Provocation of Reality
dal 27/2/2012 al 27/2/2012
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27/2/2012
Provocation of Reality
HFF University of Television and Film Munich, Munich
50th anniversary of the Oberhausen Manifesto. The project will include an international symposium at the University of Vienna and produce several film series, a DVD edition, book and Internet platform. Film series will be shown in Paris, Oberhausen, Berlin, Munich and Vienna, at the New York MoMA, the Pesaro Film Festival and Goethe Institutes around the world.
On 28 February 1962, 26 filmmakers, including the directors Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz and Peter Schamoni, affixed their signature to the Oberhausen Manifesto. It declared the collapse of conventional German film and demanded a renewal of West German filmmaking. The Oberhausen Manifesto marked one of the most important but perhaps least known chapters of German film history. Until now, there has been no attempt to systematically collect and preserve the cinematic works which the signers of the Manifesto produced during their most active professional years (1958-1967). In some cases, the archived films are in a desolate condition.
The goal of the project is to make the achievements and errors of those former “provocateurs” visible and accessible once again. The project will include an international symposium at the University of Vienna and produce several film series, a DVD edition, book and Internet platform. Starting in March 2012, film series will be shown in Paris, Oberhausen, Berlin, Munich and Vienna, at the New York MoMA, the Pesaro Film Festival and Goethe Institutes around the world.
Supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.
Artistic director: Ralph Eue
Curator: Lars Henrik Gass
Artists: Christian Doermer, Bernhard Dörries, Rob Houwer (NL/D), Alexander Kluge, Pitt Koch, Dieter Lemmel, Ronald Martini, Jason Pohland (F/D), Edgar Reitz, Peter Schamoni, Haro Senft, Wolfgang Urchs
Venues and schedule:
HFF Munich, 28 Feb. 2012 (premiere)
Cinéma du Réel Paris, 22.3. - 3.4.2012
58th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 26.4. - 1.5.2012
Kino Arsenal Berlin, May 2012
Austrian Film Museum Vienna, 2. - 10.6.2012
Persaro Film Festival, 25.6. - 2.7.2012
Museum of Modern Art and Goethe-Institut, New York, Autumn/Winter 2012
German Federal Cultural Foundation Press and Public Relations:
Friederike Tappe-Hornbostel Tel.: +49 (0)345 2997120 Fax: +49 (0)345 2997333 presse@kulturstiftung-bund.de
February 28, 2012 6.00 pm
Opening words: Lars Henrik Gass, Festival Director International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Speakers: Bernd Neumann, Federal Minister of Culture and Media, Thomas Kreuzer, Minister of State, and Klaus Wehling, Lord Mayor of the City of Oberhausen
Film programme:
Kino 1. Geschwindigkeit, Edgar Reitz, 1963, 13'
Es muß ein Stück vom Hitler sein, Walter Krüttner, 1963, 12'
Die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie, Peter Schamoni, 1966, 12'
Panel: What's left of the new dawn?
A panel on the present state of auteur cinema
Filmmakers of different generations discuss the chances of auteur cinema today.
Is the age of manifestos over?
Panel discussion with Jutta Brückner, Romuald Karmakar, Maximilian Linz and Edgar Reitz.
Moderated by: Rüdiger Suchsland
open to the audience
Reception at 9.00 pm
HFF University of Television and Film Munich
Gabelsbergerstraße 33 80333 München