18h 30 6.30 pm................................................................Willkommen Bienvenue

Join us celebrating the opening of the second Berlin Directors Lounge 2006.
Feiern Sie mit uns die Eröffnung der zweiten Berliner Directors Lounge 2006.

Daniel Mijic Killing Me Softly

20h 30 8.30 pm.............................................................................welcome cocktail

A teasing compilation from all flavours of this years Directors Lounge 2006
Ein Begrüßungscocktail als Einstieg in die Directors Lounge 2006
to name a few/unter anderem mit:

Kevin Murphy DK United Nations 5 min 20 s, DV, 2005

Nick Jordan GB Edgar (with Jacob Cartwright) 1 min 38 s, B&W, DV, 2005

Angélica Chio MX/D Bei Kerzenschimmer und Sonnenschein 7 minutes, DV, 2005

Andreas Rost D Solo für Ramallah 5 min, DV, 2005

Wangli Xonglian & Liuyan Tangron CN Do not want to grow up 4 min, DV, 2005

Susanne Neumann D Grün Die Wälder, Grau Die Burgen, Oberpfalz Mein Heimatland 1 min 40 s, DV, 2005

Devis Venturelli I Atti Osceni 4 min, DV, 2005

Lucas M. Figueroa ES 24...EH? (Ouch!) 8 min 20 s, DV, 2004

Daniel Mijic D Killing Me Softly loop, DV, 2002

Nick Jordan Edgar

22h 10 pm......................................................................................welcome cocktail 2

Fine films and worldpremieres in the second openener of Directors Lounge 2006
Mehr Feines, nebst Weltpremieren, im zweiten Eröffnungsblock der Directors Lounge 2006
to name a few/unter anderem mit:

Jean Gabriel Périot FR Even If She Had Been A Criminal 9 min, DV, 2005

Kerry Baldry GB Punch 1 min, DV, 2005

Jeremy Jes" Benstock GB The Holocaust Tourist 9 min, DV, 2005
Mr. Benstock will be present

Philip Newcombe GB Snap 4 min 16 s, DV, 2005

Mauro Santini I Flor De Baixa 7 minutes, DV, 2005

Tanja Puustelli FI Self, 3 min, DV, 2005

André Werner D Mannaka No Ie (The House In The Middle) 7 min, DV, 2006----world premiere

Dan Hubp US Not This War 8 minutes, 35mm, S8, 2005 -----world premiere

Masha Godovannaya RU Untitled #1 4 minutes, S8 DV, 2005

world premiere
Not This War by Dan Hubp

Not This War is the story of one woman's accelerating spiral in the face of events that challenge her every belief. In a society where the ideals of honor, duty and sacrifice stand without question, Dorothy’s only hope for herself and her two sons, lies in her willful conviction to take matters into her own hands.

world premiere
Mannaka No Ie by André Werner

"The crying swallow flies at dawn"
Pure japanese poetry, entirely filmed in the deserts of Nevada.
Japanese with english subtitles.

24h 12 pm........................................................................................Directors Delight

Assorted gems, rarities and obscurities from the Directors Lounge archive
Loungy tunes by Djane Ilka

from dusk till dawn
party all night long

Directors Lounge 2006 is made possible in part by Cafe Dix in der Berlinischen Galerie

Special screenings in collaboration with AV-ARRKI microcinema mochafilm club NoMasala