Caroline Koebel
Drift and Dwell: Film and Video

Directors Lounge Monthly Screening

Thursday, 26 July 2012

21:00
Z-Bar
Bergstraße 2
10115 Berlin-Mitte

Caroline Koebel works with a broad range of media and film expressions, bringing together many influences, super-8 experiences, punk, Vaudeville, the vivid Californian avant-garde scene around Craig Baldwin and his Other Cinema screenings, and conceptual references to Valie Export. If trying to trace back the film tradition she is drawing on, it would possibly be the subversive media practice that Amos Vogel started with Cinema 16 in New York from 1947 to 1963, a practice that was most interested in the discourse of different fields of cinema.

Caroline Koebel uses a number of styles and tries to create a dialog between analog and digital, handprocessed found footage meets digital camera and editing, political involvement comes together with poetic film. The program comprises earlier and new work of the artist, and different themes and styles, in the range from poetic film to experimental essay. Caroline Koebel, who is also a critical film writer, curator and an educator at Transart Institute will be present for questions and answers.

Curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr

Links:

http://www.directorslounge.net

http://www.z-bar.de

http://www.richfilm.de

Artist link:

http://www.carolinekoebel.com

DIRECTORS LOUNGE@ L’ISOLA DEL CINEMA | Cinelab Groupama

as part of Iolanda La Carrubba’s project L’Altra Faccia Della Luna

July 22nd and 29th, 2012 at 7 pm – 9 pm

Isola Tiberina, Roma (map)

7.10 pm
Sigla a cura del cantautore AMEDEO MORRONE

7.15 pm
Video di presentazione della rassegna “L’Altra Faccia Della Luna” di IOLANDA LA CARRUBBA

7.25 pm
BERLIN INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS LOUNGE
curated by Julia Murakami and André Werner

PROGRAM I (July 22nd)

Gerard Cairaschi  FR Magia 6 min 35s
John Woods  CA Victor #5 3 min 38s 2011
Kote Camacho  ES  La Gran Carrera 6 min 55s  2011
John Christopher Gibson  US Gillespie  8 min 08s  2010
Javier Chillon ES Decapoda Shock 9 min 15s 2011
Mihai Grecu  FR  We’ll Become Oil  8 min  2011
Jean-Gabriel Périot FR Dies Irae 10 min 2005
ZhenChen Liu CN Under Construction 10 min  2007
Hendrick Dusollier FR Babel 15 min 2010
Masha Godovannaya RU Untitled #1 4 min 2005 musical score LU
André Werner DE The Eyes Of Mankind 14 min 39 sec 2007

PROGRAM II (July 29th)

Marco Gianfreda IT Pizzangrillo 15 min 2011
Ali Asgari  IR  Tonight Is Not A Good Night For Dying 4 min 20s 2011
Farnoosh Samadi Frooshani IR  It’s Your Turn 7min 2s 2011
Rosetta Messori  IT Primordial Breath 5 min 18s 2011
Andreas Rost DE Solo für Ramallah 5 min 2005
Francesca Fini  IT  Parnasus  10 min  2011
Fabio Scacchioli and Vincenzo Core  IT Miss Candace Hilligoss’ Flickering Halo 13 min 40s 2011
Charles Fairbanks  US/MX  Irma 12 min 15s 2010
Santiago Parres (EZO) ES  Dove  2 min 40s  2011
Simon Ellis GB What About GB The Bodies 7min 17s 2002
Eytan Heller IL World Cup 2018 48s 2008
Lucas Figueroa ES Because there are things you never forget 13 min 2008

Directors Lounge is coming to Rome!

We are preparing to go to Rome for some dedicated screenings at L’ISOLA DEL CINEMA

Cinelab Groupama | L’Altra Faccia Della Luna curated by Iolanda La Carrubba

July 22nd and 29th, 2012 at 7 pm -9 pm

on the beautiful Isola Tiberina, Roma, right in the very heart of Rome. (map)

More soon. See you there.

pictured: The Japanese Guerilla Paparazzi World Tour:  JGP in front of  Santa Trinità dei Monti    

more about the project: sometimes they shoot back

|| FUTURE SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL: SUMMER EDITION ||

Berlin Film Society presents…

The Summer Edition of the world’s biggest pop-up film festival in one of Berlin’s best open-air cinemas:

On Saturday 14th July, the Berlin Film Society will host the world’s biggest pop-up film festival in one of Berlin’s best open-air cinemas, Freiluftkino Insel im Cassiopeia. The Summer Season of the Future Shorts Film Festival is an exciting mix of new, award-winning short films from around the world.

The program includes gems like Tampere Film Festival winner WE’LL BECOME OIL by Mihai Grecu, one of the audience darlings of this years 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge.

see you there

details at FUTURE SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL: SUMMER EDITION – Berlin Film Society

Directors Lounge (and otherwise) luminary Alexei Dmitriev (RU) has just been to Gorizia, Italy to the UN FILM PER LA PACE (A Film For Peace) Festival to accept the “Premio Speciale Miglior Film sul Disarmo” (Special Award for the Best Film on Disarmament). His black and white short “Hermaneutics” (2012) shares the distinction with “Picnic” (Gerardo Herado, ES, 2010). Congratulations from all at Team DL!

Paolo Davanzo and Lisa Marr

The Sound We See: City Symphonies in the 21st Century

Thursday, 21 June 2012
21:00 Uhr

Z-Bar
Bergstraße 2
10115 Berlin-Mitte

In the fall of 2010, 37 youth from across Los Angeles, ages 11 – 19, bonded together to document the life, rhythm and movement of the city from their unique perspectives, joining their visions to create a complete 24-hour City Symphony. The filmmakers divided the day into its two-dozen hours, working in pairs to select and shoot locations that best represented each hour of the day (and night) as one minute on film. The result is a spectacular 24-minute trip through the City of Angels as most have never seen it before…

Learning, emulating and redefining the ways and techniques of past avant-garde urban documentarians, the youth filmmakers worked with 16mm cameras and black and white film.

Paolo Davanzo and Lisa Marr were invited to return to Rotterdam in 2012 to repeat the project with local youth. The Sound We See: Rotterdam was created by a group of 17 filmmakers between the ages of 13 and 42. Once again, local musicians created a soundtrack specifically for the film, which premiered on May 25, 2012. Lisa Marr will be available for Q&A.

Filmmakers Bio
Paolo Davanzo and Lisa Marr are filmmakers/musicians/writers/educators whose work is a catalyst for creative collaboration and positive social change. Originally from Italy and Canada respectively, they currently live and work in Los Angeles where they run the Echo Park Film Center, a non-profit neighborhood media arts center. As The Here & Now they travel the world, bringing movies and music to the masses.

Presented by guest curator Dagie Brundert and Klaus W. Eisenlohr

Links:
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org
http://www.filmmobile.org

Lisa Marr at Directors Lounge

Program Details
The Sound We See: A Los Angeles City Symphony
DV: original format 16mm
28 minutes
2010

The Sound We See: A Rotterdam City Symphony
DV: original format 16mm
27 minutes
2012

Around The World With The Here & Now
DV: original format Super 8 with live musical accompaniment
30 minutes
2003 – present

Impressions from Directors Lounge @ Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.) – The Media Art Fair

Eberhard Kranemann performing with VJ Chuuu at the opening night

VJ Chuuu doing the turntable animation

Happy people: Carola Goellner and Eberhard Kranemann

new works by André Werner, the glasses are filled with honey

Julia Murakami, Allegory of Obliviousness, 2012, oil on canvas, 11.81 x 11.81 in

photo: Maurizio Mueller | Mau Fashion

Michael Caine, eight times, paintings by Carola Goellner

The artist in the age of digital reproduction: Kim Dotty Hachmann in front of herself

Dream Team: VJ Chuuu, Carola Goellner, André Werner, Julia Murakami, Eberhard Kranemann

DL: Short Cuts to Japan – Directors Lounge presents experimental films centred on Japan

Again we will participating in this year´s Japan-Day in Duesseldorf, celebrating Japanese-German friendship. 

DL: Short Cuts to Japan, to be screened on June 2, 2012 at the Black Box Kino, Filmmuseum will be dedicated to Japan in experimental cinema and video art. Films included will cover a wide range of “Japans”, from fictional to animation, historical to personal. In a 90 min program, we will be screening a collection of remarkable, rare, experimental and promising short films.

The program will be complemented by a live performance. Experience VJ Chuuu’s “Turntable Animation” (Japan) and acoustic tidbits by Multimedia artist and founding “Kraftwerk” member Eberhard Kranemann (Germany), who will perform on one of the four last existing historical Welte-Cinema Organs used for accompanying silent films.

with short films by

Keith Sanborn (“Energy of Delusion: The Human Condition /Mingen No Joken”), André Werner (“Mannaka No Ie”), Maki Satake (“Omokage”), Marina Chernikova (“Love Puzzle 6”) , Roberto Santaguida (“Haikus for Karaoke”),Kei Oyama (“Hand Soap”), Akinori Okada and Daisuke Hagiwara/Kukikodan (“Paints”), Akiko Nakamura (“Sky Don’t Fall”), Momoko Seto (“Planet Z”), Mirai Mizue (“Modern No 2”)

curated by Julia Murakami and André Werner

Black Box Kino im Filmmuseum‎, Schulstr. 4, 40213 Duesseldorf (map)

June 2, 2012, 8 pm, admission: 2 EUR

program (June)

Special thanks to Florian Deterding, Kika Nicolela, Alexei Dmitriev, KOK Siew-Wai (KLEX), CALF, Sacrebleu Prod.!

pictured: Eberhard Kranemann  and VJ Chuuu

Impressions from DL: Short Cuts to Japan, (curated by André Werner and Julia Murakami), June 2, 2012 at the Black Box Kino, Filmmuseum in Düsseldorf:

VJ Chuuu and Eberhard Kranemann

André Werner presenting DL: Short Cuts to Japan

Multitasking: Eberhard Kranemann (multimedia artist and founding member of “Kraftwerk”) playing the piano and the historical Welte Cinema Pipe Organ built in 1924.

Inside the belly of the Welte Cinema Organ

VJ Chuuu and his astonishing “Turntable Animation”

the complete program

find here a cool review by perisphere

It´s that time again (to party!)

Once again it´s time to party with all the cool Berlin Filmfestivals at cozy Naherholung Sternchen. The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship might not exactly be a cause to celebrate, at least it serves a reason to screen a fine compilation of soccer-shorts, the Short Kicks, compiled by our fiendly neighbors, the 11mm Fussballfilmfestival. The kicks will be followed by DJ Just Aprés! (House, Deep House, Deep Feeling).

Pictured: World Cup 2018 by Eytan Heller on  Directors Lounge television

Click through to get the real soccer feeling (part of our guerilla screenings on public billboards during the last European Football Championship)

See you at the third Festiwelt Party 2012, Thursday Mai 31

Naherholung Sternchen

Berolinastrasse 7  (Hinter dem Kino International)
10178 Berlin (5 Euro)

The hosting Festivals

11mm Fußballfilmfestival Achtung Berlin – New Berlin Film Award Alfilm – Arabisches Filmfestival BerlinBaltic Film Festival Contravision Directors Lounge Down Under Berlin – Australian Film Festival Französische Filmwoche Going Underground interfilm Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin Kiezkieken KUKI Internationales Kinder und Jugendkurzfilmfestival Berlin Northzone One World Berlin Russische Filmwoche Sehsüchte Webcuts – internationales Internet Film FestZebra Poetry Film Festival