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Cinemini: Abracadabra Cinemini: Abrakadabra

razno / various / 2020 / 16 min / No dialogue / 3+

Film is magic: wishes overcome reality, the world moves in the opposite direction, the impossible is possible, buttons and marbles come to life and go for a walk. Come and do magic with us.

A programme of carefully selected short films from European film archives with guided conversations. The Cinemini European project brings a playful film programme, ranging from tiny stories from the time of our grandparents to interesting films by contemporary artists.

Film programme:

My Happy End My Happy End
Milen Vitanov, Germany, 2008, 5 minutes, no dialogues

Demolition of a wall Démolition d'un mur
Cinématographe Lumière, France, 1896, 2 minutes, silent

The Six Sisters Dainef Les six sœurs Dainef
Pathé Frères (production), France, 1902, 3 minutes, silent

Sally Sally
Luna Maurer, Roel Wouters, Netherlands, 2005, 2 minutes, no dialogues

Caution, the Doors Are Opening! Ostorozhno, dveri otkryvayutsya
Anastasia Zhouravleva, Russia, 2005, 5 minutes, no dialogues

Travelling Through Brush And Ink Bimo xinglü
Annlin Chao, Taiwan , 2017, 4 minutes, no dialogues

The programme is part of the Cinemini Europe education project.

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Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis

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With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse. In this intimate heart-to-heart, the nearly 90-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate and the world’s greatest ambassador for compassion brings a timely message of hope. Wisdom of Happiness blends the Dalai Lama’s inspirational words with stirring images of our planet and newly unearthed archival footage.

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