International Visitors: art director of the International Kansk Video Festival visits the Netherlands

Nadezhda Bakuradze is the artistic director and festival programmer of the International Kansk Video Festival in Siberia, Russia. The festival focusses both on international experimental film productions and supports a young generation of Russian video artists and filmmakers working on the border of cinematography and contemporary art.

For 2016, the festival organisation plans to present a special programme, which focusses on Dutch architecture and consists of films, lectures and workshops. The visitors’ programme of DutchCulture is compiled to support the research for this special programme and focusses on the crossovers between film, contemporary art and architecture. With regard to the architectural programme, special attention is paid to social issues related to new urban strategies.

New Cultural Horizons Russia:
In 2015 DutchCulture launched the New Cultural Horizons programme, directed to explore new perspectives and forms of collaboration with a number of countries and regions, including Russia. The programme aims to establish a lasting collaboration between the Dutch cultural sector and the independent cultural world in Russia. It identifies and opens up alternative/independent networks for cultural dialogue with the Russian creative sector.

The New Cultural Horizons programme does not solely focus on Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also explores perspectives in the rest of Russia. The International Kansk Video Festival is regarded as an important hub for innovative creative development in Siberia. Therefore, DutchCulture decided to support the festival by organizing a visitors’ programme to enable Nadezhda Bukaradze to do her research in the Netherlands. The interdisciplinary, independent character of the festival and the opportunities offered to young talent, fit into the framework of DutchCulture’s current programme for Russia.

More information:
For more information on the visitors’ programme, please contact Ruben Eijkelenberg, advisor Russia at DutchCulture.