so we are all set and we're watching closely. we all seem to bring you the story behind the news. we roll about unbiased information. all 3 months. done, the mean has all, there is a bird in taiwan called the oriental turtle. dove gets cooped up in a cage. i will keep scratching at the sides and eventually i will die when that owns. and even if i stayed in one place, i might end up like one of those turtle don't. as they don't more, you'll find the jo that has to persevere. the west we have and share either or the experience is the resources, the knowledge is the network. you have any darn it, i never know about emigrating going to another country. you should live way you feel is how is it the,

the good to metal stands for freedom of opinion of art and cultural exchange. it's germany's most important prize and for, and cultural policy and is awarded by the good to institute annually. the winners were presenting today and body, these freedoms in their home countries like theater makers, you a king and taiwan. and, and hungary is capital budapest. the off the and the curator collective. but 1st to georgia, we're gone, gosh, rates has turned the capital city of tbilisi into a showcase for film and cinema. you get the best view of typically see from the old town, touched on a hillside. doug, actually to knows that like the back of his hand, he was born here and very studies and wept in germany. so much of his professional career just as during that time. and again, it was always clear to me,

i'm georgia, i have to be involved here. i know i never thought about emigrating was going to another country moving sides. and so i had many opportunities back in the day of in the but the way i see you should live where you found most at home and well mostly to how does it feel god felt at home in georgia, in cinema for more than 20 years. he directed the tbilisi film festival and event broke global cinema back to georgia. he co founded the festival in 2000 a challenging time with post service, georgia, still reading from civil war and the chaotic 1st years of independence. the cool with a key that we had a big crisis in the 1990 is very few films were being made and the institutions weren't really working properly. clark disciplined quote,

the cdo was basically bankrupt and the states didn't support as either the but we started the festival with practically no money, $10.00 films. but that was okay, because what we set out to do was to reawaken the movie culture. yeah, these are soften the feeding the lunch of to me to eviction and re awake. and it did just like in soviet days when pushed yano street bristled with cinemas, like the iconic apollo theatre. as a child, he would go to the movies every day for over 20 years. now, god has been campaigning to preserve the greats of george's movie history. he credits his family for cultivating his passion for the film, the white and both sides of the tent. my grandfather was a producer at a big studio cruise the film. it was called it as a boy, i was allowed to go to the shoots, which was incredibly exciting to. that's probably where i discovered my love for

the film a uh, but my brother became inactive. to me as for me, i wanted to study. so making votes. and there wasn't a film school in georgia at the time of this kind of 71 in moscow. but i didn't want to go to moscow, so i gave up on it at most go get and then obviously the south came to police the 2023. the political climate is changing together with his friend and co campaign, a historian last up a crack. so got good discuss is the current situation. cultural professionals deemed trouble. some by the authorities are under pressure. funds are being cut and stuff are placed, including gone to, to a sacked as director of the national film center. former colleagues protested the dismissal in june this year, occupying the center in a surprise move. oh boy as well. so he's calm and very communicative as people go dog is also true to his principles. like i said, it's very hard to manipulate him,

have sweet things from any point either. he can be stubborn. for that reason, he's something of a star and in the sides of those who think that they should be making all the decisions from being cloven. these all, and alice said by and try it. the protests quickly became a political issue. that very evening ganga was invited to appear on tv valley. the conversation revolved around the latest purchase in literature, often film by minister jackson county unwittingly, gone to became a stick ahead in the opposition to have policies he went on to receive the good to metal, considered german foreign cultural policies most prestigious toward, but couldn't move the damaging if taken as an front 9 and scrubbing didn't know quite the opposite. i think i'm certain the middle will help . it's clear from other examples that when someone has a robust international standing and good connections,

that that person is approached with caution. he's a pass, so in an this, he's not a no buddy. he's not someone you can just treat any way you like a month with him on the good to metal underlines that everyone's dish tries to. it's movie nights at the good to institute the documentary about to be screen is considered to be for silva screens in georgia. today's special guest is direct to settlement jace. timing the garden shows ancient trees from the black sea coast up rooted and moved to a private garden. it's a hobby for a georgian billionaire already gone and full of prime minister and an expensive one at that. ringback i should say that the gods answer to that spanish it has been extremely supportive to georgia, the film and culture in general. it's one of the places where we come to have workshops meetings to have discussions to screenings. so it is an amazing place. and we have always post these back behind us and plus on top of that. so give the

smithville to god. god is a huge encouragement to, to the georgia film industry. and i think to the whole country in general for us to understand that we are not alone here. somebody is there watching over us and supporting goes the politically undesirable film was sponsored by the film center, a like a reason to gauze dismissal. and a topic for the ensuing discussion with good to institute president color lens. she's touring institute in the congress's got feels at home is the good to institute. he's well acquainted with german culture. he does have to be a team to i started informa east germany, to me the g d thought by via these 2 halls of us. we were pretty free that because we wanted homes are invested was we could say practically anything. we wanted homeless august coordinate to me to ongoing we made friends with home, gary ends, objects and slow values. yeah. i,

there was also have students that are the because we had to comment or press to losing russia. the evil russians critical that process don't want us to develop as democratic countries. i came across the cylinder, we joined, gone, got every union with friends from his studies that you know, on the menu, all traditional to connie dumplings. but today is less about reminiscing than current events. god as friend my and ticket. there was a diplomat and foreign minister. she knows what's at stake. chauffeur c. uh then uh, deals and then the, if the dispute with those in power ends badly, it was sent you. i really hope that people will support him any way that people else gates and save what he started under like defense and death in the, in on test to say what has been so very important for cultural life in georgia. even google from her own personal vision as well for the school, told her leaving, and god, god has no doubt. george's young film scene has serious potential well

connected and hungry for new project. she believes young georgians are ready to take to the streets, to defend that culture. and the freedom that came from dr. you, that's all it we have fighting to keep in control institutions. democratic would not try to end by stages that use as censorship and repression as well. but it's in for me to request your late november gag. actually. so we opened the 24th edition of the film festival. as for what comes next, any time can tell the next stop on our journey to the 2023 good to metal winters is hungary. the curatorial collective of the off the amount of

budapest bring creatives together, independent of state funding. the hungary and capital of budapest in early summer 2023. a place where all foreign terry and policies are restricting the free offs seems be off being on a boat. a pest is pushing back with symposium like the season of darkness. female control activists encountering the contemporary political clue only these interactions and collaborations can save us these days coming together and avoiding ukraine are the 2 major factors which influenced our not only the symposium but our daily life as well. presentations and panels run for 3 days that this independence control venue. neil, despite the off being honest, curatorial team is made up of 6 women back in 2013. 1 of them came up with the idea

of an alternative be in all day to counter predominant state sponsored on high net cash remote. you owe me officers to them to accept the state funding can take pounds. not so easy. can you send you to an artist creators? not many people have the opportunity to board for the state. it's quite impossible on an individual level, but the project can do it. and i think that's one of the, one of the drones like that. zip is one of the reasons, bye bye. well, this people who started to approach reactions really positively a i think it was, it was, it's, it's, that's good to start actually doing something together. the approach made waves in 2022. they were invited to documented in castles, together with students and the design collective re centers or bonus. the off team conceived and built a bridge out to recycle materials. the name by guys

to to the command guy was for uh, for the most amazing. no, i didn't do a 3, i'm not totally due to the holidays of the document that involving the kids this to this sounds families, neighbors. i mean that process the facing receiver for people who and later 8 was so for me they must be the, for like expedients to being the what a to whether he's watch and code, the budapest teams guiding principle, building something together. for example, an international exhibition on violence against women runs during the symposium and there's a meeting of a new collective of small scale been always from prague, keith russell, rica, and for the past, of course, it's called eastern european biennial alliance. none of us have this maintaining infrastructure, but usually by a new or larger scale institution have. so we have to put together what we have and

share either or the experience is the resources, the knowledge is the network. the ukraine more has bring them closer together and then now planning to collaborate on upcoming osby and nowadays in eastern europe, such a claim, co is already working on the next key being on a set to take place. and he's hoping to reinvigorate the lo law. it's very important to reconnect them to the x, so co sourcing of keys and to allow them to work on the topic that they've previously worked and around the topics reach uh, importance and all for people for us. do their mansions around shown in the off being on a tons, this funk lined on marginalized groups. the roman i'm a is a long term project exploring content to activism,

width and vice in t ad room. but the goal is not to establish another brick and mortar building room are throwing up people that dispersed all over to europe and beyond. so the question is whether or how to change the policies of resumes and how to cut, how to acknowledge the, the contribution to for many people to our culture. such as best performance by doing a general was a multi disciplinary artist from the roman diaspora, which looks at an attitude the romance against the backdrop of rising nationalism. the even though the i didn't even think about 5 to the society that are less important. this for them to showcase the amazing works. well, i'm not totally sure, but also share, you know, with the communities which i think will be not, is doing a great job because they try to reach out to defense. all this is going to institute boot advanced as opposed to be off being on a from day. want to see it. it's curatorial team is being awarded

a good to metal for its work promoting independent artists and helping them network across your pizza and on. but the team is why the way it still has it's one content for it. they always hold that to be create some kind of adorable s. and sometimes we are very engaged to be, invest a lot, and they still balance just as i wonder if a goes to middle is enough to create this to this the all being on a buddha best playing a key role in the alliance of independent eastern european art festivals, shaping new phones of international solidarity and creating turbulence in the process. the, the last stop on our journey to the 2023 good to metal winters is tie 11 of the most democratic countries in asia, theater, producer, you a king,

connect to the island for public culturally to the rest of the world. taiwan is capital type, hey, is home to many theaters. one of them is the national center for traditional arts, drama, church and festival curator you way king is a welcome guest here. he's attending a dress rehearsal for a taiwanese opera. his career hasn't always run in a straight line and in a way that's the secret to his success. all 10 of the challenges i read a lot when i was young because i was so hungry for knowledge which was a huge jones it onto. since i was on a boat to lot to and i drank a lot to relax and get to new people. it was a cl g night on. and so these are gonna be all falling. so looking back to the door to i was like an animal preparing for winter and getting fast headed, the cold side, sorry, way to, to base the cumulated, a vast amount of experience and knowledge that i still draw upon. not going to be

honest, the affinity accidents, how would you find it? none of the opera is set to be staged at the time on arts festival. as curator, the way faces the task of bridging the 400 year history and culture of this southern city with the present day. he was the 1st choice. so it's on the good sofa . i think he's a very influential key right? to an teacher though, he knows the time and he's on, it's very well the traditional data to tighten on itself is a crucible for civilizations and traditional on the same day i was just told, well not then for either the and see to the in the office he way knows, and his connection to the world, his walk will be a model and fusion. and so and so, so it sounds really good at that sense. a couple things going out so that it sees the face on the sense of the way is always on the move around the island to get some of his best ideas. on the train, he studied philosophy and dramaturgy,

and taiwan and europe. now he passes on his knowledge at 2 universities in taipei and his work with young people inspires new projects. but you also which is when he came class so you can get some truly good ideas and inspiration from the dialogue with students. and so that's why i value teaching so much show you also in conjunction with even if it takes preparation is a stimulating because you can share something with the student. so neil: neil which is switching sound good, i'm a friend. it's like an arts festival. so it inspires artist to try things and let them share it with the public. don't see the whole down. how much confidence on the students react well to is often unconventional ideas. he gives them total freedom and encourages their unceasing curiosity, independent of any textbook. at 54, he's preserved many childlike qualities. these and others make a real impression on the students. for ties kind of thing for us as has i. what

fascinates me most is how well he's prepared and every genre of the arts, because he's worked in so many different fields on title and still he seems to tackle every project with the same approach in logic. i'm you know, this actually, so since the 1990 he's, he's made his base in the capital tie pay in 2012. he became artistic director of the type a arts festival. launching his career as a curator here together with a few like minded artists. he founded the want to dance festival, to give contemporary dance a public arena. the way sees dance as one of the greatest art forms hotels. and now here we establish a connection between the curious for the audience. so now the space is relatively small and intimate with all this in she, in the past few years. and i become more and more interested in danced hosting the value of useful job denser. and i'm a very special type of artist which their material is their board and they work

with language and without gc to you couldn't handle withholding youth. so that's why dens i can have cross border dialogues with other are if you don't to always use the n c and taiwan largest independent dance festival, positively courts controversy. he weighs program rebels and freedom and absurdity the oversize diapers, and smacked bottoms in this piece by japanese choreographer race. so she moved jima set to soviet marches. most definitely linger in the mind. the thing was us who, to order by, in our culture, in the way we are educated, the elderly and people with experience, a highly respected by the younger generation has been resolved. i would also say he's a bit of a catalyst, a driving force drive. the way is in the city of calcium,

in southern taiwan. since 2018, he served as a kind of freelance drama church at the national kashi on center for the arts. also known as we were getting it houses for large stages. he meets up with his teams almost every week to develop ideas, many of which might seem rather off the wall. basically, he is a crazy man. he read so much any kind of book. and he watched performance and he watch tv and the tv seniors and the fumes. and he knows so much and he has the ability to, to make fun, does the a week if you absolutely free to at least a 210 start of all of the, of the most view of the co operation. we, we, the people and organizations entire. every december, the venue is transformed into

a circus tent, with fire shows, acrobatics, and magic e wait king, make sure the circus platform is never less than spectacular. many cultural institutions would love to have him on an exclusive contract, but he values his creative freedom. he needs it even though he has all the most. he quite announces there's a burden. taiwan called the oriental turtle dov. how are you enjoying your button to if it's cooped up in a cage to coordinate? we'll keep scratching at the sites and eventually with that will die with that just so you don't want to go back and shoulder. and if i stayed in one place, so i probably end up like one of those turtle doves. you'll find this is on the thing, but i think i've proven that i can make a great contribution to theater in performance and tie one in my own way and who does it 3 time in the ability to enjoy the comments you back in type, hey, can you wait, tang is visiting his publishers. he's also had great success writing new introductions to novels by world famous writers, as well as books of his own. this year,

he's been awarded the good to metal for staging german theater plays on taiwan. he stages and for his skill in breaking down cultural barriers type you all tie one type into this. the deal will how the to to, to, to the sound in terms of tie one's relationship with global culture as you, i feel like a transformer robot that's been upgraded to the open and see the couldn't tie the t t in it. not only on the owner teams, but also a new responsibility by the way, it goes now. you will, you have to think about how i as a transformer, can use this influence to make more people aware of taiwanda. you certainly don't hold on the how long the big, northern kinds of the bringing tie ones, arts to the world, especially in times of crisis with a powerful china next door is a cost. the tie, paid, good to institute has taken up as well. for 10 years it's been developing projects with the way then via owns will need to discuss on project focuses on by the time

we take leave of each of that. we've gone over 5 more vide, yeah, just because he knows his way around so well and all his various roles. and he's a much so open minded about doing the best he possibly can. so the international cultural exchange, nuclear schumacher in this house, in the town or for the e way, was raised by his grandfather. his uncle still lives here and is very proud of him . he knows that he weighs origins, have shaped him party. and so you're going to renting the tense and i've noticed once again highly and there's a very peaceful, tired scene. so on the way people deal with one another is simpler and the piece of slower. while, while they sound defines into this environment and relationships are closer now what you to, i believe that's been important to me on my work as a few razor to the stay. and i will go ahead and shoot a why will to adulthood,

that goes what i what lean is a typical coastal town in eastern time on the way finished school here and the 19 eighties and then move to type hey, but he's always drawn back to the pacific shores dining kind of, how does the whole mutually be when you look at the ceiling, you become to see you certainly m t r a to the phone. so this is where i tried to connect with another world. we like us to the, the see is a great influence on me, totally unsuitable to the every time i come to the beach and i feel like i'm being restored. weighs bike weighs on they show through the nourishes, inspires me, people. your people told me i might not know what's at the bottom of the sea, say what you're the head i do newly, i need this little bit saw hi dee me. is this something that will head she all save him? when he was younger, he would often come to the beach with his short wave radio and listen to us charts on the way king. a free spirit from taiwan clim

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