Art on Screen 2007
Highlights of the 25th Montreal International Festival of Films on Art [FIFA]

Copresented by MUSE Film and Television


Friday, November 30:
· Robert Indiana: American Dreamer
· Panta Rei
· * The Art of Henry Moore
· * Citizen Lambert: Joan of Architecture

Saturday, December 1:
· * Sigrid & Isaac
· The Giant Buddhas
· Car-Men
· * Yves Klein: The Blue Revolution
· Yang Ban Xi: The Eight Model Works
· * Le Blues de l'Orient [Between Two Notes]

Sunday, December 2:
· * Milton Rogovin: The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
· * Zahara & Urga
· Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (Parts 1 & 2)
· * Margaret Garner

* Filmmaker or special guest present

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Friday, November 30





Robert Indiana: American Dreamer
Friday, November 30; 12:30 pm

57 min./2006/color, b&w/English
Dir. Eric Breitbart (United States) Prod. MUSE Film & Television

A self-portrait of the iconic LOVE sculpture artist.





Panta Rei
Friday, November 30; 2:15 pm

54 min./2006/color/Norwegian, English subtitles
Dir. Lars Nilssen (Norway)

Champion windsurfer-turned-artist Jan Wanggaard creates his scale model of the solar system, Planet Lofoten, over three years in northern Norway.


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*The Art of Henry Moore
Friday, November 30; 3:30 pm

60 min./2005/color/English
Dir. John Wyver (United Kingdom)

A fresh look at arguably the greatest sculptor of the twentieth century.






Paley Center Members may attend this invitation-only, special event
* Citizen Lambert: Joan of Architecture
Friday, November 30; 7:00 pm

52 min./2006/color/English
Dir. Teri Wehn-Damisch (Canada, France)

A glimpse into the world of Phyllis Lambert—who will participate in the event—renowned Canadian architect and urban activist.

Includes a reception with festival director René Rozon, film director Teri Wehn-Damisch, and special guest Phyllis Lambert at 6:00 pm.

Presented in association with the Architectural League of New York.

Paley Center Members must make reservations for this event. Space is limited. Call 212.621.6780 for reservations.

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Saturday, December 1





* Sigrid & Isaac
Saturday, December 1; 12:30 pm

78 min./2005/color/Swedish, English subtitles
Dir. Anders Wahlgren (Sweden)

The painters Sigrid Hjertén (1885-1948) and Isaac Grunewald (1889-1946), legends in Swedish art history, are brought to life in this chamber piece of archival and new footage.





The Giant Buddhas
Saturday, December 1; 12:30 pm

95 min./2005/color/various, English subtitles
Dir. Christian Frei (Switzerland)

In March 2001, the Taliban destroyed two ancient Buddha statues in the Bamiyan valley of Afghanistan, despite universal protests. This essay on fanaticism and diversity, ignorance and identity is told through archival footage and photographs, plus interviews with witnesses to the destruction and its aftermath.

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Car-Men
Saturday, December 1; 2:30 pm

28 min./2006/b&w/without dialogue
Dir. Boris Paval Conen (Netherlands)

The great Czech choreographer Jir’ Kyli‡n created this free adaptation of Carmen for the dance troupe NDT III. This fantastical dance performance was filmed in black and white in a Czech coal mine.





* Yves Klein: The Blue Revolution
Saturday, December 1; 3:00 pm

52 min./2006/color, b&w/French, English subtitles
Dir. François Levy-Kuentz (France)

The inventor of the monochrome and the happening, Yves Klein (1928-62) was a true prodigy. Today, his radical and visionary work enjoys mythic status. Featuring unreleased archival material, including Klein's own films, this portrait examines the artist's meteoric career and a multiform body of work that remains to be discovered.

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Yang Ban Xi: The Eight Model Works
Saturday, December 1; 2:30 pm

82 min./2005/color/Mandarin, English subtitles
Dir. Yan Ting Yuen (China, Netherlands)

Mao meets Busby Berkeley meets hip-hop in this resurgence of revolutionary Chinese opera.





*Le Blues de l'Orient [Between Two Notes]
Saturday, December 1; 5:00 pm

85 min./2006/color/French, English subtitles
Dir. Florence Strauss (France, Canada)

Cairo, Alexandria, Tel-Aviv, Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, Palmyra... In a world torn apart, these cities have a common legacy: classical Arabic music. From Paris, director Florence Strauss traces the roots of this age-old art form, while at the same time shedding light on her own personal history.

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Sunday, December 2





* Milton Rogovin: The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
Sunday, December 2; 12:30 pm

59 min./2006/color, b&w/English
Dir. Ezra Bookstein (United States) Prod. MUSE Film & Television

An exploration of the art and activism of social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin (b. 1909). For more than forty years, he has photographed the homeless, the marginalized, the powerless, and those he considers the "forgotten ones."





* Zahara & Urga
Sunday, December 2; 2:15 pm

60 min./2005/color/Finnish, English subtitles
Dir. Rax Rinnekangas (Finland)

After seeing a strange illumination, a silent boy gains the power of speech. Later, as a photographer, he travels throughout Europe seeking the light that allowed him to speak.

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Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
(Parts 1 & 2)

Sunday, December 2
Part 1 at 2:30 pm and Part 2 at 4:30 pm

120 min. each part/2006/color, b&w/English
Dir. Ric Burns (United States)

Ric Burns looks at Andy Warhol, with rare archival footage shot by Warhol at the peak of his fame in the sixties.





* Margaret Garner
Sunday, December 2; 4:00 pm

52 min./2006/color/English
Dir. Mustapha Hasnaoui (France)

A behind-the-scenes look at the Detroit premiere of the opera Margaret Garner, adapted by Toni Morrison from her novel Beloved, which recounts the true story of a nineteenth-century slave and her tragic destiny. With mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in the title role.


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