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As part of the ongoing efforts to include more creators and collaborators in this year’s iSummit, and showcase CC-related work from all over the world, the 2007 iSummit in Dubrovnik has an extra component – a mini film festival on Thursday June 14th, the night before the Summit opens, at Lazareti. While not all the films are CC licensed, they are all concerned with CC in some way, from Good Copy, Bad Copy, a Danish documentary about copyright and piracy, to The Strange Land, an animated film from South Korea, which was originally shown in an online indie film festival with other CC licensed films. All the films that will be screened were selected by iCommoners, from a list of nominations from all over the world.
So, if you find yourself in Dubrvonik the day before the Summit starts, come to Lazareti after the welcoming drinks, and before the concert, and get a taste of some good CC cinema. Below is some information about each film.
Good Copy, Bad Copy
Type: documentary
Directed by: Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, Henrik Moltke
Country of Origin: Denmark, 2007
Duration: 58 minutes
Good Copy, Bad Copy explores the pros and cons of copyright, piracy and new forms of cultural production. It takes us to Pittsburgh where "illegal" artist Girl Talk conjures pop anthems from hundreds of uncleared samples. In Nigeria, Nollywood is thriving with little or no distinction between original and copy, while in Northern Brazil, an economic food chain based on "piracy" has emerged around the Tecno Brega scene. In Stockholm, Pirate Party members rally for copyright and privacy issues at the Swedish elections, while in Washington, Dan Glickman reflects on the MPAAs battle against movie piracy, not least the Pirate Bay bust. Due to the licensing of some of the content, the film could not be CC licensed. But the creators are very keen to see it remixed.
Cafuné (15 minute remix)
Type: feature
Directed by: Bruno Viana
Country of Origin: Brazil, 2007
Duration: 15 minutes
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Derivative 2.0 Brazil
This 15 minute remix is a version of Cafuné a Brazilian feature film, which was funded with public funds and released under a CC license earlier this year. It was made available on file-sharing networks such as eMule and BitTorrent at the same as it opened in theatres. Viewers were encouraged to remix the film, and create their own alternative endings.
The Strange Land
Type: Animation
Directed by: Han Byung-A
Country of Origin: South Korea
Duration: 8 minutes
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative 2.0 Korea
One of the Ani-films which was screened in the Darak Indi-Animation Film Festival (http://2007.darakfest.com), an online indie animation festival, with about 30 films that are known to be licensed under CC licences. This film says, "In the days of too many people but few thoughts, how many people are able to exist by their own imagination and will? How many of us can enjoy freedom and happiness facing numerous laws and judgments imposed on us by others? I wanted to say: let us be free from fear and shame"
GRIT#1
Type: Experimental
Directed by: Andrew Garton
Country of Origin: Australia, 2006
Duration: 11 minutes
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
A photo, video and sound collage (remix) produced for the ccSalon in Brisbane, Australia in November 2006. The film uses photos that have been sampled from ccSalon Brisbane Flickr Group; videos that are sampled from Lost Time Accident and Iain Anderson's airport; and the sound is sampled from Collusion and Lost Time Accident.
tags: dubrovnik croatia culture isummit07 open-film
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