http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/ en http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/ 18 16 TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:33:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3246/170.html The 2012 program is now available online. Detailed information and screening dates of all Forum and Forum Expanded films and events can be found via the program menu point. berlinale forum spalte normal Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:33:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3243/170.html The Best First Feature Award was set up by the Berlinale in 2006 in order to promote new filmmaking talent. Nine films from the Forum program have been nominated for this year’s prize: ANG BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK (THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK) by Marlon N. Rivera, Philippines, FRANCINE by Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky, USA/Canada, HEMEL by Sacha Polak, The Netherlands/Spain, KASHI (CHOKED) by Joong-Hyun Kim, Republic of Korea, KOI NI ITARU YAMAI (THE END OF PUBERTY) by Kimura Shoko, Japan, PŘÍLIŠ MLADÁ NOC (A NIGHT TOO YOUNG) by Olmo Omerzu, Czech Republic/Slovenia, SALSIPUEDES by Mariano Luque, Argentina, SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS by Stefan Butzmüheln and Cristina Diz, Deutschland and TEPENIN ARDI (BEYOND THE HILL) by Emin Alper, Turkey/Greece. berlinale forum spalte normal Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:37:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3241/170.html With the addition of a series of Special Screenings to the titles already announced, the programme of the Berlinale Forum is now complete. In the documentary LAWINEN DER ERINNERUNG, Dominik Graf, one of Germany’s most influential film and television directors, puts together a portrait of another leading television personality in the form of author, director and producer Oliver Storz. In the process, his film also contributes to German television history and German history in general. The documentary project IN ARBEIT / EN CONSTRUCTION / W TOKU / LAVORI IN CORSO (IN THE WORKS) by Minze Tummescheit and Arne Hector is structured according to the principle of the chain interview, with the first interview partner leading the film team on to the second and so on. What all of their number have in common are the cooperative structures in which they work. Yet the most important question they debate is that of their own legitimacy: does it make sense or is it even possible to position oneself outside of industrial progress, the public arena of politics or the global market? Revivals and “unearthings” of seldom seen works also have a firm place in the Forum programme. Films by Tom Kalin, Kawashima Yuzo continue this tradition. The rediscovery of the Cambodian cinema of the 1960s and early 70s has been a true adventure. berlinale forum spalte normal Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:11:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3239/170.html In addition to the exhibitions at the Kunstsaele Berlin (Critique and Clinic) at Gutschow-Haus and the various events to be held at HAU, Forum Expanded will also be presenting ten film programmes at the Arsenal and Delphi cinemas. The programme is open for a wide range of different lengths and formats, with the works presented trying out individual forms of expression in experimental fashion in order to create new, critical perspectives on the world. Perhaps the most radical of these attempts is WHITEONWHITE:ALGORITHMICNOIR by Eve Sussman/Rufus Corporation, a film edited live in real time which shows a man under surveillance in a fictional East European city. Put together newly and differently at each showing, we will be presenting the film daily at Arsenal 2. Many of the other works explore the ways in which they have been pre-fashioned by figures and ghosts from the past. berlinale forum spalte normal Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:25:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3237/170.html Differing life plans, generational conflicts and the ambivalence of so-called progress are at the centre of numerous films in the 2012 Forum programme. As such, Ann-Kristin Reyels’ film FORMENTERA follows a young couple on holiday who run into the ’68 ideals of their parents’ generation and come to realise the extent to which their own ideas about life diverge from one another. SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS by Stefan Butzmühlen and Cristina Diz is also set in Spain, telling a story of gay love in the provinces and presenting the co-existence of different generations as an alternative to urban dislocation. BEZIEHUNGSWEISEN (NEGOTIATING LOVE) by Calle Overweg also explores the complicated set of compromises involved with living together on a daily basis, blending documentary means and staging techniques to observe different clients attending couples’ therapy. WHAT IS LOVE by Ruth Mader tackles a similar theme, tracing the various different manifestations of love in five vignettes from the Austrian provinces. Present-day nomads form the focus of two films in this year’s programme: HABITER / CONSTRUIRE (LIVING / BUILDING) by Clémence Ancelin, which documents a road construction project in Chad and the effect it has on the local desert population, and HIVER NOMADE (WINTER NOMADS) by Manuel von Stürler, a portrait of two shepherds in French-speaking Switzerland in the depths of winter. European cinema as a whole is particularly strongly represented in the Forum 2012 programme with additional titles from France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia, Romania and Turkey. berlinale forum spalte normal Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:53:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3203/170.html For the 6th time, the Berlin daily newspaper "Der Tagesspiegel" is putting together a 9-person Reader’s Jury, which will award a prize to the best film showing in the Forum. Anyone interested in being part of the jury during the Berlinale can apply to the Tagesspiegel until January 26th. Participants should have an interest in independent cinema and enough time between February 9 and 18 to watch the entire Forum program. The jury watches four to five films per days. The winning film will be announced on February 18th and shown again on February 19th in a joint event organized by the Forum and the Tagesspiegel. berlinale forum spalte normal Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:28:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3192/170.html AUSENTE from Marco Berger is starting in selected cinemas on January 12. The film which had its world premiere in the 2011 Berlinale Forum where it received the Teddy award for best feature film is about the abuse of an adult by a minor, who is fully aware of his teacher’s delicate position and all too willing to exploit it. Martin finds a whole series of excuses to subtly invade his sport teacher Sebastian’s privacy, ending up spending a night in his apartment. But when Martin’s intentions dawn on him, the teacher has already been compromised. It takes a tragic accident for Sebastian to become aware of his own feelings for Martin. Marco Berger’s original feature film uses the glances exchanged by his protagonists to tell the story. Martin’s unwavering gaze is contradicted by his apologetic body language, which is nevertheless unable to conceal the fact that he wants to breach taboos and move into new territory. Sebastian’s evasive, worried look, on the other hand, reflects the fact that he does not want to see the game that is being played with him. berlinale forum spalte normal Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:32:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3182/170.html UTOPIANS by Zbigniew Bzymek is starting in selected cinemas on January 5. The film, which had its world premiere in the 2011 Forum is being distributed by arsenal distribution. It tells the story of three people on the edge: of society, of control, of strength and of collapse. Roger teaches yoga. The relationship with his daughter Zoe, who has just finished her military service, is put under strain by her love for Maya, a young woman who is allegedly a certified schizophrenic. There is tension with the participants of his yoga class when Roger repeatedly comes late and brings along a stray dog. When Roger, Zoe and Maya take on a renovation job on a middle-class home nothing goes to plan and the whole affair is wrought with tension. The different realities that Roger tries to get to grips with, metaphors for Maya’s schizophrenia catch up with him in his yoga class when his belief that "we can make our own time" reaches its limits just as fast as his "feel united with the world around you" notion clashes with social reality. For his feature debut, Zbigniew Bzymek has found a form that is remote from social drama – the outline of a story is sketched in a non-dramatic and non-linear way by scenes that are sometimes separated by fades to black. With an idiosyncratic floating atmosphere and one of the most long-lasting guitar improvisations since "Dead Man." berlinale forum spalte normal Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3180/170.html Forum Expanded 2012 will once again be exploring new forms of artistic, cinematic and political expression. 37 works by artists, filmmakers, theorists and musicians from 20 different countries comprise the compact and focused programme, taking in exhibitions, film programmes, discussions and performances that place an emphasis on aesthetic explorations of the global and individual dimensions of current crises. The programme explores the extent to which the radical and avant-garde ideas of the past are still relevant today and seeks to redefine the role of contemporary cinema. berlinale forum spalte normal Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:42:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3116/170.html Thomas Imbach's DAY IS DONE from this year's Forum program is starting in selected cinemas on December 1, being distributed by arsenal distribution. The film just received the "Zurich Film Award 2011" last week. In the film essay Thomas Imbach observes life unfolding in front of him from the window of his studio over several years, complementing the images with archived answer phone messages from the same period. On the day of the release on December 1 director Thomas Imbach will be our guest at Kino Arsenal. The film will also be playing playing daily at Acud and fsk Kino from December 1. berlinale forum spalte normal Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:59:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3136/170.html TERRITOIRE PERDU by Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd is starting in selected cinemas across France next week. The film, which premiered in this year's Forum program, just received the Grand prix at the International Documentary Film Festival in Montréal (RIDM). Earlier this year it had already won the Special Jury Prize at Doclisboa as well as the Grand prix at Jihlava International Documentary Festival. In piercing black and white images shot on 8mm, TERRITOIRE PERDU depicts the plight of the Saharauis in the divided West Sahara, throwing light on a crisis largely neglected by the international community. berlinale forum spalte normal Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3114/170.html Marie Losier's THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE which had its world premiere at this year's Berlinale Forum where it received the Caligari as well as a Teddy award will be touring through several German cities from Novemvber 24-29. It is a film about Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, well-known for his work with Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and his life and work partner Lady Jaye. One would expect the film to be about the history of industrial music, about Genesis as a link between the pre- and post-punk era, about the underground scene since the 1970s. And it is, but it tells the story from the perspective of a great romantic love. Genesis and Lady Jaye start to undergo surgical procedures to merge into a third being, a pandrogynous being. Release 24.11. – playing daily in Berlin at Kino Arsenal and fsk. The preview on 23.11. in the presence of the director at Kino Arsenal is supported by the Caligari Award. (English with German subtitles). Distribution in cooperation with Neue Pegasos. berlinale forum spalte normal Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:25:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/3078/170.html Jan Krüger's LOOKING FOR SIMON is starting in selected cinemas on November 10. The film, which had its world premiere in this year's Forum, is being distributed by Edition Salzgeber. It tells the story of Valerie, who has not been able to get hold of her son in Marseille for some time now. She goes to the French port city and finds an abandoned apartment. She asks Simon’s ex-lover Jens to come too so he can support her quest in the strange city. Why does somebody disappear without a trace? How can somebody one thought one knew so well suddenly become so unknown? And who is Simon really? As it unfolds, Jan Krüger’s film develops into an unconventional psycho-thriller. Each lead that Valerie and Jens pursue comes to nothing. Despite booking a trip, Simon did not go to Morocco; neither of them can explain why he might have bought an expensive yellow sports car. Together they watch vacation videos and other films they find in the apartment. And they come across two people – Simon’s colleague Camille and the mysterious car dealer Jalil – who both evidently had a special relationship with the disappeared Simon. Valerie and Jens begin to question their own relationship with him and consequently themselves. All the participants are thrown off course by the search. And with its particular atmosphere, the French port city plays a very singular role. berlinale forum spalte normal Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/2996/170.html Submissions for the 42nd Berlinale Forum can now be made until October 31. To submit your film online, please go to www.berlinale.de. Please make sure that you read the regulations carefully before submitting your film. The 42nd Berlinale Forum will take place from February 9-19, 2012. berlinale forum spalte normal Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:43:00 +0200 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/2969/170.html Matt Porterfield’s PUTTY HILL is starting in selected cinemas on September 29. The film, which had its world premiere in the 2010 Forum and has played successfully at many international festivals since, is being distributed by arsenal distribution. The film is set on the day before the funeral of a young man, who died of an overdose, showing his family and friends, who are beginning to get on with their lives again. Observing them in an almost documentary fashion, the film captures a mood and a milieu at the same time. Teenagers that come across as strangely exhausted by the impositions of growing up, only finding freedom in the small patch of green by the river or at the skate-park; adults whose lives are not just marked by tattoos. It is the film's great gentleness that allows both the places and the protagonists to speak for themselves. berlinale forum spalte normal Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:18:00 +0200 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/2905/170.html Hugo Vieira da Silva's SWANS, which had its world premiere in this year's Forum, is opening in selected cinemas across Germany on July 14. The film's distributor is Edition Salzgeber. berlinale forum spalte normal Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:05:00 +0200 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/2886/170.html Nanouk Leopold's BROWNIAN MOVEMENT from this year's Forum programme is starting in selected cinemas on June 30. Main actress Sandra Hüller just received a special mention at the Festival des Deutschen Films. berlinale forum spalte normal Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:15:00 +0200 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/2733/170.html On June 9, Szabolcs Hajdu's BIBLIOTHÈQUE PASCAL from the 2010 Forum is opening in selected cinemas across Germany. The film's distributor is Camino Filmverleih. berlinale forum spalte normal Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:34:00 +0200 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/2836/170.html Philip Scheffner's DAY OF SPARROW has been awarded the city of Ludwigsburg prize at the 2011 German documentary film awards. berlinale forum spalte rechts Fri, 27 May 2011 15:15:00 +0200 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/2725/170.html Volker Sattel’s extremely topical film UNTER KONTROLLE is starting on May 26. The film’s distributor, Farbfilm, in conjunction with arsenal distribution, will circulate 25 copies to cinemas across Germany. berlinale forum spalte normal Thu, 19 May 2011 13:15:00 +0200 http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/berlinale-forum/news/single/article/2735/170.html This year’s Horizonte Prize (worth 3,000 euros) at DOK.fest Munich went to Marcela Said and Jean de Certeau’s EL MOCITO. The film premiered in this year’s Forum. berlinale forum spalte rechts Thu, 12 May 2011 15:34:00 +0200