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SFC is happy to add the 40th film in Shoah Film Collection, entitled:

AT THE ALTAR OF HER MEMORIES
2005, 26:51
by Tova Beck-Friedman (USA)

At age seventeen, following her liberation from Bergen-Belsen Bracha Ghilai came to Israel to start her life over. As part of her healing process she established a puppet theater.
Sixty years later, surrounded by her puppets Bracha recalls the dire events of her youth. Through a mix of storytelling, puppetry and archival photographs we experience the anguish of her narrative while she unlocks chapters from her painful past. Her stories range from the heart-wrenching description of her separation from her nephew, Nisan, to the powerful and poignant account of incredible power of endurance, survival and the guilt that accompanies it.

A Virtual Memorial Foundation
is happy to announce the realisation of

A Virtual Memorial Riga 2012
Commemorative Interventions
featuring SFC - Shoah Film Collecion
@ Culture & Arts Projects Noass Riga
1-8 June 2012

in partnership between Riga Ghetto & Latvian Holocaust Museum, the association “SHAMIR”, Culture & Arts Projects NOASS Riga and artvideoKOELN - the curatorial initiative “art & moving images” Cologne/Germany

For this event, Agricola de Cologne created a new contextual framework for presentating SFC - Shoah Film Collection as a screening and exhibition event.

The provisional event schedule can be downloaded as PDF
English
Deutsch

SFC is happy to add the 39th film in Shoah Film Collection, entitled:

Maria, 2010, 5:37
by Marita Contreras (Peru)

Essential to my artistic investigations are themes of oppression, deception, silence, abuse of trust, and abuse of power. Such an examination is a natural result of my growing up in Peru, a country where repression by both the government and Catholic Church was an inescapable and unchangeable reality.

When one experiences abuse within a restrictive and oppressive incubator, it affects not only the nature of the experience, but also the perception of it. Thus, my artistic narratives are influenced by the distinct, often strange, Latin American world where I was raised.

Through photography, video, film, and installation, I attempt to explore these themes of trauma with a particular interest in revealing internal experiences within the external context of the strange, often terrifying land that serves as the inspiration for my explorations.

My work often includes depictions of victimization, and images that indicate an abuse of power and status in relationships that are inherently unbalanced. The work incorporates religious and cultural images that are characteristic of Peruvian society and also contains Spanish phrases and allusions to magical realism. Ultimately, although examining the tragedy of abuse, the work speaks to healing, recovery, and transformation.

SFC is happy to add the 38th film in Shoah Film Collection, entitled:

Castaway pt. 2
a documentary by
Ben Neufeld (USA)

Review here

more info contains the SFC catalogue

On occasion of the return of the liberation of Auschwitz, 27 January 2012 - SFC - Shoah Film Collection is re-releasing a call for submissions.

Artists in the field of “moving images ” are invited to submit up to three works of experimental film & videoart dealing with the topic of “Shoah” and related fields.

The extended collection of SFC - Shoah Film Collection will be screened and exhibited in the framework of CologneOFF 2012 - videoart in a global context

The details and entry form can be found on–>
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=1549

or can be downloaded as PDF

Call for entres: English

Convocatoria: español

Aufruf an Künstler zur Teilnahme

SFC - Shoah Film Collection made a little jump to Mexico, when Cologne International Videoart Festival included following small selection
of videos
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Shelley Jordon (USA) - Anita’s Journey, 2011, 8:28
Agricola de Cologne (Germany) - Memory Game, 2010, 8:00
Paolo Bonfiglio (Italy) - Mortale, 2009, 6:48
Brian Delevie (USA) - Haggadah, 2007, 13:03
Doron Polak & Uri Dushy (Israel) - RED (1), 2008, 7:00
Anders Weberg (SWE) - Mamo, 2008, 2:30

in its presentation series
CologneOFF 2011 Mexico
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=1826
10 Nov - 8 Dec 2011

@ UAM - Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco - Mexico City
Media Fest 2011 - CologneOFF 2011 - videoart in a global context
14 & 15 November 2011

see also PDF catalogue
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF2011_Mexico_Cuba.pdf

SFC is happy to add the 37th film in Shoah Film Collection, entitled:

Anita’s Journey
an animated film by
Shelley Jordon (USA)

more info contains the SFC catalogue

SFC _ Shoah Film Collection is invited to be presented in November 2011 by Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at Purdue University Ft.Wayne /USA, close to Chicago.

More details soon!