Anatomy of Failure/Hope for Pinok
We are announcing the screening of an award winning documentary and a short film, including talks from both film-makers and an open Q&A Session. This is the second part of an ongoing collaboration between the Goldsmiths Creative Enterprise Club and ALISN.
'The Anatomy of Failure' is an award winning documentary (Hot Docs Selection 2009) by Minou Norouzi. 'Hope for Pinok' is a short-film by Yurena Asensio de Dios of Minotauro Productions.
Date: Saturday 5 December
Location:
Ben Pimlott Lecture Theatre
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
(nearest tube New Cross / New Cross Gate)
Schedule:
Talk by Yurena de Dios: 1.00pm - 1.15pm
Screening 'Hope for Pinok': 1.15pm - 1.30pm
Talk by Minou Norouze: 1.30-1.45
Screening 'The Anatomy of Failure': 1.45pm - 2.45pm
Q&A session with the film-makers: 2.45pm - 3.30pm
About 'Anatomy of Failure'
A fragmentary biopic on Carlos Castaneda, 60ies cultural icon and author of The Teachings of Don Juan turns into a reluctant journey of self-discovery. Framed within the disappointment of a failed romance, the filmmaker goes in search of five disappeared women, believed to have been part of Castaneda’s ‘harem’, trying to find out what hooked them on the cultish guru figure. In a series of Californian road trips her projected realities become as contradictory as the wildly differing characters in the film. She meets a concoction of Castaneda associates who are all invested in telling her about the man. But what remains in shadow is the story of the disappeared women. Finally a bizarre encounter with a police officer, investigating the discovery of bones in Death Valley belonging to one of the missing women, becomes the turning point at which the filmmaker faces some uncomfortable ‘truths’ she was unaware of, about herself. Whilst thematically universal, touching on failures in love, power relationships, and the culture of belief, the film is fittingly placed against a Californian backdrop, with Los Angeles as the inexhaustible epicentre of myth making and new religions.
About Director Minou Norouzi
Austrian/Iranian filmmaker, Minou Norouzi lives and works in London. She received her BA from University of the Arts London and her MA from Goldsmiths College. Whilst giving the impression of layered fiction her work is routed in documentary practice. Video works have been shown at CCA Glasgow, QUAD Gallery Derby, Cube Gallery Manchester, Calvert 22 London, American Cinematheque and Telic Gallery in Los Angeles as well as at film festivals internationally. She has worked in documentary productions for Channel 4, ITV, BBC2, CBC, and continues to work as a lecturer. Anatomy of Failure, her first full-length documentary premiered in Toronto at Hot Docs 2008. All Shades of Grey, supported by the British Council screened at Oberhausen International Short Film festival in 2009.
About 'Hope for Pinok'
'Hope for Pinok' is a fifteen-minute surreal and provocative comedy about a young aspiring artist and his struggle to accept his career path and life choices.
About Director Yurena De Dios
Yurena de Dios is an independent film-maker who lives and works in east London. In May 2006 she founded Minotauro Productions and has since made many short films, music and art videos and documentaries.
'The Anatomy of Failure' is an award winning documentary (Hot Docs Selection 2009) by Minou Norouzi. 'Hope for Pinok' is a short-film by Yurena Asensio de Dios of Minotauro Productions.
Date: Saturday 5 December
Location:
Ben Pimlott Lecture Theatre
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
(nearest tube New Cross / New Cross Gate)
Schedule:
Talk by Yurena de Dios: 1.00pm - 1.15pm
Screening 'Hope for Pinok': 1.15pm - 1.30pm
Talk by Minou Norouze: 1.30-1.45
Screening 'The Anatomy of Failure': 1.45pm - 2.45pm
Q&A session with the film-makers: 2.45pm - 3.30pm
About 'Anatomy of Failure'
A fragmentary biopic on Carlos Castaneda, 60ies cultural icon and author of The Teachings of Don Juan turns into a reluctant journey of self-discovery. Framed within the disappointment of a failed romance, the filmmaker goes in search of five disappeared women, believed to have been part of Castaneda’s ‘harem’, trying to find out what hooked them on the cultish guru figure. In a series of Californian road trips her projected realities become as contradictory as the wildly differing characters in the film. She meets a concoction of Castaneda associates who are all invested in telling her about the man. But what remains in shadow is the story of the disappeared women. Finally a bizarre encounter with a police officer, investigating the discovery of bones in Death Valley belonging to one of the missing women, becomes the turning point at which the filmmaker faces some uncomfortable ‘truths’ she was unaware of, about herself. Whilst thematically universal, touching on failures in love, power relationships, and the culture of belief, the film is fittingly placed against a Californian backdrop, with Los Angeles as the inexhaustible epicentre of myth making and new religions.
About Director Minou Norouzi
Austrian/Iranian filmmaker, Minou Norouzi lives and works in London. She received her BA from University of the Arts London and her MA from Goldsmiths College. Whilst giving the impression of layered fiction her work is routed in documentary practice. Video works have been shown at CCA Glasgow, QUAD Gallery Derby, Cube Gallery Manchester, Calvert 22 London, American Cinematheque and Telic Gallery in Los Angeles as well as at film festivals internationally. She has worked in documentary productions for Channel 4, ITV, BBC2, CBC, and continues to work as a lecturer. Anatomy of Failure, her first full-length documentary premiered in Toronto at Hot Docs 2008. All Shades of Grey, supported by the British Council screened at Oberhausen International Short Film festival in 2009.
About 'Hope for Pinok'
'Hope for Pinok' is a fifteen-minute surreal and provocative comedy about a young aspiring artist and his struggle to accept his career path and life choices.
About Director Yurena De Dios
Yurena de Dios is an independent film-maker who lives and works in east London. In May 2006 she founded Minotauro Productions and has since made many short films, music and art videos and documentaries.