• The fourth Directors Lounge Berlin will take place from 7. - 17. february, at the time of the 58th Berlin International Festival. Expect video art and experimental film from all flavors and parts of the world. Several curated programs, specials, accompanied by DJs and VJs ensure ten cosmopolitan days and nights..
Once again we will offer a hideaway, a relaxed space for filmmakers, videoartists and everybody interested in experimental forms of cinema and videoart.

• The screenings are followed by nights of music and specials. The Lounge as a club, the spot to dance the night away.

• As the name suggests – Directors Lounge will always be a meetingpoint, a place to have a drink and to lounge around with other friendly lizards

• 20 h • 8 pm Opening Night

Willkommen • Bienvenue

Join us celebrating the opening of the forth Berlin Directors Lounge 2008
Feiern Sie mit uns die Eröffnung der vierten Berliner Directors Lounge 2008

• 22 h • 10 pm Opening Night

welcome cocktails

welcome cocktail I

Peter Weibel DE Gruess Gott 1967, 1min
Allan Brown CA Uncle Cluck 2007, 4min 30s
ZhenChen Liu CN Under Construction 2007, 10 min 16 9
Jean-Gabriel Périot FR 200 000 phantoms 2007;11 min
Angelica Chio MX I am off to Mexico 2007; 2 min
Eytan Heller IL Love Sum Game 2006; 4min 30s
Miguel Machado PT The Long Overtone Marcha No2007; Coreto Parte Triste
a cine poem in five parts 18min 25s (excerpt part3) 3 min 31s

welcome cocktail 2

Daniela Butsch DE Landschaft Schnell 2001-2007,, 36s world premiere
André Ricardo BR Exequias 2007, 3min 56s live score
George Drivas GR Case Study 2007, 17 min International premiere
André Werner DE Flash 2008;14 min world premiere

welcome cocktail 3

Carole Kim US Chasing the pools 2007, 8min 50s
Ciro Altabás ES Made in Japans 2007, 10 min
Joanna Hoffmann PL Walls 2007, 5 min 30s
Xavi Sala ES FLa Parabólica 2007, 12 min

and Live Music with Don Bad'habong

A teasing compilation from all flavours of this years Directors Lounge 2008
interwoven with Hot Jazz and spontaneous live scoring.
Ein Begrüßungscocktail als Einstieg in die Directors Lounge 2008


surprise, surprise

• 24 h • 12 pm Opening Night

Dance All Night

Live Music Don Bad'habong
Strange Clips and Loungy Tunes by Dj Parry Hotter