INFORMATION FOR VENUES INTERESTED IN SCREENING THE PROGRAMME


Criss-Cross is based on the observation that the boundaries between what is considered traditional film, documentary film and visual art seem to be blurred. Maybe, it would be more precise to speak of a ‘cinematographic’ language stemming across these fields, rather than trying to categorise the works by placing them in distinctive spheres. Criss-Cross, which essentially focuses on the Nordic and Baltic scene, tries to emphasise this.


Criss-Cross highlights the interplay between the worlds of cinema and the visual arts and proposes a reflection on the structural mutations affecting these disciplines. It includes 44 films by 42 artists and film directors from the Nordic and Baltic regions within five thematic programmes:

Programme 1: Family/Domestic
Programme 2: Identity/Portrait
Programme 3: Social-Political
Programme 4: Urban Situation/Utopian Modernism
Programme 5: Film on Film


Criss-Cross is the result of research that led to the pre-selection of more than 450 films produced during the last five years. These cross-disciplinary programmes have been put together by Thierry Jousse (film director and film critic for Cahiers du Cinéma, FR), Åsa Nacking (director of Lund Konsthall, Lund, SE), Cristina Ricupero (curator at NIFCA, Helsinki, FI), Mats Stjernstedt (director of Index, Stockholm, SE) and Cilla Werning (producer at Silva Mysterium and Kinotar, Helsinki, FI).


Criss-Cross was premiered in Lund (SE) and in Helsinki (FI) during the summer of 2004 and is touring internationally 2004-2006. For other touring venues, please, see www.nifca.org. The programme is available for screenings at venues until the end of 2006.


The running time of each one of the five thematic programmes is approx. 3 hours. The mode of presentation of the programmes is open for negotiation. The screening fee for the complete Criss-Cross, including all five thematic programmes, is EUR 4 800. It is also possible to screen only one or more of the programmes.


The screening fees (decreases according to the number of programmes):

1 programme EUR 1 200
2 programmes EUR 2 280
3 programmes EUR 3 240
4 programmes EUR 4 080
5 programmes EUR 4 800


The screening fee includes an unlimited amount of screenings at one venue, and 50 free copies of the Criss-Cross brochure (per programme). The brochure has an introduction to the whole project and short presentations of each film. The Criss-Cross invitation card and poster templates are available to touring venues. The fee for the adaptation of the templates is EUR 150.


Criss-Cross is initiated, compiled and produced by NIFCA. The totality of the fees paid by the touring venues will be allocated directly to the artists and the production companies.


Criss-Cross is available on DVD. For preview copies and further information, please, contact NIFCA: Nathalie Aubret, e-mail: information@nifca.org, tel: (+358 9) 686 43 202




NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art creates a variety of new opportunities for artists, audiences, curators and critics to experience, enjoy and explore contemporary visual culture in the Nordic countries and internationally. NIFCA is situated in Helsinki and is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the body responsible for co-operation between the governments of Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Åland Islands.