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Exprmntl 4 Knokke

Film still from EXPRMNTL 4 KNOKKE: Black-and-white image of a dark interior: Two people are filming with cameras, while several others are standing on or balancing atop large, shiny, inflated balloon-like structures that almost completely fill the room.

Wed 06.05.
20:30

  • Director

    Claudia von Alemann, Reinold E. Thiel

  • FRG / 1968
    43 min. / Digital file / Original version with English subtitles

  • Original language

    French, German

  • Cinema

    Arsenal

    zu den Ticketszu dem Kalender

  • Followed by a panel discussion with Claudia von Alemann, Fabian Tietke, Erika Balsom, Moderated by Bert Rebhandl

Turn of the year 1967/68: the 4th International Experimental Film Festival takes place at the Belgian seaside resort Knokke. In addition to clips from the films, Claudia von Alemann and Reinold E. Thiel’s documentary above all shows the parallel events, the spontaneous performances, happenings, and protest actions that took place there. These included the work of Harun Farocki, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Shirley Clarke, Holger Meins, Gustav Lamche, Armand Gatti and Mauricio Kagel, as well as the students from the Ulm School of Design, the DFFB and American underground filmmakers. The film captures the electrifying and inspiring atmosphere that made the festival legendary and provided a decisive impetus for independent film in Europe. We will screen a new restoration and the film will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Bert Rebhandl.

Showing first: TAPP und TASTKINO Valie Export Austria 1968-69 2 min.

Funded by:

  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media