The annual Russian Guitar Festival is in full swing with Oleg Timofeyev and Vadim Kolpakov. If you can – go!
– The annual Russian Guitar Festival: A Russian revival in its 11th instalment. In: Little Village Mag. http://littlevillagemag.com/the-annual-russian-guitar-festival-a-russian-revival-in-its-11th-installment/ [link-preview url=”http://littlevillagemag.com/the-annual-russian-guitar-festival-a-russian-revival-in-its-11th-installment/”]
The Gypsy Lyon Festival will open its doors on the 18th of May in Lyon, France.
– Croix-Rousse : le Gypsy Lyon Festival revient pour une 8e edition. In: Lyon Capitale. http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Culture/Musique/Croix-Rousse-le-Gypsy-Lyon-Festival-revient-pour-une-8e-edition [link-preview url=”http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Culture/Musique/Croix-Rousse-le-Gypsy-Lyon-Festival-revient-pour-une-8e-edition”]
This week end, the Kakava Festival is taking place in Edirne.
– Kakava: Roma festival draws thousands to Turkey’s Edirne. In: TRT World. 06.05.2017. http://www.trtworld.com/turkey/kakava-roma-festival-draws-thousands-to-turkeys-edirne-350671 [link-preview url=”http://www.trtworld.com/turkey/kakava-roma-festival-draws-thousands-to-turkeys-edirne-350671″]
https://lavillette.com/evenement/festival-flamenco/ [link-preview url=”https://lavillette.com/evenement/festival-flamenco/”]
Prague will soon host the 2017 version of the Khamoro festival with music, conferences, exhibitions and even football …
– http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/19th-annual-khamoro-festival-in-prague-conferences-exhibitions-football-and-music [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/19th-annual-khamoro-festival-in-prague-conferences-exhibitions-football-and-music”]
An interesting article on Balkan Music and Rroma in Mexico. The country has a rather significant population of Kalderaša and related groups.
– MUSICA BALCÁNICA Y CULTURA GITANA: SUS RAÍCES EN MÉXICO. In: Pikama Surf. 31.03.2017. http://pijamasurf.com/2017/03/musica_balcanica_y_cultura_gitana_festival_balkytlan/ [link-preview url=”http://pijamasurf.com/2017/03/musica_balcanica_y_cultura_gitana_festival_balkytlan/”]
A large festival on the Rroma culture will open its doors next week end in Isernia.
– http://www.restoalsud.it/2017/04/integrazione-nel-segno-della-cultura-restoalsud-partner-del-festival-della-cultura-rom-sinti/ [link-preview url=”http://www.restoalsud.it/2017/04/integrazione-nel-segno-della-cultura-restoalsud-partner-del-festival-della-cultura-rom-sinti/”]
The 20th Herdelezi festival will soon opens its doors in San Francisco! May 6th is the date!
– Yuri Yunakov to Headline 20th Anniversary Herdeljezi Romani Music Festival. In: Broadway World. 20.03.2017. http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Yuri-Yunakov-to-Headline-20th-Anniversary-Herdeljezi-Romani-Music-Festival-20170320 [link-preview url=”http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Yuri-Yunakov-to-Headline-20th-Anniversary-Herdeljezi-Romani-Music-Festival-20170320″]
The “Latcho Divano” festival in Marseilles in the South of France is in full swing. There is music, but also an exhibition on Ceja Stojka, a Austrian Holocaust survivor and painter.
– Latcho Divano célèbre les cultures roms et tziganes. In: FR3 Provence Côte d’Azur. 13.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/latcho-divano-celebre-cultures-roms-tziganes-1213175.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/latcho-divano-celebre-cultures-roms-tziganes-1213175.html”]
Robert Kirchhoff was born in 1968 in Nitra and studied documentary production and dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and cameraman, and has had a number of films that have won awards at domestic and foreign festivals. Amongst others, he made documentaries Hey, Slovaks !, Ghost in the Machine, The Case Cervanová, etc. and was a producer and co-producer of films like Blind Loves Disease of the Third Power, in Ash.
From 2003 to 2016, he has been preparing a documentary on the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti called A “Hole in the Head”, which will have its premier in March 2017. He has interviewed many survivors of the Holocaust and recorded their fate.
– Vyhľadal Rómov a Sintov, ktorí prežili holokaust, a natočil skutočné diery v hlave. Etno safari odmietol. In: Dennik. 01.03.2017. https://dennikn.sk/681418/vyhladal-romov-a-sintov-ktori-prezili-holokaust-a-natocil-skutocne-diery-v-hlave-etno-safari-odmietol/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/681418/vyhladal-romov-a-sintov-ktori-prezili-holokaust-a-natocil-skutocne-diery-v-hlave-etno-safari-odmietol/”]
The Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany issued a statement about the Berlin Festival and the movie on Django Reinhardt’s life.
They greeted the release of this movie and the fact that it was shown at the opening of the festival, stating that the festival gave a strong signal that the situation of minorities always reflects the situation of the society at large.
Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma würdigt den Berlinale Eröffnungsfilm ‚Django‘. In: Scharf Links. 13.02.2017. http://www.scharf-links.de/45.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=59445&cHash=21442e4d7e [link-preview url=”http://www.scharf-links.de/45.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=59445&cHash=21442e4d7e”]
The movie on Django Reinhard’s life opened at the Berlin Film festival, with some mixed critiques. During the opening, Rroma and the Holocaust were prominently cited, and comparisons with current times were made.
– Berlin Film Review: ‘Django’ In: Variety. 09.02.2017. http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/
– Political resistance on Berlinale red carpet. In: DW. 09.02.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/political-resistance-on-berlinale-red-carpet/a-37487190 [link-preview url=”http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/ “]
The Bosnian Rroma actor Nazif Mujic who won a Silver Bear award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 is selling his trophy because he needs money.
A shame for Bosnia and for us all.
– Roma actor sells Silver Bear award to feed kids. In: ENCA. 07.01.2017. http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids [link-preview url=”http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids”]
A movie on Django Reinhardt opened the Berlin Festival. Will be worth seeing and judging, but it is certainly a difficult subject.
– Film über Django Reinhardt eröffnet Festival. In: Spiegel Online. 04.01.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html
– “Django” wird die Berliner Filmfestspiele eröffnen. Der Tagesspiegel. 04.01.2017. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/berlinale-2017-django-wird-die-berliner-filmfestspiele-eroeffnen/19208970.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html “]
A Rroma dance festival took place in Česka Lipa, Czech Republic. 200 young Rroma danced to various tunes, showing their skills and the fact that they haven’t lost their old dancing traditions- Festival romského tance ukázal, že mladí stále umějí držet traduce. In: Denik. 29.09.2016. http://www.denik.cz/liberecky-kraj/festival-romskeho-tance-ukazal-ze-mladi-stale-umeji-drzet-tradice-20160928.html [link-preview url=”http://www.denik.cz/liberecky-kraj/festival-romskeho-tance-ukazal-ze-mladi-stale-umeji-drzet-tradice-20160928.html”]
Some pictures from the Bistrita Rroma Festival which took place on August 15th.
Two music festivals in Romania. In Bistrita, on August 15th, and in Bucharest September 9 to 12.
A festival in Slovakia regrouped Rroma from several regions between August 3rd and 6th.
Some pictures and news from the Bratislava Rroma festival.
Gypsy Fest, a large Rroma festival, just opened in Bratislava.
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