Events

Explosive - The Cineastes’ Quintet | Workshop Discussion incl. Screening | Podium Discussion - "Threat to Film’s Future or Enrichment of it?"


Life is short

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Explosive: Distance and Proximity in Documentaries

15.00h Thalia 2

Controversial films, you either love them or hate them. Just like the documentaries we show in the Explosive block, which look into the complex relationship between protagonist, filmmaker and audience.They show how hard it is to strike a proper balance between distance and proximity.

Das Leben ist kurz
Life Is Short
Documentary | Germany | 2008 | Johanna Bentz | 30'

Nor You Nor I

No You Nor I
No You Nor I
Documentary | Thailand/ USA | 2008 | Felicity Aulino | 23'

Playgirl
Playgirl
Documentary | Switzerland | 2008 | Anna Wahle | 28'


 

 

 

The Cineastes’ Quintet

16.30h Thalia 2

Playgirl

How far may or must a documentary look behind the scenes and where are its limits? After the films, the Cineastes’ Quintet, put together from documentary makers and experts from the film business, will go into these and other questions. As our special guest, we are privileged to welcome here Dieter Kosslick, Director of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Teilnehmer

  • Dieter Kosslick - Director of the Berlin International Film Festival, Vice President of the European Film Academy EFA
  • Cosima Lange - Producer, Director - "Chamamé", "Vakuum"
  • Eva Maschke - Camera Operator, Director - "Roaming Around", "Ohne Halt"
  • Lothar Mikos - Television scholar, Prof. of Television Studies
  • Jörg Buttgereit - Director, Producer, Film Critic
  • Claus Löser - Film Journalist, Film Historian

Cosima Lange

Dieter Kosslick

Eva Maschke

 

Lothar Mikos

Jörg Buttgereit

Claus Löser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Friday, April 24, 2009

Workshop Discussion incl. Screening

14.00h Thalia 3

Music for film instead of film music, that’s what there is to hear and experience at our workshop discussion, including a screening. In all, sixteen montage and film students at the HFF “Konrad Wolf” are serving it all up with their communal project "a good tune oFF - Found Footage", which they are presenting live on Friday in the Thalia cinema.

Okay but, what’s this project all about? Ten montage students have put together already existing material from widely varying sources newly and, above all, creatively and have created six fascinating short films out of it. The other six film music students will accompany them at the screening in the cinema live on their instruments. What will come out of it can be described as a composition in the area between avantgarde, experiment and film music, and nobody should miss it under any circumstances. Following on from it, sehsüchte is issuing an invitation to the workshop discussion. The people involved in the project will answer questions and give insights into the way they devised and carried out this unusual idea.


Host

  • Robert Rabenalt - Dip. Music theory and Musicology, Doctoral Candidate in Media Studies at the HFF “Konrad Wolf”

Participants

  • Ulrich Reuter - Prof. for Film Music Composition HFF “Konrad Wolf”, Film Music composer
  • Dietmar Kraus - Editor - "Deutschland 09", Prof. for Editing HFF "Konrad Wolf"
  • Peer Kleinschmidt - Student Filmmusic HFF "Konrad Wolf"
  • Kurt Widorski - Student Filmmusic HFF "Konrad Wolf"
  • Carlotta Kittel - Student Editing HFF "Konrad Wolf"
  • Valesca Peters - Student Editing HFF "Konrad Wolf"

Friday, April 24, 2009

Podium Discussion - "Internet - Threat to Film’s Future or Enrichment of it?"

18.00h Thalia 3

The economic crisis seems to have spared the cinema landscape so far. The threat comes from another direction: the internet as a new platform for entertainment. Why go to the cinema when all current films are already available in the net? What is the point of film festivals, if there is YouTube? What is the mobile, as a multi-function gadget, contributing to this development? Do we have to see the internet as a threat or can we see it much rather as an enrichment for the future of film? A diverse group made up of filmmakers and experts from academia will go into this and many other questions.


Host

  • Prof. Dr. Claudia Wegener - Prof. of Media Studies

Participants

  • Suzan Beermann - Cinema Owner Eiszeit Kino, Berlin
  • Sylke Enders - Director – „Deutschland 09‘“, „Mondkalb“, „Kroko“
  • Oliver Klosa - Dip. Media Scholar, Tutor at TU Ilmenau in communication science
  • Jan Marquardt - Producer New Media, Grundy UFA
  • Manuel Meimberg - Creative Producer, Grundy UFA
  • Jens Wagner - Television editor, Editor in Chief HFF Stream-Team