"Marines Against Lovesickness" is the translation of the German title for the film FOLLOW THE FLEET by Mark Sandrich (USA 1936), which our musical film expert Vaginal Davis presents on December 28 to complement our musical series. The story, based on the theatre play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne, is already alluded to by the title: a lovesick revue dancer joins the marines and then meets the woman that caused his troubles when on shore leave. Yet much more important than this are the spectacular performances by Fred Astaire and his partner Ginger Rogers.

In its 10th anniversary year, Forum Expanded will be presenting the group exhibition, together with the complete film programme and all performances and discussion events at the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg. This re-establishes the historical connection between the Berlinale and this particular location: the Akademie was one of the main Forum screening venues until 1999 and will once again screen films from the Forum programme in 2015. The venue will thus function as a resonance chamber for the myriad interrelationships between Forum and Forum Expanded.