MITTE MEDIA FESTIVAL

CINEMATIC CHIMERA – DIRECTORS LOUNGE INVADES FATA MORGANA

Program II: Friday, April 20, 8:00 pm – 10.00 pm and beyond Fata Morgana Gallery

Here, DL will be doing a double-dig into its box of flickering tricks, with a program of shorts from both the Berlin International Directors Lounge Festival as well as the Urban Research side of things. There will be new projections as well, including, rumour has it, a mad monkey and film art that literally leaps into the room. Saying more would be telling…. Performers of the night include Tristan Honsinger (cello), Izumi Ose (melodion), Moeko Yamazaki (taiko drum) and the very odd Woody Hoofer (indescribable).

Curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr and Kenton Turk

Andreas Gogol, Xarussel, 2017, DE, 7:02
Angela Christlieb, Dein Falsches Spiel, 2017, DE, 3:13
Cecelia Chapman, Knuckleshop, 2014 USA, 00:58
Bernd Luetzeler, Untitled, 2017, DE, 8:32
Petra Lottje, Blinde Flecken, 2018, DE, 3:56
Gabriele Stellbaum, Close Huddle, 2017, DE, 4:30
Henry Gwiazda, Knowledge, 2017, USA, 3:05
Verena Kyselka, Omani Songbook, 2016, DE, 13:18
Eric Stewart, Helios, 2018, USA, 5:01

Max Sacker (DT) Belle de Lyon, 10:00, 2012
Jimmy Grima (MT) L-Iblah (The Fool) 10:00 2013
Oded Arad (IL) Bartholomew, 09:08, 2012
Karl F. Stewart  (DT/US) Animaux Découpages, 04:33, 2012
Hiroki Mano (JP) Spiritual Meetin’, 05:26, 2016

Performance with Tristan Honsinger (cello), Moeko Yamazaki (taiko drum), Izumi Ose (melodion) and Woody Hoofer.

complete DL at Mitte Media Festival program here

Andreas Gogol (DE) Xarussel, 2017, 7:02 

“an abstraction of moving reality – I filmed with b&w super8 and Mini DV at the Berlin Alexanderplatz x-mas fairground … later I discovered shots of the birds from the 16mm Found Footage studies … a friend gave me exposed & expired color super8 material – during the editing process arose a new form and cinematic image structure with different levels of perception & realities – what I see is not what I hear.” Andreas Gogol

Angela Christlieb (DE) Dein Falsches Spiel, 2017, 3:13

Music video mit Christian Wirlitsch

Cecelia Chapman (US) Knuckleshop, 2014, 00:58

Knuckleshop is adapted from the mystery envelope of elevator diagrams and schematic sex sketches of Jeff Crouch. Mr.E series 2008, music: Christa Hunter.

Bernd Luetzeler (DE) Untitled, 2017, 8:32

Things galore. Shopping galore. Profits galore. Bangalore! The streetscape of every Indian city and town is – apart from crowds and vehicles – mainly dominated by products. The bazaar is no longer limited to a certain square or building, it expands into all other parts of the city and claims a large percentage of the available public space.

Petra Lottje (DE) Blinde Flecken, 2018, 3:56

Dieser Kurzfilm basiert auf dem deutschen Dokumentarfilm “Die Kinder sind tot” (2003). Es geht um den Fall einer Frau, die im Sommer 1999 ihre beiden Kleinkinder tagelang in der Wohnung zurückließ, wo sie verdursteten. Ich wähle prägnante Sätze aus dem Film, löse sie vom Bild und spreche sie mit einem Schauspieler nach.

Gabriele Stellbaum (DE) Close Huddle, 2017, 4:30

What Close Huddle depicts, is a highly uncanny setting, in which we encounter mind control not as a dystopian fiction but as actualized nature, as a distinct futurity, inscribed in our every day experience of the contemporary.

Henry Gwiazda (US) Knowledge, 2017, 3:05

My work is about the choreography of reality. It’s about the way everything moves and is interconnected to create beauty. Each small, choreographed scene can be appreciated for itself, but on subsequent viewings, takes on a separate meaning. They become metaphors for our lives, our dreams and ourselves.

Verena Kyselka (DE) Omani Songbook, 2016, 13:18

Traditional Omani songs reflect desires, longings, landscape and the life in it. Emotions which seem quickly lost in a rapidly evolving society. These feelings are visualized in video collages

Eric Stewart (US) Helios, 2018, 5:01

Whispering to plants with motors and oscillators

Max Sacker (DT) Belle de Lyon, 10:00, 2012
For anyone that loves sex, dreams and the French New Wave. 1960s France. Inspired by the writings of the marquis de sade,  young Séverine (Valeria Piskounova) betrays her controlling husband with a small-time street gangster. (Nikolai Kinski) An act of passion? Or is there something sinister at play?

Oded Arad (IL) Bartholomew, 09:08, 2012

Karl F. Stewart  (DT/US) Animaux Découpages, 04:33, 2012

Often times the personality of an animal extends only to the dining room table as a roasted chicken or a grilled steak. And though we are fairly understanding of cats and dogs, we frequently lose touch with the complexities of other domesticated animals. Animaux Découpages are portraits of common farm animals. It’s a look at their perceived personality through a photograph. Why would I want to be a Cow . Why would I want to be a cow … Why would I want to be a cow … They heat you … They eat … Why would I wan to be a cow … I came into this world all big eyed … Now I’m big all around .would I want to be a cow … Why would I want to be a cow … They heat you … They eat you ….

Jimmy Grima (MT) L-Iblah (The Fool) 10:00 2013

This film revisits the timeless phenomenon of a man falling in love with a woman. Just as a block of cement sits by the sea, one witnesses a quasi-dreamlike sequence of images that are intentionally placed on that fine line where reality borders with surreality. This is a story innocently echoing the island’s [Malta’s] way of resolving its dormant, winter season with its spirited, eclectic summer festivities.

Hiroki Mano | JP | Spiritual Meetin’ |  05:26 | 2016
A mad monkey and film art that literally leaps into the room

photo: Moeko Yamazaki  by Ko Zushi (Ko Zushi Photography)

complete DL at Mitte Media Festival program here

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