Free the Kitsch – PROGRAM

THURSDAY 02. 12. 2021

18:00
EXPERIMENTAL KITSCH LIFE DRAWING BY TURBO SERVICES

20:00
OPENING: INSTALLATIONS BY RANIA SPANOU AND ISELYS RINALDI

21:00
KINGS, QUEENS AND FAIRYTALES | short films selection | 68’
AMPM | 2019 | BRAZIL | dir. Thais DeMelo | 7’
Papinha de Goiaba | 2020 | BRAZIL | dir. Tiago Fonseca | 15’
My name is I killed Macbeth | 2021 | GREECE | dir. Giorgos Efthimiou | 26’
Sad Cowboy Platonic Love | 2021 | SWITZERLAND | dir. Ciel Sourdeau | 16’
stepmom –“Damage Control” | 2021 | UNITED STATES | dir. Lindsey Cox | 3’30’’

22:30
Feature Film Screening
ALIPATO: THE VERY BRIEF LIFE OF AN EMBER | 2016 | PHILIPPINES | dir. Khavn De
la Kruz | 88’

+ screening before the feature of the short film KRAZOPINO | 2021 | FRANCE | dir. Vittu Ugo
& Peter the Moon | 3’30’’

FRIDAY 03. 12. 2021

20:30
Installation
TABLEAUX VIVANT FROM FRANCESCA KEZICH

20:45
Feature Film Screening
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS | 1970 | CZECH REPUBLIC | dir. Jaromil Jires
| 77’

+ screening before the feature of the short film ALIEN FELINES FROM BEYOND THE
GALAXY | 2020 | FRANCE | dir. Vittu Ugo & Peter the Moon | 4’

22:15
KITSCH DOCUMENTED | short documentaries screening
Ting Tong Trip | 2021 | SWEDEN | dir. Viktor Hertz & Andreas Gejke | 10’
HOMO is where the heart is | 2020 | NETHERLANDS | dir. Shreya de Souza |10’
The old stripper | 2018 | UNITED STATES | dir. Jack Truman | 10’

22:50
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS | short films selection
Microkosmos | 2020 | POLAND | dir. Małgorzata Szyszka | 2’
Waleska Molotov | 2017 | BRAZIL | Amanda Seraphico | 20’
I killed my best friend | 2020 | GREECE | dir. Eirini Tampasouli | 16’ 30’’
2021: A Clown Odissey | 2021 BRAZIL | dir. Walter Diehl | 7’

23:45
LOVE, LUST & LONELINESS | adult short films selection 80’
Scenes from Childhood | 2021 | BRAZIL | dir. Kimberly Palermo | 6’
7sins | 2021 | BELGIUM | dir. Atil Altas | 5’
Scrotalus (REMIX) | 2020 | ITALY | dir. Werther Germondari | 1’
The Melita Show The Movie | 2019 | GREECE | dir. Menelas | 11’30’’
Cute as hell | 2021 | ARGENTINA | dir. Mora Escolá | 9’30’’
Ten euro sea | 2020 | GREECE | dir. Yevgeny Kolenko | 24’
BREAK
Sado Vegan Session | 2019 | ITALY | dir. Werther Germondari | 7’
“Hunger” | 2020 | GREECE | dir. Angel Torticollis, Lia Smaragda | 7’
The night of the Burger | 2020 | BRAZIL | dir. Ian Schuller| 9’

SATURDAY 04. 12. 2021

19:00
CONFESSIONS AND SELF-PORTRAITS | short and feature films selection | 120’
La Maquina De los Deseos | 2021 | ECUADOR, SPAIN | dir. Paula Espinoza | 1’
mise en abyme | 2021 | UNITED STATES | dir. Charly Santagado | 5’
Tu que eres tan moderna | 2021 | SPAIN | dir. Karin Isnotu Martinez Rodriguez | 10’
in my free time I speak with god | 2020 | GREECE | dir. Eirini Tampasouli | 4’30’’
My dad, Lenin and Freddy | 2009 | GREECE | dir. Rinio Dragasaki | 20’

BREAK

Amygdalia | 2019 | GREECE | dir. Christina Phoebe | 80’
Q&A with Christina Phoebe, Rinio Dragasaki and Eirini Tampasouli

22:30
SHOWTIME! – short films selection | 56’
JTHIII | 2021 | UNITED STATES | dir. Alan Amaya | 5’
Closet | 2020 | GREECE | dir. Diana Chemeris | 6’30’’
Extravaganza | 2018 | CHINA | dir. Matthew Baren | 45’

23:30
CATWALK – free the kitsch featuring La solitude vintage, Ice Candy apparel, Rania Spanou, Siel Athens and more.

23.30 – 01:00
Sound & Dj set: Φ .Fro. Φ

Installations are visitable during the hole duration of the festival.

Films included in the video installation:
She takes me over | 2021 | CHINA | dir. Matthew Baren | 5’
Floating – KUOKO – music short | 2020 | GERMANY | dir. Jasmin Luu| 4’
Diamond Hurricane | 2021 | CROATIA | dir. Petra Brnardic | 2’
NEO-KITSCH | 2021 | ROMANIA | dir. Mihnea Toma | 2’
ORGAQUINA | 2020 | BRAZIL | dir. Moisés Pantolfi, Nelson Simplício| 45’’
Beauty Secrets | 2020 | BRAZIL | dir. Julia Zulian | 3’
stepmom – “Damage Control” | 2021 | UNITED STATES | dir. Lindsey Cox| 3’ 30’’
Simé Love | 2021 | FRANCE | dir. Ugo Vittu, Peter the Moon | 3’ 30’
Fashion on board | 2010 | GREECE | dir. George Hatzimichelakis | 6’
Fashion on Fiji Island | 2021 | GREECE | dir. George Hatzimichelakis | 7’

The festival takes place in the ground floor of Communitism (Kerameikou 28,Athens, Greece) and it is organized with the collaboration of Studio 28 and Czech Center Athens.

*Entrance is free.
**All films are with English subtitles.