European Week 2012: Brasília May 5th - 20th 2012 (02/05/2012)
Event includes cinema, sports, poetry, music, a seminar, and gastronomy, in the name of sustainability
From May 5th to 20th, Brasília will host an extensive cultural, sportive and gastronomic program organized by the Cultural Association of the European Countries (EUNIC) and the European Union’s member countries, which every year promote the EUROPEAN WEEK. Brazil’s capital city hosts the eighth edition of the event this year, with a film festival, sport matches, lectures, seminars, concerts, recitals, and the traditional bazaar, as well as a homage to writer Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic. The celebrations will extend to Rio de Janeiro, which will receive the European Film Festival for the first time. The 8th EUROPEAN WEEK calls for a global effort FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD. This theme will pervade all activities. The complete program is available at www.semanadaeuropa.org.br.
THE EUROPEAN WEEK was first organized in 2005 for the purpose of celebrating Europe Day, 9 May 1950. The date was conceived after French statesman Robert Schuman proposed the creation of a supranational European entity. The proposal, known as the Schuman Declaration, is considered the embryo of the current European Union. Europe Day or European Union Day is celebrated every year to recall that event.
The rotating Presidency of the European Union during the first half of 2012 is being held by Denmark, which upholds the union of strengths, cooperation among the European countries; EUROPEAN WEEK is part of that effort.
The event is being implemented by EUNIC Brazil, together with the German Embassy, Goethe-Zentrum Brasília, Austrian Embassy, Belgian Embassy, British Council, Cultura Inglesa, Croatian Embassy, Danish Embassy, Cultural Institute of Denmark, Slovakian Embassy, Spanish Embassy, Instituto Cervantes, Finish Embassy, French Embassy, Alliance Française, Dutch Embassy, Irish Embassy, Italian Embassy, Polish Embassy, Portuguese Embassy, Instituto Camões, Czech Embassy, and Swedish Embassy and sponsored by the Delegation of the European Union and TAP.
PROGRAM
EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL
From May 8th to 13th in Brasília and from May 22nd to 27th in Rio de Janeiro
Moviemaker and Professor Sérgio Moriconi will act as curator. Thirteen films from EU member countries will be shown. The films were selected to highlight the theme Sustainability. The EFF will also be shown in Rio de Janeiro this year, at the Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil movie theatre.
FREE OF CHARGE
Vin d’honneur – May 8th, at the National Theatre, for Brazilian authorities and the diplomatic corps.
EUROPEAN CONCERT
May 8th at 20:00, at the Villa-Lobos Hall of the Cláudio Santoro National Theatre
The European Concert will feature the consecrated German pianist Caspar Frantz, Spanish master violinist Margarita Escarpa and well-known Danish Maestro Frans Rasmussen, who will conduct the Symphonic Orchestra of the Cláudio Santoro National Theatre. The program includes works of the following composers: Spanish Joaquín Rodrigo, Finish Jean Sibelius, French Maurice Ravel, Hungarian Zoltán Kodály, and Danish Carl Nielsen and HC Lumbye.
FREE OF CHARGE
PROGRAM*
Concerto de Aranjuez for Violin and Orchestra
Joaquín Rodrigo
Symphony No.5
Jean Sibelius
INTERMISSION
Maskarade Overture
Carl Nielsen
Piano Concert in G major
M. Ravel
Dances of Galánta
Zoltán Kodály
Champagne Galop
HC Lumbye
*Program subject to change
Feature artists
Caspar Frantz (Piano, Germany)
Margarita Escarpa (Violin, Spain)
National Theatre Symphonic Orchestra
Frans Rasmussen (Conductor, Denmark)
GASTRONOMIC FESTIVAL
May 16th to 20th, from 19:30 to 23:00, at the Golden Tulip Hotel
In partnership with the Golden Tulip Hotel, the Festival “Taste of Europe” will feature food specially conceived for the festival, at special prices.
R$ 56,00 per person
EUROPE DAY REGATTA
Saturday, May 5th, at 14:00, at the Clube Naval de Brasília
This is the third edition of one of the most awaited events of European week. The boat race is open to all ocean-class sailing vessels and 50 boats, flying flags from different countries, usually participate. It is also the official opening of European Week 2012.
Free registration by e-mail (nautica@cnb.brte.com.br) or at the Clube Naval Nautical Office, at least 30 minutes before the race starts. For more information and registration forms, please access http://www.fnb.org.br and the Nautical Offices of the Brazilian Sailing Federation (FNB) member clubs.
EUROPEAN BAZAAR
Saturday, May 12th, from Noon to 17:00, at the Cultura Inglesa (SEPS 709/909)
Open to the community at large, it features cultural information and typical cuisine stands, as well as music, theatre and dance presentations that foster contact with the culture of the EU member countries. The kits for the participants in the European Union Race will be distributed during the bazaar, when the Goethe-Zentrum Award, a scholarship granted to a Brazilian student to broaden his/her studies in Germany, will be delivered. The Goethe-Zentrum Award is part of the “Science without Borders” program. The KALEIDOSCOPE OF THE IMAGINATION exposition will be inaugurated during the bazaar and will remain open until June 12th.
FREE OF CHARGE
KALEIDOSCOPE OF THE IMAGINATION EXPOSITION
The works of Bulgarian artist Biser Naydenov Hristov will be shown at the KALEIDOSCOPE OF THE IMAGINATION exposition. They are unique works in which the subjects express pain, happiness, moods, dreams, and the whole range of complexity of human feelings, whether Asian, European, American, African, or even Brazilian. Biser shows grotesque figures whose interior beauty and richness of color are clearly perceived. Their traits reflect life in the circus, in children games and the theatre. This playfulness merges with their pain under the deep and penetrating vision of the artist. Biser’s works invite spectators to find fantasies and dreams within themselves. “Knowing how to look is universal”, says the artist.
Biser Naydenov Hristov was born in Sofia and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in his native city. His broad artistic experience has been recognized by important international art galleries. His has been jury member in various Art Biennials and international expositions and visiting professor at the universities of Oslo (Norway), Barcelona (Spain), Montreal (Canada) and Havana (Cuba), among others. His works are part of the collections of diverse governmental and non-governmental institutions throughout the world, such as the Musée des Beaux Arts de Montreal, Canada; Vatican, Italy; National Gallery of Oslo, Norway; the White House, Washington-DC, USA; and Prince Philip’s collection at Buckingham Palace, England, UK. At the present time, Hristov divides his time between his artistic production and work as an educator in Brasília. He lectures and teaches design, illustration, painting, perspective, plastic anatomy, iconography, mural, and restoration.
EUROPEAN UNION RACE
May 13th, at 8:00, Eixão Sul
5- and 10-minute circuits, for professional and amateur athletes.
Winners will receive cash prices and three air tickets to any European destination covered by TAP will be raffled off among all runners who reach the finish line.
Registration: R$ 50,00 (fifty reais) per person; participants are already being registered at www.corridauniaoeuropeia.com.br
For more information, please contact: 3032-4041
SEMINAR
May 8th, from 9:00 to 11:00, at the Auditorium of the University of Brasília (UnB) Rector’s Office.
Theme: “Sustainability and Environment in the European Union and Brazil: An analysis of comparative experiences”.
Coordinated by Professor Julie Schmied of the Jean Monet Chair at the UnB
CHARITY SOCCER GAME: CONGRESSMEN VS EU DIPLOMATS
Thursday, May 10th, at 19:00, at the Walmir Campelo Bezerra (Bezerrão) Stadium, Gama, Federal District
Members of the Chamber of Deputies will play against the staff of European Union embassies. Tickets available in exchange for 1kg of non-perishable food, for charity purposes, at any European Union embassy.
HOMAGE TO VÁCLAV HAVEL
Wednesday, May 9th, from 15:00 to 17:00, at the Auditorium of the UnB Rector’s Office
A look at the intellectual, writer and former president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel. The speakers at the “Vaclav Havel – the writer and the politician”seminar are Czech Republic Ambassador Ivan Jancarek; Senator Cristovam Buarque; UnB Professor Henryk Sewierski, and Eva Batlickova, who translated the book "Poetry and Theatre”.
Free entrance, no prior registration is necessary to participate in the seminar.
RECITAL DE POESIA EUROPEIA and BRASILEIRA
Friday, May 11th, at 19:30, at the Instituto Cervantes
Brazilian and European poets will read poetry in several languages, to honor the European cultural diversity. The organizers have received confirmation of the presence of poet and Ambassador Drago Štambuk from Croatia and of Polish writer, translator and professor Henryk Siewierski reciting poems from the great Polish poet and Nobel Winner Wisława Szymborska. Poet and Secretary of Culture of the Federal District Hamilton Pereira, poet and engineer Marcos Freitas, and Spanish philologist Alfonso Hernández have also confirmed their presence.
Ambassador Drago Štambuk – One of the most famous Croatian poets, with close to 40 books published in different languages, Ambassador Drago Štambuk is also a physician specialized in gastroenterology. His poetry has been praised by great names of world literature. “Štambuk is a poet who puts wings on the angels”, said Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta.
Henryk Siewierski – A poet and professor born in Wroclaw, Poland, in 1951, Henryk Siewierski graduated from the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, where he also taught. He has lived in Brazil since 1986, where he has published several books. He participated in the 1st Biennial of Poetry of Brasília and teaches at the University of Brasília.
Hamilton Pereira – The current Secretary of Culture of the Federal District is a consecrated poet who writes under the pseudonym Pedro Tierra. He was born in Porto Nacional, in the State of Tocantins, and his poetic works includes titles such as Poemas do Povo da Noite, Honorable Mention in the Casa de las Américas Prize competition in 1977;Missa da Terra sem-males, in partnership with Pedro Casaldáliga and Martin Coplas (Livramento, Tempo and Presença, São Paulo); Missa dos Quilombos, with Pedro Casaldáglia and Milton Nascimento (EMI recording); and Água de Rebelião.
Alfonso Hernández Torres (Spain) – Philologist, poet and professor who has lived in several countries, such as Portugal, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Brazil, at the present time. He has taught at several European university and currently teaches at the Instituto Cervantes of Brasília.
Marcos Freitas – Civil engineer, poet, short-story writer, and lyrics writer, member of the Coletivo de Poetas issued by the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI). He wrote “A Vida Sente a Si Mesma”, a poetry book, in 2003, published by the UFPI. The following year, he published “A Terceira Margem Sem Rio” during the XXV Book Fair of Brasília. In 2006, he published the books “Morodo Lado de Dentro”, “Quase um Dia” and “Na curva de um rio, mungubas”. In 2007, he published the book “Raia-me fundo o sonho tua fala”. In 2008, his books “Marcos Freitas – micro-antologia de rua” and “Staub und Schotter“ (poems in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Czech) were published. His book “Urdidura de Sonhos and Assombros: poemas escolhidos (2003-2007)” was published in 2010. In the technical area, his works include “Neurocomputação Aplicada”, “A Regulação dos Recursos Hídricos” and “Que Venha a Seca”. He has participated in numerous anthologies. He was awarded 1st Place in the II Concurso de Poesia do Terraço Shopping, Brasília, Federal District in 2005 and the 3rd Place in the SESC Carlos Drummond de Andrade competition (SESC-DF, Brasília, 2006). He is listed in the ‘Dicionário Biográfico Virtual de Escritores Piauienses” of Adrião Neto. He is Director of the Writers’ Union of the Federal District and member of the National Association of Writers (ANE) and the Brazilian Union of Writers (UBE).
LECTURE
Thursday, May 10th, at 19:30, in the Department of Visual Arts of the UnB Arts Institute
Theme: “Reason and the irrational. History of European Culture and Globalization”.
Lecture by Prof. Silvio Vetta, professor emeritus at the University of Hildesheim, currently lecturing at Unicamp.
Free of charge; no prior registration is necessary to participate in the seminar.
CLIMATE, CULTURE AND CHANGES EXHIBITION
May 7th to 15 (except Saturday and Sunday), at Noon, in the Sustainable Development Center of the University of Brasília (UnB).
All films rated appropriate for all audiences.
FREE OF CHARGE
MONDAY, MAY 7TH
ELES VIRÃO PARA A CIDADE (They Will Come to Town) Germany, 2008, 80’ - Dir.: Thilo Ewers
QUANDO O ICEBERG DESMORONA (Wenn Der Eisberg Kalbt) Germany, 2002, 6’ - Dir.: Sylvie Hohlbaum, Gregor Schubert
CONSEQUÊNCIA (Konsequenz) DDR, 1986, 2’- Dir.: Klaus Georgi
TUESDAY, MAY 8TH
A RODA (Das Rad) Germany, 2001, 8’30’’ - Dir.: Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger, Arvid Uibel
A ERA DA ESTUPIDEZ (The Age of Stupid) Great Britain, 2009, 92’ - Dir.: Franny Armstrong
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9TH
A CONTA (Die Rechnung) Germany, 2009, 04’25 - Dir.: Peter Wedel
SOBRE A ÁGUA (Über Wasser) Austria/Luxemburg, 2007, 82’- Dir.: Udo Maurer
THURSDAY, MAY 10TH
O CÍRCULO (Der Kreis) DDR, 1988, 3’25 - Dir.: Klaus Georgi
ALGOL, A TRAGÉDIA DO PODER (Algol) Germany, 1920, 120’ - Dir.: Hans Werckmeister
FRIDAY, MAY 11TH
O QUE VOCÊ FAZ CONTRA A MUDANÇA CLIMÁTICA? (Was machst du gegen den Klimawandel?) Germany, 2008, 2’45 - Dir.: Katrin Rothe
HOMENS – SONHOS – AÇÕES (Menschen - Traume – Taten) Germany, 2007, 90’ - Dir.: Andreas Siglmayr
MONDAY, MAY 14TH
ANTES DO DILÚVIO: TUVALU (Before the Flood: Tuvalu) Great Britain/France, 2004, 62’ - Dir.: Paul Lindsay
TUESDAY, MAY 15TH
RECEITAS PARA O DESASTRE(Recipes for Disaster) Finland, 2008, 85’ - Dir.: John Webster
EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL - PROGRAM
TUESDAY, MAY 8TH
17:30 – O Cadáver deve morrer (Slovakia)
19:30 – Cidades em movimento – Lixo no Cairo (Denmark)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9TH
17:30 – Solitários (Czech Republic)
19:30 – Neve Silenciosa - a intoxicação invisível do Ártico (The Netherlands)
THURSDAY, MAY 10TH
17:30 – À Beira da Loucura (Ireland)
19:30 – Vamos fazer dinheiro (Austria)
FRIDAY, MAY 11TH
17:30 – Sala dos Suicidas (Poland)
19:00 – O Tempo das Graças (France)
SATURDAY, MAY 12TH
15:00 – Submissão: em defesa do nasciturno (Sweden)
17:00 – Agostinho da Silva – Um pensamento vivo(Portugal)
19:00 – Para que serve um urso? (Spain)
SUNDAY, MARY 13TH
15:00 – Cidades em movimento – Lixo no Cairo (Denmark)
17:00 – O Sonho Britânico para 2012(United Kingdom)
19:00 – Perder e Ganhar (Germany)
SYNOPSES
PERDER and GANHAR (Losers and winners) - Germany, 2006, 96 min, color, documentary
Direction: Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken
After eight years, the most modern coke (coal-based fuel) factory, in Dortmund, closes its doors to be reassembled in China. In this documentary, directors Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken show the last months of the factory’s operation in Dortmund and all the conflicts between the remaining German workers and their 400 Oriental colleagues.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
VAMOS FAZER DINHEIRO (Let’s make money) - Austria, 2008, 110 min, color, documentary
Direction: Erwin Wagenhofer
By following the various aspects of the development of the international financial system, Erwin Wagenhofer’s documentary focuses on the elites’ exploitation of the rest of society, especially in developing countries and Western nations.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
CIDADES EM MOVIMENTO – LIXO NO CAIRO (Cities on Speed - Cairo Garbage) - Denmark, 2009, 55 min, color, documentary
Direction: Mikala Krogh
Former residents of a clean, organized city, the 20 million inhabitants of Cairo coexist today with garbage spread throughout the city. Everybody has an opinion about the problem, but nobody tries to solve it, until Italian specialists are brought to the city to try to overcome the problem.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
O CADÁVER DEVE MORRER (Mŕtvola musí zomrieť) – Slovakia, 2011, 96 min, color, fiction
Direction: Jozef Paštéka
The characters in this comedy are linked by family and professional ties. A university rector that unexpectedly falls asleep, except in the presence of women. His sister is a teacher who asks for a divorce and rids herself of her rage against humankind by beating up an unknown person. The incident triggers a series of surprises and grotesque, strange love happens in a mad summer evening.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 12 YEARS OLD
PARA QUE SERVE UM URSO? (¿Para qué sirve um oso?) - Spain, 2011, 100min, color, fiction
Direction: Tom Fernández
Two brothers have dedicated their life to science: Guillermo is a biologist who has lost his faith, while Alejandro is a zoologist full of faith. Both have spent so much time trying to save Earth that they have forgotten the most important thing: to do it together.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
O TEMPO DAS GRAÇAS(Le temps des grâces) - France, 2009, 123min, color, documentary
Direction: Dominique Marchais
A documentary that reveals the backstage of the French agricultural world through the stories of farmers, researchers, agronomists, and writers. It is a world that has been able to resist the economic, scientific and social changes that have affected it and continues to maintain the ties between generations.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
NEVE SILENCIOSA - A INTOXICAÇÃO INVISÍVEL DO ÁRTICO (Silent Snow) – The Netherlands, 2011, 71min, color, documentary
Direction: Jan van den Berg and Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann
Few know how to survive in the infinite nothing of the white Arctic plains. There, an assassin is slowly destroying the Inuit community of Greenland: chemical residues from the whole world accumulate imperceptibly, poisoning the inhabitants.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
SALA DOS SUICIDAS (Sala Samobójców) – Poland, 2011, 112min, color, fiction
Direction: Jan Komasa
Dominik is an ordinary boy. He has many friends, his girlfriend is the prettiest student in school, his parents are wealthy, they have money for clothes, electronic appliances and entertainment, until he find a girl who introduces him to the “hall of suicides”, a place from which there is no escape.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 14 YEARS OLD
AGOSTINHO DA SILVA – UM PENSAMENTO VIVO - Portugal/Brazil, 2006, 80 min, color, documentary
Direction: João Rodrigo Mattos
Marked by his preference for paradoxical, independent and non-conformist ideas and an extraordinary gift for both oral and written communication, the extraordinary figure of Agostinho da Silva is shown as a unique mixture of wisdom, foresight and commonality, in which thinking and living become one.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
SOLITÁRIOS (Samotári) – Czech Republic, 2000, 104 min, color, fiction
Direction: David Ondříček
A dramatic story with subtle touches of humor of a generation of solitary Czech young people who live excluded from mainstream society and substitute lasting relationships with fast friendships, easy fun, sex, and drugs.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 14 YEARS OLD
SUBMISSÃO: EM DEFESA DO NASCITURNO (Underkastelsen) - Sweden, 2010, 87min, color, documentary
Direction: Stefan Jarl
The fastest growing industry in the world is the chemical industry. This revealing documentary is a detailed report of the many thousands of chemical products to which we are exposed every day and examines the most recent research on the actual effects of those products on our body.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
À BEIRA DA LOUCURA (ON THE EDGE) - Ireland, 2001, color, 82 min, fiction
Director: John Carney
After suffering an accident with a stolen automobile, Jonathan Breech can chose between going to prison or to a psychiatric hospital. He is reluctant, but chooses the latter and begins a long journey of self-knowledge through other patients. When he falls in love with Rachel, who does not believe that anyone can be interested in her, Jonathan really learns to love other people.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 14 YEARS OLD
O SONHO BRITÂNICO PARA 2012 (Going for Green – Britain’s 2012 Dream) – United Kingdom, 2011, 60 min, color, documentary
Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the United Kingdom, the documentary shows the revitalization of London’s East End for the construction of the Park that will host the 2012 Olympic Games. From soil and river decontamination to the reclamation of demolition material, the Olympic Park is an example of sustainable construction and planning for an effective and lasting legacy to the host city.
INDICATED FOR AUDIENCES OVER 10 YEARS OLD
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EUROPEAN WEEK 2012 May 5th to 20th 2012 For more information:www.semanadaeuropa.org.br
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