[illegal_cinema] is conceived as an open (self-) educational project of exchange and contextualization of the auteur, documentary, political, activist, queer, anarchist, censored and other marginalized and in the local context hardly accessible films. The project is open to everyone interested to propose films, with obligation to speak about them, to open up discussion, or to invite guests – wherewith we try to erase the boundaries between the editor (curator) and audience and to perform a long-term process of (collective) self-education. During its realization the project is constantly developing and expanding its original framework, generating different program-lines and trying to explore new modes of facilitating art and culture as a space for diverse knowledge production.

[illegal_cinema] No More Reality – Istanbul edition

…thematic cinema which gathers a number of films related to the topics of crowd, demonstration, micro and macro revolutions…


ALEXANDER NEVSKY (1938, Soviet Union)
Directors: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev
Duration: 112 min
Film proposed by Olga Kisseleva

CZECH DREAM (2004, Czech Republic)
Directors: Vit Klusak, Filip Remunda
Duration: 90 min
Film from the illegal_cinema Belgrade archive

LA COMMUNE (2000, France)
Director: Peter Watkins
Duration: 345 min
Film from illegal_cinema Belgrade archive

OCTOBER: TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD (1928, Soviet Union)
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
Duration: 103 min
Film from illegal_cinema Belgrade archive

PUNISHMENT PARK (1971, USA)
Director: Peter Watkins
Duration: 88 min
Film from illegal_cinema Belgrade archive

ROCK MY RELIGION (1982, USA)
Director: Dan Graham
Duration: 55 min
Film proposed by Susanne Burner

STALKER (1979, West Germany/Soviet Union)
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Duration: 163 min
Film proposed by Igor Grubic

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE (1968, USA)
Director: William Greaves
Duration: 70 min
Film proposed by Fia Backstrom

THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966, Italy/Algeria)
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Duration: 121 min
Film from the illegal_cinema Zagreb archive

THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925, Soviet Union)
Directors: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Duration: 75 min
Film proposed by Asena Gunal

THE DREAMERS (2003, France/UK/Italy)
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Duration: 115 min
Film proposed by Balca Ergener

THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES (2004, UK)
Director: Adam Curtis
Duration: 180 min
Film proposed by Vladimir Jeric Vlidi

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
(2003, Ireland, Netherlands, USA, Germany, Finland, UK)
Directors: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O’Briain
Duration: 74 min
Film from the illegal_cinema Belgrade archive

THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (1989, Austria)
Director: Michael Haneke
Duration: 104 min
Film proposed by Marta Popivoda

THE TRAP: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
(2007, UK)
Director: Adam Curtis
Duration: 180 min
Film proposed by Vladimir Jeric Vlidi

THE WAR GAME (1965, UK)
Director: Peter Watkins
Duration: 48 min
Film from illegal_cinema Belgrade archive

THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND (2002, USA)
Directors: Sam Green, Bill Siegel
Duration: 92 min
Film from the illegal_cinema Belgrade archive

JUST GREAT / TOUT VA BIEN (1972, France)
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin
Duration: 95 min
Film proposed by CHTO DELAT / Dmitry Vilensky

ZABRISKIE POINT (1970, USA)
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Duration: 110 min
Film proposed by Jelena Vesic

ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT (2006, France/Iceland)
Director: Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno
Duration: 90 min
Film proposed by Claire Staebler

YOUR SHIT—YOUR RESPONSIBILITY (2000-present, Serbia)
Authors: Skart
Duration: 8 min
Video proposed by Jelena Vesic

ARTICULATION OF PROTEST
Author: Hito Steyerl
Duration: 38 min
Video lecture proposed by Jelena Vesic

CALL FOR DEMONSTRATION (2006)
Author: Annika Strom
Duration: 5 min
Video proposed by Jelena Vesic

APPROPRIATE CULTURAL-ARTISTIC PROGRAMME FOR THE OCCASION OF OPENING OF THE FIRST BUILT PART OF THE TATLIN’S MONUMENT TO THE III INTERNATIONA (2007)
Authors: The Henry VIII’s Wives, Horkestar, BGYSS, WoO, Vladmarx, Jelena, Ana, Milos and the group of enthusiasts from Belgrade
Duration: 19 min
Video proposed by Jelena Vesic

I WORK MORE TO GET MORE MONEY (2008, France)
Authors: New Forms of Art workshop 2008, Sorbonne University
Duration: 16 min
Video proposed by Olga Kisseleva

THE MACHINE (2008, France)
Authors: New Forms of Art workshop 2008, Sorbonne University
Duration: 5 min
Video proposed by Olga Kisseleva

TERROR OF TRAVESTITES (2006, Turky)
Director: Aykut Atasay
Duration: 18 min
Film proposed by Sibil Cekmen

WE ARE MARCHING (2007, Turky)
Director: Aykut Atasay
Duration: 50 min
Film proposed by Sibil Cekmen

TRAVESTITES (2008, Turky)
Director: Aykut Atasay
Duration: 26 min
Film proposed by Sibil Cekmen