27. 9.–2. 10. 2023
Porto, Portugal
The sixth edition of the BEAST International Film Festival, which presents the best films of Central and Eastern Europe in Portugal, this year's country section focuses on the exciting film scene of Slovenia. FOKUS SLOVENIJA brings a series of programmes that present the contemporary cinematographic culture of Slovenia. The section will begin with the opening screening of three short films directed by three female directors ( Urska Djuki , Spela Chadez and Kukla) and will present a wide range of programmes, which include a retrospective of Karp godina, the DIVA station programme , two visiting school programmes ( the Academy of arts of the University of Nova Gorica and the Academy of theatre , radio, film and television in Ljubljana), as well as a documentary film directed by Boris Petkovi 6 in the Kvir fokus section.
More on the festival website
Dual program of DIVA station
DIVA-FEAST & BOD /
1. 10. 2023, 19.00
Cinema Passos Manuel, Porto
Curator: Teresa Vieira
Are Zemira Alajbegović, A Bastarda, Vesna Bukovec, Ana Nuša For, Neven Cord, Matej Ocepek, Nataša Prosenc Stearns, Duba Sambolec, Dario Seraval, To Be Used For Skušek, Apolonija Šušteršič
The festival's program director Teresa Vieira prepared a curated program in two parts. DIVA #1 FEAST (Diva #1 Feast) is a selection of video works that connect with rituals of food and (desirable) liquid (fluidity). The non-chronological program as a whole seeks to relate to the Food Cycle (close) of life and death: ingestion-digestion-absorption-assimilation-ingestion. Expanding the invitation to sensory activation through a diverse set of seven works, this program reflects on individual and shared gestures related to food and seeks to dissect gender-biased, rigid social expectations and inherent social inequalities. At the same time, it connects with culinary delights and the pleasures of artistic expression.
The program DIVA #2 BOD .. (Diva #2 Body) highlights the individual and collective layers of the body. With a wide range that grows from a more precise insight into the intricacies of the skin to the lively and passionate screams of a group freed from patriarchy, these seven works offer insight on the micro and macro levels of what constitutes the self. From flesh to spirit, from concrete to metaphorical, from dullness to rhythm, from melancholy to euphoria, our hands have chosen cards that offer expansive visual reading.
DIVA #1 FEAST
Ana Nusa Dragan, gastronomy communication
1971, 2’ 45”
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Natasha mackerel, khm_khm
2013, 6’ 34”
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Zemira Alajbegovi / P. O. R. Burn out #9
2003, 29”
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Apolonija Shustersic, Ho / To Make Orange Juice I
1998, 2’ 8”
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Anna Nusa Dragan, H2O
1970, 2’
"video
Home / Home / Home / Home / Home / Home / Home / Home / Home / Home
2010, 3’ 48”
"video
Martina Bastarda, Mateja Ocepek, Natasha Mackerel, Pissing
2002, 4’ 28”
"video
DIVA #2 BOD / / / / / / / / / /
Natasha Prosenc Stearns, Border
1997, 4’ 32”
"video
Duba Sambolec, Hands
1969/1970, 8’ 47”
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Anna Nusha Dragan, L Animhnida
1989, 8’ 47”
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Natasha Mackerel, Floating
2004, 4’ 31”
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Neven Korda, Zemira Alajbegovi < Br>, Dario Seraval (Borghesia), Cind < Br >
1989, 4’
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Natasha Prosenc, Tango for fish
1992, 47 21”
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Neven Korda, Dario Seraval, Zemira Alajbegovi (Borghesia), On
1985, 4’ 40”
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Diva station is an online and physical archive developed by SCCA-Ljubljana since 2005 with the aim of researching, documenting, archiving and presenting art film, video and New Media Art.
Videospotting are curated overview and thematic programs of video art in the form of lectures, public discussions, exhibitions and screenings, created since 1994.
Production: SCCA-Ljubljana / Diva station and BEAST IFF festival
Support: Ministry of culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City of Ljubljana - Department of culture