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May 5th 2009, 12:26

INPUT 2009 Broadcast on Polish Television Back to Index

Programs presented at previous INPUT conferences on channel TVP 1, daily coverage of the INPUT 2009 conference on channel TVP 2. Meetings with program authors and guests at the Warsaw conference on channels: TVP 1, TVP 2, TVP Info, and TVP Kultura.

As a result of the INPUT 2009 conference, which will take place at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw from May 10-15 of this year, the Documentary Film Department of channel TVP 1 has prepared for broadcast several outstanding documentaries that were presented at previous INPUTs.

In Satmar Custody, dir. Nitzan Gilady, Israel 2003
May 4 at 01:12
Poor Jewish families living in Yemen are urged to emigrate to the USA instead of going to Israel. Yahia and Lauzy Jaradich give in to the persuasion. When their daughter falls into a coma and dies in America, Lauza is accused of murdering her. The director, tracing the story of the family’s fate, attempts to unravel the ever more tangled story…
These ultra orthodox Jews, who live in America and refer to themselves as “Satmar,” are barely recognizable in their own country. The are a closed and practically unknown society. However, outside of Israel, they represent an active anti-Zionist movement.

Dream Land, dir. Laila Pakalnina, Latvia 2004
May 6 at 13:51
A documentary presented at INPUT 2006 in Taipei, Taiwan.
There are places about which we do not want to know. Places that we wish didn’t exist. One of those places is a garbage dump.

Terpsichore's Captives II, dir. Efim Reznikov, Russia 2006
May 8 at 14:03
A documentary presented at INPUT 2007 in Lugano, Switzerland
“A person with whom you can ignite the fire of creativity. And there is freedom in that creation, but freedom is first and foremost what I will be aiming for.” So the main character in the film Terpsichore's Captives describes Bill T Jones. But is the Russian ballerina ready for freedom? Is the concept of freedom the same for her as it is for her American coach? Will the creative fire really burn between two people who are so very different?

Please Vote for Me, dir, Weijun Chen, China 2007
May 9 at 09:40
A documentary realized as part of an international co-production titled “Why Democracy?” The film was presented at INPUT 2008 in Johannesburg.
For the first time a Chinese school holds an election for class president. Chinese students, teachers, three candidates and their parents get a chance to taste democracy.

From May 10-15 on channel TVP 2 Monika Richardson will provide daily coverage every evening on the ongoing INPUT 2009 conference in Warsaw.


Channels TVP 1, TVP 2, TVP Info, and TVP Kultura invite you to meet the creative artists behind the programs presented at this year’s INPUT as well as guests at the conference during this special INPUT week.