Cinema, just
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