On the evening of Wednesday, the 25th of September, at the end of the conference programme, we are inviting everyone partaking at the T2M conference 2024 to join us for a cineastic grande-finale. Together, we will venture to Schaubühne Lindenfels, one of Leipzigs most beautiful movie theaters in the City’s westside, to watch the screening of “Corridor #8” (2008) by Boris Despodov, followed by a live discussion with filmmaker and cinematograph, Boris Missirkov, moderated by Lyubomir Pozharliev (IfL).
Synopsis
Corridor #8 is a mosaic film combining fragments from the everyday lives of the characters who live along a non-existent Balkan road. The road passes through the countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania. In the same time Corridor #8 is a huge EU infrastructural project meant to link the Black and the Adriatic Seas, already a decade in the planning.
Along the way you’ll meet a cowboy train, a railway tunnel used for growing mushrooms, an international businessman building an oil pipeline, a local politician dreaming of becoming the next American president, a pimp working for KFOR soldiers and even a song dedicated to Corridor #8, which seems to be the only real thing in a surreal world…“Corridor, Corridor, Corridor #8…”
Following the road’s thread the „non-road” film Corridor #8 captures the moods, the prejudices and the hope of the people from the three Balkan countries, who paradoxically are “far away, so close” to each other.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HLICm7T2U
See more on the movie here: http://www.corridor8.info/
Boris Missirkov
Boris Missirkov, was born in Sofia in 1971. He studied at the Bulgarian National School of Ancient Languages and Cultures from 1985 to 1990, at the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts from 1991 to 1996 and at the Italian research center Fabrica from 1997 to 1998. Missirkov pursued this path together with Georgi Bogdanov (*1971), with whom as an artist duo he began co-founding the production house AGITPROP and the Bulgarian Association for Photography in 1994.
As a solo artist, Missirkov is celebrated as a cinematographer, director, visual artist and photographer who creates visual campaigns, feature-length documentaries, videos and short films. He was also the author of the first Bulgarian original film for the National Geographic Channel, Explore Bulgaria (2014-2019), co-producer of 15, the first Bulgarian omnibus film, and author of The Ladino Ladies’ Club (Bulgaria/USA, 2015), which was screened at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and the Warsaw Film Festival.
His duo AGITPROP uses portrait photography to play with photographic tropes of the 20th century. Whether through the lens of seriousness or levity, each immortalized subject is both a reflection and a commentary on the various social conditions that make up society. This effect is reinforced by the compositional elements with which the artists alter and complement their work.
Venue
The Schaubühne Lindenfels is a creative gem in the west of Leipzig. Usually, experimental theater, concerts, discos and readings take place in the over 100-year-old ballroom, while a puppet theater is located in the west wing of the building complex. The arthouse cinema on the second floor shows international film art as well as young German productions and silent films with live music. For our screening though, we will welcome you to the ballroom to give enough space for all participants. In the beautiful art-deco inspired foyer, we will meet prior to enjoy drinks and dinner together.
How to get there:
Located at Karl-Heine-Straße 50, 04229 Leipzig
From Lancaster University, take the Tram 14 from Central Station to “Karl-Heine-/Merseburger Str.” station, (right at the venue)
OR take the Tram 3 from Central Station to “Felsenkeller” station (3min from the venue)
Schedule
18:00 : Transfer to the cinema – Schaubühne Lindenfels
19:00 : Dinner and Closing Ceremony at Schaubühne Lindenfels
20:00 : “Corridor #8” film screening and discussion
21:30 : Open end at the bar