Screening: The Challenge

DESCRIPTION

The Challenge movie is a strikingly beautiful yet ironic visual poem about present-day Qatar, where century old traditions coexist with fantastic wealth.

Remaining detached from his subject matter, the Italian director Yuri Ancarani follows the milieu of Qatar’s “golden youth”, turning documentation of their luxury lifestyle into a sci-fi film of sorts.

Ancarani’s video works were displayed at the 55th Venice Biennale, as well as the world’s largest museums, including The National Museum of Contemporary Art, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and MoMA, New York. The Challenge is a literal challenge to cinema, and received critical acclaim: in 2016, it won the Special Jury Prize at the 69th Locarno International Film Festival, and was part of the program at such American festivals of independent films as True/False and SXSW. In March 2017, the New York Times included Ancarani in the top 9 of new directors who, according to the newspaper, will shape the future of cinema.

The Challenge

Director Yuri Ancarani

Italy, France, Switzerland, 2017. 69 minutes. 16+

ABOUT THE BEAT FILM FESTIVAL

BEAT FILM FESTIVAL  is an international documentary film festival with a focus on modern culture that takes place in Moscow in late May – early June. It is one of the largest documentary filmfestivals in Russia, with an audience of 20,000 attendees in Moscow and a regional showcase in 15 cities across Russia in the Fall. The festival’s program is a vibrant mix of film screenings and special events, dj-sets and live concerts, talks and round tables with visionaries in film, music and visual arts, social sciences and technology.

tickets

Standard adult—400 RUB

Concessions for visitors with disabilities—200 RUB*.
*Ticket for one carer—200 RUB.

The film will be screened in English with Russian subtitles.
The event is accessible to deaf and hard of hearing visitors.

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