Topic: Culture
Minsk film distributors changed plot of well-known film
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9:16, — Culture
Explicit scenes have been cut out from Ulrich Seidl’s film Import/Export (presented at Cannes Film Festival in 2007), screened in Minsk on July 17.
Vasil Bykau died 5 years ago (Photo)
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0:25, — Culture
On June 22 five years were marked after the death of Vasil Bykau, a Belarusian writer. Today books of the writer are not published in Belarus, films about his life and creative work are banned.
Be Free!
13:15, — Culture
The “Belarusian Music Alternative” prepares another large rock-festival outside the country. It is called “Be Free!”. The festival is a kind of continuation of the event held last year in the Ukrainian Lutsk.
Art against dictatorship
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8:37, — Culture
An exhibition of Belarusian artists “Art against Dictatorship” was opened in the Estonian Parliament last week.
Belarus Free Theatre performs in Paris
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15:59, — Culture
Belarus Free Theatre has begun a tour in the French capital. The theatre will show its famous performance Generation Jeans about struggle of the Belarusian youth for freedom.
Hasta la Vista: Belarus won’t be in Eurovision final (Video)
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0:14, — Culture
Ruslan Alehno, the Belarusian representative in the Second Semi-Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, failed to qualify for the final. So, our country won’t be represented at the prestigious European musical stage.
New Lukashenka’s decree: people may be thrown in prison for concerts?
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8:25, — Culture
Concerts and tours in Belarus are now governed by Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s decree. The decree introduces administrative responsibility for unauthorised concerts.
Natalya Kolyada: “Finally Europe has started to wonder what is going on in Belarusian culture”
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14:33, — Culture
Belarus Free Theatre represented our country at the international conference “New paradigms New Paradigms, New Models – Culture in the EU External Relations” held in Ljubljana under the auspices of Slovenian government. Hans-Gerd Pöttering, president of the European Parliament, took part in the conference.
Belarusian Free Theatre received special recognition of Europe
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15:32, — Culture
Ceremony of awarding with the most prestigious Theatre Europe Prize took place in Greek Thessaloniki. The Belarusian Free Theatre received special recognition of jury for New Theatrical Reality.
Musicians boycotted concert for “union” with Russia
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9:00, — Culture
At a concert-meeting on April 2 dedicated to the so-called day of Belarus and Russia’s unity, a few well-known rock-groups had been announced to perform, but most of them refused to appear.
Film Freedom Day shot ahead of 25 March (Video)
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13:50, — Culture
Uladzimir Arlou, Yury Khashchavatski and Aleh Dashkevich shot film Freedom Day ahead of 90th anniversary of the Belarusian National Republic.
James Bond has become Belarusian partisan singing Kupalinka
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12:19, — Culture
A Hollywood film director Edward Zwick has finished shooting of a film about World War II. A Hollywood actor Daniel Craig was starred in the lead role of a commander of the Belarusian partisan party. Daniel Craig was James Bond in Casino Royale film.
Khashchavatski didn’t pass censer
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9:12, — Culture
No films by famous film director Yury Khashchavatski were included in the catalogue of Belarusian films. Yury Khashchavatski directed films The Square and An Ordinary President.
Tom Stoppard: “They are about a free Belarus”
15:58, — Culture
Famous playwright Tom Stoppard tells in the interview to The Observer why he supports the Belarus Free Theatre.
EuroNews about Belarusian Free Theatre’s tour (Video)
16:48, — Culture
The Belarusian Free Theatre was on London’s tour since 11 February. The Belarusian theatre company performed on the stage of the prestigious Soho Theatre. The Free Theatre showed Being Harold Pinter 12 times, and Generation Jeans 4 times. The EuroNews programme Le Mag showed an item about London’s tour of the Belarusian Free Theatre.
Free Theatre dedicated its latest performance in London to Iryna Kazulina
22:55, The Free Theatre — Culture
London tour of the Free Theatre has just ended. We learnt about Iryna’s death 5 minutes before the latest performance beginning.
Exhibition dedicated BNR 90th anniversary in Palace of Arts (Photo)
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16:48, — Culture
An exhibition by Ales Tsyrkunou “The Land Awakened by Heinal” opened in the Minsk Palace of Arts on 20 February. It was organised on the occasion of 60th birth of the artist and dedicated to two dates: 170th anniversary of Kastus Kalinouski’s birth and 90th anniversary of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR) proclamation.
Presentation of Shrek movie forbidden in Salihorsk
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17:22, — Culture
Department of education of the Salihorsk district executive committee banned presentation of Shrek movie dubbed into Belarusian in schools. They explained the decision by beginning of influenza epidemic. Shrek was to be presented in Salihorsk schools on 22-27 February.
Welcome to theatreland
18:01, Mark Ravenhill, The Guardian — Culture
Drive down the main prospect of Minsk and you experience all the grand, intimidating swagger of high Soviet architecture. Tiny figures make their way along vast pavements, dwarfed by buildings that look as if they were made for giants. But pull away from the awesome display of the central route, and the roads gradually break up and decay. Within 10 minutes, you are driving along poorly lit dirt track, the housing a mess of crumbling brickwork and metal shacks.
Stoppard to the rescue: Why the writer is backing freedom in Belarus
12:49, Stephanie Merritt, The Observer — Culture
The Belarus Free Theatre was set up in 2005 to produce uncensored work in response to the authoritarian rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who has viciously suppressed freedom of expression as well as political opposition.
Documentary about Belarusian anti-Soviet resistance fighter shot in Homyel
12:42, — Culture
A documentary about Belarusian anti-Soviet resistance fighter Tsimokh Vostrykaw who died last November has been released in Homyel.
“Banned” Kupala
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10:02, — Culture
Last time the performance of the play “Tutejshyja” (or “The Locals”) by a Belarusian classic Yanka Kupala took place in July 2007. Since then the play never appeared at the theatre’s bills.
Soho Theatre Presents Belarus Free Theatre
9:39, — Culture
Soho Theatre presents the first major UK staging of work from The Belarus Free Theatre. Banned by the state in its homeland and renowned for staging covert and uncensored performances, The Belarus Free Theatre fights for democracy and artistic freedom, from 11 to 23 February.
Free Theater returns from three-week US tour
14:51, — Culture
Free Theater (FT), an underground company based in Minsk, has returned from a three-week US tour that proved a success.
Lyavon Volski: “Bans cultivate opposition”
19:07, — Culture
Lyavon Volski is one of the most charismatic and significant personalities in Belarusian culture. It is impossible to imagine the Belarusian rock and modern Belarusian music in general without band created by him, Mroya, N.R.M. and Krambambulya.
Reconstruction in Nyasvizh: no more Radzivil’s Palace (Photo)
15:29, — Culture
Radzivil’s Palace looks as if it had suffered from bomb attack.
Feared to Sell Vasil Bykau Books in Belarus
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12:21, — Culture
A presentation of a collection of Vasil Bykau works in Russian and Belarusian is to become a central event of the opening day of the Russian exposition at Minsk International Book Exhibition.
Ales Marachkin cut out from a gang company of artists (Photo)
10:05, — Culture
It seems that together with the black list of banned musicians, a list of banned artists exists in Belarus. Any mentioning of people belonging to the artistic association “Pahonya” is avoided at the official level.
Film “The Square” Won Alpe Adria Cinema Prize
17:13, — Culture
“The Sqaure” (Ploshcha), a film by Belarusian director Yury Khashchavatski, has been awarded the first prize, Alpe Adria Cinema Award, for the best documentary film at the Trieste Film Festival (Italy).
No permission for holding Rock Coronation
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15:34, — Culture
Organisers of the annual musical festival Rock Coronation planned to receive a permission for holding the event yet on Monday in the department of culture at the Minsk city executive committee. But the haven’t received it even on 22 January.
