On the 2nd September the European Space Agency is launching astronaut, Andreas Mogenson into space. On the same day, Michael Madsen’s new film, The Visit – An Alien Encounter will have its premiere screenings in twenty countries. This film builds up a possible scenario of first contact with aliens on Earth.
Docudays UА invites you to join the world premiere in Ukraine and to take part in the live-streamed translation from an emergency military bunker in Copenhagen. The live cast will start on the 2nd September at 20.00 Kyiv time in Astronomical Observatory at Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko, with the address Observatorna street, 3.
Admission is free but prior online-registration is obligatory.
About film
The visit: an alien encounter – is a full-length scientific and philosophical documentary directed by Michael Madsen about a meeting of humans with aliens. The first encounter with aliens is demonstrated through a hypothetical visit of extraterrestrial intelligent civilization. Nowadays there is no official scenario for the first encounter. That’s why The visit is not only a radical odyssey in the unknown but also a profound research of humankind itself. Finally, this is a mirror which reflects a completely different image from what we used to know about ourselves.
Michael Madsen is a Danish film director and a conceptualist artist. His latest 3D-film Halden Prison is a part of the project ‘Cathedrals of Culture’, initiated by Wim Wenders. Besides, Michael lectures in Universities in Holland, Denmark, Great Britain and the USA.
About location
Astronomical Observatory at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University is a unique building situated in the center of the city and is now threatened a demolition for the benefit of constructors. Despite the neglected state of the territory during 170 years of its existence this scientific center became world famous and keeps unique observation archives starting from 1845 and nearly 20 000 displays linked with science and technology. Besides, this is considered a small ecological area in the heart of the capital.
About event
Due to interactive concept of the event, audiences from different parts of the world will be able to explore together the question of space investigation and possibility of other life forms existence in space than our own and how we as humans would react if extraterrestrial life arrived on Earth.
Via mobile phone texting, Facebook and Twitter participants can ask questions to experts who will be specially gathered in an emergency military bunker in Copenhagen. Among them: Chris Welch, professor in Space Engineering at the International Space University, Danish astronaut Andreas Mogenson and film director Michael Madsen.
Event schedule
20.00 - introduction by the hosts before the film (Live cast from Bunker)
20.05 - THE VISIT film screening (83 mins).
21.30 - the live-streamed translation of discussion with the audiences all over the world
You can share your questions using such link to social media
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TheVisitDoc
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/thevisit_doc
Official partners for the event
World Space Week
Since its United Nations declaration in 1999, World Space Week has grown into the largest public space event on Earth. More than 1,400 events in 80 countries celebrated the benefits of space and excitement about space exploration in 2014. With our new deep space discoveries theme “Discovery” we aim to inspire even more events around the world in October 2015.
ISU – International Space University
Since its founding in 1987, ISU has graduated more than 3900 students from over 100 countries. Together with hundreds of ISU faculty and lecturers from around the world, ISU alumni comprise an extremely effective network of space professionals and leaders that actively facilitates individual career growth, professional activities and international space cooperation.
CPH:DOX
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is the largest documentary film festival in Scandinavia. Each year, the festival fills Copenhagen’s cinemas with a selection of more than 200 films from around the world. During the eleven days of the festival, CPH:DOX also presents concerts, art exhibitions, five whole days of professional seminars, a screening market, and the international financing and co-production event CPH:FORUM, as well as the film production program CPH:LAB.
AUTLOOK (World sales, The Visit)
It is a full-service sales agent, handling festivals, TV-, theatrical, educational, DVDand digital sales worldwide.
MAGIC HOUR FILMS
Set up in 1984 and has produced and co-produced more than 50 films. The company focuses on high-profile, author-driven creative documentaries and art-house films with international potential.
