The next edition of Big Cinema, Small Cinema takes place on January 11 and is for all childres aged 8 and above.

A spiraling spiral; a triangular shape comes into the picture; a circle that emerges and collapses. Can films be told without a plot?Just as some painters have tried to make do without objects or composers without tonality, filmmakers have over and over again tried to eschew plot. In OPUS 2 (G 1921) and OPUS 3 (G 1924) by Walter Ruttmann, the main characters are geometrical shapes and their movements. In Hans Richter’s FILMSTUDIE (G 1926), people, faces and constructed objects appear while in Mary Ellen Bute's short film The next edition of Big Cinema, Small Cinema takes place on January 11 and is for all childres aged 8 and above.

A spiraling spiral; a triangular shape comes into the picture; a circle that emerges and collapses. Can films be told without a plot?Just as some painters have tried to make do without objects or composers without tonality, filmmakers have over and over again tried to eschew plot. In OPUS 2 (Germany 1921) and OPUS 3 (Germany 1924) by Walter Ruttmann, the main characters are geometrical shapes and their movements. In Hans Richter’s FILMSTUDIE (Germany 1926), people, faces and constructed objects appear while in Mary Ellen Bute's short film ESCAPE (USA 1937) and Lara Faroqhi’s CIRCLE PHASES (Germany 2018) the idea is to use pictures to make visible musical works. We want to explore whether stories can be told even if there is no real plot. ESCAPE (USA 1937) and Lara Faroqhi’s CIRCLE PHASES (Germany 2018) the idea is to use pictures to make visible musical works. We want to explore whether stories can be told even if there is no real plot.

The next Filmmakers' Choice will be presented by Eleonore de Montesquiou on February 28.

Jean Renoir once said that "the art of cinema is to approach the truth of the people." In my film, OLGA & OLGA (2017) I wanted to know what feminism, love and freedom meant for two friends in the Soviet Union. In Márta Mészáros' feature film ÖRÖKBEFOGADÁS (Adoption, 1974), women assert themselves against their parents, teachers and lovers. The short film HISTOIRE D’UNE FEMME (2005) by Karim Souaki documents the life of an elderly woman in Tunis on the margins of society. All three films try to approach the living conditions of women in their social environment from different cultural perspectives.

Five feature debuts from the Forum programme are up for the 50 000 Euro first feature award: LA CAMA (THE BED) by Mónica Lairana, DRVO (THE TREE) by André Gil Mata und AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL by Hu Bo, KAOTIČNI ŽIVOT NADE KADIĆ (THE CHAOTIC LIFE OF NADA KADIĆ) by Marta Hernaiz and NOTES ON AN APPEARANCE by Ricky D’Ambrose. Festival Director Dieter Kosslick and the heads of the Competition, Panorama, Forum, Generation, and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sections have nominated a total of 18 directorial debuts.

The prize worth 50.000 Euro will be awarded by a jury consisting of the filmmakers Jonas Carpignano (Italy) and Călin Peter Netzer (Romania) as well as Noa Regev, director of the Cinematheque Jerusalem (Israel).