MOFFOM Brno April 1-4

MOFFOM is growing...and heading south in April. The Brno Cultural Center- Sal Bretislava Bakaly will host 4 evenings of screenings  plus special events, concerts, cineconcerts and seminars. In addition to the documentary films that have shown at past MOFFOM festivals, the nightly series will also include films in general theatrical distribution. For a complete program
MOFFOM Brno, April 1-4 „Brněnské kulturní centrum, Sál Břetislava Bakaly“
http://www.kultura-brno.cz/moffom.php
 
A selection of MOFFOM 2007 and MOFFOM 2006 films coming to Brno:
Nomadak TX
Director: Raul de la Fuente; 2006; Spain; Basque, Spanish, English,French, Hindi, Arabic, Mongolian;
89 min.
The Basque txalaparta is an instrument played by two people in communication. Two musicians pursue this idea and use it to connect traditional cultures across the world.
Tuesday 01.04.; 19:00; Large hall  – „Sál Břetislava Bakaly“
 
On Tour with neubauten.org
Director: Danielle de Picciotto; 2005; Germany; English; 70 min.
Not a typical road movie but a behind the scenes look at the community that sustains one of the most innovative and independent bands working today: industrial group Einstürzende Neubauten.
Wednesday 02.04.; 17:00; Large hall  – „Sál Břetislava Bakaly“
 
As Old As My Tongue - The Myth and Life of Bi Kidude
Director: Andy Jones; 2006; U.K., Tanzania; English, Swahili; 52 min.
Bi Kidude is a living legend on the island of Zanzibar, where Arab and African merge. Recently she became a powerful presence on European stages - setting out on her first world tour in her nineties.
Wednesday 02.04.; 19:00; Large hall  – „Sál Břetislava Bakaly“
 
The Last Town Musicians of Bremen
Director: Vaidas Lekavicius; 2005; Lithuania; Linthuanian; 88 min.
Offbeat retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, transposing the story to a rock band in the Brezhnev-era Soviet Union. The first musical from post-Soviet Lithuania.
Thursday 03.04.; 17:00; Large hall  – „Sál Břetislava Bakaly“
 
A Journey of Dmitri Shostakovich
Director: Oksana Dvornichenko, Helga Landauer; 2006; Russia, U.S.A.; Russian, English; 74 min.
In the 1970s, Shostakovich took a bizarre voyage on a luxury cruise liner. Soviet Kitsch and agitprop feature alongside haunting, dreamlike imagery and music.
Thursday 03.04.; 19:00; Large hall  – „Sál Břetislava Bakaly“
 
The Pied Piper of Hutzovina
Director: Pavla Fleischer; 2006; U.K., Ukraine; English; 63 min.
Eastern European road movie about roots, relationships and identity, following Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello as he travels to his homeland in Ukraine.
Friday 04.04.; 19:00; Velký sál – Sál Břetislava Bakaly