Free Spaces

"Free Spaces" sketches a new and transformative image of four major cities in Eastern Europe. In te post-communist urban settings of Tbilisi (Georgia), Yerevan (Armenia), Chișinău (Moldova) and Kiev (Ukraine), Ina Ivanceanu follows artists and activists as they reclaim public spaces and assert their freedom of expression. Occupying a cinema, reviving an old Soviet circus, converting a grim metro passage into a glamorous arena, and repurposing a defunct factory building into a cultural agora. By seizing and creatively transforming public spaces characterized by an abondoned past, today's new generation explores democratic means and freedom while also confronting pervasive neoliberal structures in their respective societies.

Country:
Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

58 minutes

Year:

2015

Director:

Ina Ivanceanu

Cast:
Crew:
Vahe Budumyan

Director of Photography

Philipp Reimer

Production Manager

Ina Ivanceanu

Script

Tatia Skhirtladze

Director of Photography

Ina Ivanceanu

Director