The films and installations in this year’s program circle—in fluctuating proximities—around political and personal legacies which often lie in shambles. Diverse in their forms and subjects, they share an emotional bond, holding them together on the atypical orbits on which they move. In the artistic laboratories set up by their makers, they inspect, probe and scrutinize—their findings propelling them forward on ever-changing and surprising trajectories.
The 18th Forum Expanded is presenting a total of 33 works from 19 countries at the Forum Expanded cinemas, at the silent green Betonhalle, as well as at SAVVY Contemporary and in the Marshall McLuhan Salon of the Embassy of Canada in Berlin.