Picturing the Margings
Marges en images
Peripheries, Minorities and Taboos in the Films by Marcel Łoziński, Pál Schiffer and Želimir Žilnik
Périphéries, minorités et tabous dans les films de Marcel Łoziński, Pál Schiffer et Želimir Žilnik
Published on Friday, April 09, 2021
Abstract
The conference aims to study films directed by three acclaimed Central European and Balkanic documentary filmmakers who showed, through their filmic poetics, a special interest towards disqualified social groups. In parallel to the conference, multiple events will be held online: screenings, debates, masterclasses with Marcel Łoziński and Želimir Žilnik, tribute to Pál Schiffer, etc.
Announcement
Online Conference and Parallel Events: 14-17 April
Programme
Thursday 15 April 2021
- 9:30-9:50 am Introduction by Naïma Berkane & Mathieu Lericq (Sorbonne University)
- 9:50-10:50 am Inaugural keynote speech by Dina Iordanova (University of St Andrews, UK) Comrades, Commanders, Drifters and Deserters: The Humanism Of Central European Documentary?
Coffee break
11:00-1:30 am Panel 1 Beyond The Limits Of The ‘Un-Represented World’: Realism In Question
- Mikołaj Jazdon (Adam Mickiewicz University–Poznań, Poland) Impatient Eye. Marcel Łoziński vs. Kazimierz Karabasz or Two Different Documentary Methods and Approaches to Depicting Citizens of Poland of the 1960s and 1970s
- Jarmo Valkola (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) Processing Audiovisual Memories and Visions. The Reflexive Realism of Pál Schiffer’s Films
- François Niney (Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 University, France) Marcel Łoziński’s Approach as Political Subversion from the Working Class Point of View
- Sylvie Rollet (University of Poitiers, France) Eluding Territories and Identities: Politics of Cinematic Gaze in Želimir Žilnik’s Films
Discussant: Jean-Loup Bourget (ENS, France)
1:30-2:30 pm Lunch break
2:30-4:00 pm Meeting
- Realities Provoked: A Discussion between Marcel Łoziński and Želimir Žilnik
- Moderated by Mathieu Lericq (Sorbonne University, France)
Coffee break
4:15-6:15 pm Panel 2 Towards Excluded Territories and Voiceless People: Critical Processes (Observation, Theatralization and Carnivalization)
- Nevena Daković (University of Arts/Belgrade, Serbia) & Aleksandra Milovanović (University of Arts/Belgrade, Serbia) From the Protest Memory Archive: Political Turmoil 1968-1996: Želimir Žilnik’s June Turmoil (1969) and Throwing off the Yolks of Bondage (1996)
- Beja Margitházi (ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary) Voices of the ‘No Man’s Children’ of the Regime Change. Pál Schiffer’s Videoton Saga in the Nineties
- Catherine Portuges (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA) Pal Schiffer's Documentary Heritage
Discussant: Dario Marchiori (Lyon 2 University, France)
General discussion
Friday 16 April 2021
10:00-11:30 am Panel 3 Taboos And Engagement: Reversing the Signs of Exclusion
- Vesi Vuković (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Yugoslav(i)a on the Margin: Sexual Taboos, Representation, Nation and Emancipation in Želimir Žilnik’s Early Works (1969)
- Andrea Póc sik (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary) Passings to the Margin. Archival Knowledge Production: Revisiting the legacy of Pál Schiffer
Discussant: Teresa Castro (Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 University, France)
11:30-1:00 Lunch break
1:00-3:00 pm Panel 4 Witnesses and Micro-History: Contexts and Materials of Oppositional Knowledge
- Raphaël Szöllösy (University of Strasbourg, France) The Republic of Dunapataj: On Magyar Stories (A Dunánál, 1988) of Bálint Magyar and Pál Schiffer
- Jean-Yves Potel (Independant researcher) Marcel Łoziński’s 45-89 (1990) : Double Truths About Communism
- Małgorzata Smorąg (Sorbonne University, France) Film and History. Re-Viewing ‘The Witnesses’ (1986) by Marcel Łoziński Through the Glance of Recent Works Dedicated to Kielce’s Pogrom. Chronology of a Memorial Issue
Discussant: Anne Madelain (INALCO, France)
Coffee break
3:15-5:15 pm Panel 5 Political Tactics and Filmic Strategies: Defining New Ethics Through Cinema
- Sacha Markovic (Sorbonne University, France) Želimir Žilnik, the Black Wave and Tito’s Regime
- Masha Shpolberg (University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA) Figures of Exile: Narrating the ‘March Emigration’
- Eliza Rose (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA) Softening the Blow: Strategies of Self-Incrimination in the Films of Marcel Łoziński and Želimir Žilnik
Discussant: Nadège Ragaru (Sciences-Po, France)
5:15 pm Conclusion by Kristian Feigelson (Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 University, France) and general discussion
Institutions
This international symposium is organized by Sorbonne Université (Eur’Orbem), in partnership with Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 (IRCAV), Université Aix-Marseille (LESA), INALCO (CREE) and the du documentaire à la Bpi (Centre Pompidou), Polish Institute in Paris, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Serbian Cultural Center, le Goethe-Institut Paris, Kino Visegrad.
Conference Team
- Naïma Berkane (PhD candidate, Sorbonne Université, EUR’ORBEM)
- Mathieu Lericq (Post-doc, Sorbonne Université, EUR’ORBEM)
- Clara Royer (Senior lecturer, Sorbonne Université, EUR’ORBEM)
To Attend Online
Conference: https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/99179059292?pwd=N3JtNUR0ZWpUVm53M2x0YTNocGRJQT09
Parallel events (masterclasses, screenings, roundtable etc.): https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/96982671297?pwd=SjVpQ1NtdmJMWlJHZzByUktYY2dEQT09
Contact : margins.parisconference@gmail.com
Subjects
- Early modern (Main category)
- Zones and regions > Europe > Balkans
- Periods > Modern > Twentieth century
- Zones and regions > Europe > Central and Eastern Europe
- Mind and language > Representation > Visual studies
- Periods > Modern > Twentieth century > 1945-1989
- Society > History > Social history
Places
- Online Conference - 9 Rue Michelet
Paris, France (75006)
Date(s)
- Wednesday, April 14, 2021
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
- Friday, April 16, 2021
- Saturday, April 17, 2021
Keywords
- margin, documentary cinema, social periphery, memory, taboo, history of Roma people, Jewish culture
Reference Urls
Information source
- Naïma Berkane
courriel : naimaberkane [at] outlook [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Picturing the Margings », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Friday, April 09, 2021, https://doi.org/10.58079/16ep
