BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cenes.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250322T0232Z-1742610763.4444-EO-23431-25@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260309T143613Z CREATED:20250322T003814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250322T003942Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250324T200000 RDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250327T180000,20250331T180000 SUMMARY: Radu Jude Retrospective + Q&A with Directors Radu Jude and Christi an Ferencz-Flatz DESCRIPTION: This Spring\, attend a film festival coordinated by several UB C student bodies and CENES' Modern European Studies Program! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This Spring\, attend a film festival coordinated by several UBC student bodies and CENES' Modern European Studies Program!

Films

March 24\, 6 PM The Tube wi th a Hat\, Shadow of a Cloud + Bad Luck Banging\, or Loony Porn

March 27\, 6 PM Plastic Semiotic\, The Potemkinists + Do Not Expect Too Much fro m the End of the World

March 31\, 10 AM Vancouver Premiere of Eight P ostcards from Utopia + Q&A with Directors Radu Jude and Christian Ferencz-F latz

About the Program

Born in 1977 in Bucharest\, Romania\, Radu Jude began his career as an assistant director before directing severa l short films. He transitioned to feature films with The Happiest Girl in t he World and went on to create films such as Aferim!\, Scarred Hearts\, and Uppercase Print. His feature Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 2021. His latest film\, Kontinental '25\, premier ed at the Berlinale 2025 and won the Silver Bear for best screenplay.

Christian Ferencz-Flatz (born 1981) is a philosopher and media scholar\, a ffiliated with the Alexandru Dragomir Institute for Philosophy in Bucharest . His research interests include phenomenology\, critical theory\, philosop hy of history\, and film and media philosophy. He has published numerous es says and translated key theoretical works by Edmund Husserl\, Martin Heideg ger\, Walter Benjamin\, Theodor W. Adorno\, and Siegfried Kracauer into Rom anian. Alongside Radu Jude\, he co-authored the experimental documentary Ei ght Postcards from Utopia\, which premiered at Locarno in 2024. He is curre ntly developing a research project on post-socialist advertising. With the daringly direct and moving works of Radu Jude and Christian Ferencz-Flatz\, this screening series offers a unique perspective on viewing the world thr ough innovative and precise filmmaking.

Their film exemplifies how ac ademic and artistic voices can come together to create vibrant conversation s about history\, the present moment\, and the future. Concluding with a Q& A with the directors\, this series invites imaginative and interdisciplinar y discussions that push the boundaries of both cinema and thought.

Event Sponsored by: UBC Film Society\, UBC Modern European Studies\, UBC Department of Central\, Eastern\, and Northern European Studies\, UBC Depar tment of Theatre & Film

Screening Series Programmed\, Coordi nated\, and Moderated by: Dr. William Brown\, Dr. Ilinca Iuraşcu\, and Chui wen Kong 

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