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The Programme 2023

Forum Expanded

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  • Filmmaker Selma Doborac with the Caligari Award

    Filmmaker Selma Doborac with the Caligari Award © Dario Lehner

  • Director Melisa Liebenthal and producer Eugenia Guevara Campos receive the CICAE Art Cinema Award for EL ROSTRO DE LA MEDUSA (The Face of the Jellyfish)

    Director Melisa Liebenthal and producer Eugenia Guevara Campos receive the CICAE Art Cinema Award for EL ROSTRO DE LA MEDUSA (The Face of the Jellyfish) © Ronny Heine

  • Vlad Petri (second from the right) with the FIPRESCI Jury

    Vlad Petri (second from the right) with the FIPRESCI Jury © Dario Lehner

  • Aline Amike and Sandra Umulisa at the Q&A after the premiere of THE BRIDE

    Aline Amike and Sandra Umulisa at the Q&A after the premiere of THE BRIDE © Dario Lehner

    Festival Impressions 2023

  • James Benning at the Q&A after a Screening of ALLENSWORTH

    James Benning at the Q&A after a Screening of ALLENSWORTH © Dario Lehner

  • Luke Fowler (on the right) talking to James Lattimer after the premiere of BEING IN A PLACE – A PORTRAIT OF MARGARET TAIT

    Luke Fowler (on the right) talking to James Lattimer after the premiere of BEING IN A PLACE – A PORTRAIT OF MARGARET TAIT at Arsenal Cinema © Dario Lehner

    [Translate to English:]

    Luke Fowler im Gespräch mit James Lattimer nach der Premiere von BEING IN A PLACE – A PORTRAIT OF MARGARET TAIT

  • Korhan Yurtsever at the Q&A after the screening of KARA KAFA (Black Head) in the Forum Special programme "Fiktionsbescheinigung"

    Korhan Yurtsever at the Q&A after the screening of KARA KAFA (Black Head) in the Forum Special programme "Fiktionsbescheinigung" © Dario Lehner

    [Translate to English:]

    Korhan Yurtsever beim Q&A nach der Vorführung von KARA KAFA (Black Head)

  • Helin Çelik at the Q&A after the premiere of ANQA at silent green

    Helin Çelik at the Q&A after the premiere of ANQA at silent green © Dario Lehner

  • Director Claire Simon (on the left) and Cristina Nord at the Q&A after the premiere of NOTRE CORPS (Our Body) at Delphi Filmpalast

    Director Claire Simon (on the left) and Cristina Nord at the Q&A after the premiere of NOTRE CORPS (Our Body) at Delphi Filmpalast © Dario Lehner

  • Portrait in black and white of Claire Simon, the director of NOTRE CORPS (Our Body)

    Claire Simon, the director of NOTRE CORPS (Our Body) © Dario Lehner

  • Curator Karina Griffith and director Wanjiru Kinyanjui at the Q&A about A LOVER & KILLER OF COLOUR and DER KAMPF UM DEN HEILIGEN BAUM

    Curator Karina Griffith and director Wanjiru Kinyanjui at the Q&A about A LOVER & KILLER OF COLOUR and DER KAMPF UM DEN HEILIGEN BAUM © Dario Lehner

  • Cana Bilir-Meier and Cem Kaya in conversation at the panel discussion ARRIVING, STAYING, MAKING FILMS

    Cana Bilir-Meier and Cem Kaya in conversation at the panel discussion ARRIVING, STAYING, MAKING FILMS © Dario Lehner

Exploring the Voiceover in Film

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Filmmakers on the Voiceover in Film

Many films in our programmes explore the possibilities of the voiceover. We asked filmmakers who screened at recent editions of the Forum and Forum Expanded to write about this cinematographic technique, with their answers running the full gamut from the analytical to the personal, from the general to the specific and from the lyrical to the concrete – each text the product of a unique voice.

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