Film Screening of “12:08 East of Bucharest”

12:08 East of Bucharest, a film by Corneliu Porumboiu, will be screened on February 26th at 7:30pm with a special guest introduction by A. O. Scott of the New York Times.

This screening will be presented as part of the symposium, After Communism: Achievement and Disillusionment Since 1989

Friday, 26 February 2010, 2:00-9:00pm
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 2:00-7:00pm

Location: President’s Room, Faculty House, Columbia University

The symposium brings together scholars, politicians, dissidents, and writers from both sides of the Atlantic to assess the global meaning of the revolutions of 1989 for Central and Eastern Europe and the world. Panels will explore the demise of communism, the nature of post communism, the legacy of dissent, the promise of democracy in the region, and the creation of narratives about the communist past. Participants include Adam Michnik, Alfred Gusenbauer, Archie Brown, Benjamin Barber, Elzbieta Matynia, Erhard Busek, Horia-Roman Patapievici, Ira Katznelson, Katherine Verdery, Stephen Kotkin, Stephen Sestanovich, and Valdimir Tismaneanu among others.

The symposium is presented by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University in association with the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, and Austrian Cultural Forum as part of Performing Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe, a performing arts festival marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, presented by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in partnership with key New York City cultural organizations and academic institutions, November 2009-March 2010.

Click here for the Conference Program.

Registration for this event is required.  Click here for reservations.