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Film still from Deborah Stratman’s „Last Things“. A close-up or even a look through a microscope shows colorful surfaces that resemble crystals.
Deborah Stratman, LAST THINGS (Still) © Deborah Stratman

Forum Expanded: An Atypical Orbit

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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.

Films

Program Schedule

Exhibitions

Film still from Tenzin Phuntsog’s „Dreams“. An elderly person sleeping on a matress in an otherwise empty room. To their right stands another person with grey hair, wearing a singlet.

An Atypical Orbit

Opening: 15.2. 6pm

16.2.–26.2. daily 11am–9pm
After the Berlinale:
27.2.–5.3. Mon–Fri 2–7pm Sat–Sun 11am–9pm

Tickets: € 9.00 / € 4.50

silent green Kulturquartier, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin

Film still from Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory’s "Tartupaluk (Prototype)". Bird

Tartupaluk (Prototype)

At the Marshall McLuhan Salon of the Embassy of Canada, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory’s VR-Video TARTUPALUK (PROTOTYPE) invites the viewers to experience the world’s tiniest, most northern (imaginary) republic Tartupaluk.

Opening: 16.2. 5:30–8pm
17.2.–26.2. Mon–Fri 12–6pm Sat–Sun 2–6pm

Embassy of Canada – Marshall McLuhan Salon, Leipziger Platz 17, 10117 Berlin

Film still from Yugantar Film Collective’s "Tambaku Chaakila Oob Ali (Tobacco Embers)". In black and white we see a woman standing in front of a stone building and raising her arm in a fighting manner. Around her, seated women in saris, including a child, group together and turn to her attentively.

Our Daughters Shall Inherit the Wealth of Our Stories: The Imaginactivism of Yugantar Film Collective

SAVVY Contemporary dedicates an exhibition to India’s first feminist film collective Yugantar as part of Forum Expanded.
Curated by Abhishek Nilamber.

Opening: 15.2. 7pm

16.2.–26.2. daily:
1–2pm lunch for everyone
2–4pm BAITHAKS – convivial gatherings and exchanges around collectivity
2–7pm exhibition open

SAVVY Contemporary, Reinickendorfer Str. 17, 13347 Berlin

Events

Film still from Eduardo Williams

As Seen from an Atypical Orbit

Artist Meeting with artists from the Forum Expanded group exhibition “An Atypical Orbit”

16.2. 2pm

silent green Kulturquartier, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin

Film still from Deborah Stratman’s „Last Things“. A three-dimensional model of the earth in the centre of the picture, surrounded by its magnetic field lines and axiis.

Speculations on Subversive Curating

A discussion on strategies, processes, methodologies, and responsibilities of festivals and film curators working within and against the worldwide crises. How can curators keep challenging the status quo through exhibiting works that redefine cinema?

18.2. 11am

silent green Kulturquartier, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin

Film still from Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory’s "Tartupaluk (Prototype)". Bird

Tartupaluk (Prototype): Artist Talk with Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

An artist talk with Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory on her VR installation TARTUPALUK (PROTOTYPE) moderated by Kerry Swanson (Indigenous Screen Office)

19.2. 2pm

Embassy of Canada – Marshall McLuhan Salon, Leipziger Platz 17, 10117 Berlin

Forum & Forum Expanded

Funded by:

  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media
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