KunstFilmBiennale
dal 17/10/2007 al 23/10/2007
Segnalato da
17/10/2007
KunstFilmBiennale
Odeon cinema and Rex movie theatre, Koln and Bonn
Cinema and art from Abramovic to Warhol. This year's Biennale, which takes place in Cologne and for the first time also in Bonn, has expanded its programme. A total of 7 artistically outstanding cinema films will be screened. To accompany the programme, an expert symposium will take place on 21 October at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne on the topic of "Art - Film - Art", with presentations by well known artists, filmmakers and curators.
Cinema and art from Abramovic to Warhol
This year's KunstFilmBiennale, which takes place from 18 to 24 October in Cologne
and for the first time also in Bonn, has expanded its programme. In addition to its
geographical expansion, the other big first this year is that cinematic art will be shown
alongside art film. In the Odeon cinema in Cologne and the Rex movie theatre in Bonn, a
total of seven artistically outstanding cinema films will be screened: The winner of this year's
Cannes Golden Palm, "4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days" (4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile) by
Rumanian director Cristian Mungiú will kick off the programme in Bonn on 17 October. The
romantic comedy "Cashback" by Sean Ellis, the German production "Die Unerzogenen"
(The badly brought-up) by Pia Marais and the German premiere of Swedish cult director Roy
Andersson's latest work "You the Living", and others, will follow.
The entries for the International Competition and the competition for the Bild-Kunst
Förderpreis für experimentellen Film (Bild-Kunst award for experimental film) will be
screened this year again at the Filmforum at the Museum Ludwig and the Kölnischer
Kunstverein. Audiences can enjoy a total of some 100 current entries into the two
competitions. A large number of guests have already committed to attending the
competitions personally, including the directors of the competition films "A Walk into the
Sea", Esther B. Robinson, and "Prater", Ulrike Ottinger, as well as the artists Jesper Just,
Marina Abramovic and Gabriela Fridriksdóttir, whose film "Ouroboros" will be celebrating
its world premiere at the Iceland Special.
Other highlights are the retrospectives that will take place in the Museum Ludwig in
Cologne and in the Kunstmuseum in Bonn, e.g. of the Iranian artist living in New York Shirin
Neshat, who has just wrapped up her first feature film, and of Sarah Morris from America,
who will be presenting five cinematic city portraits that successfully and uniquely apply the
grid technique of her abstract painting work to documentary film. The latest film by the
underground pioneer Wilhelm Hein will be shown in the special programme at the
Kölnischer Kunstverein, as well as the five-hour director's cut of "Brinkmanns Zorn"
(Brinkmann's wrath) in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Köln. In addition, the multichannel
installation "The Perfectionist" by Julian Rosefeldt, an artist living in Berlin, will be
shown in the Baukunst Galerie in Cologne.
To accompany the programme, an expert symposium will take place on Sunday, 21
October at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne on the topic of "Art – Film – Art", with
presentations by well known artists, filmmakers and curators.
You will find all of the programmes, texts and dates at http://www.kunstfilmbiennale.de
Press office: SK Stiftung Kultur - Im Mediapark 7 - D-50670 Köln
Tel.: +49 (221) 226-5738 pr@sk-kultur.de
KunstFilmBiennale is an initiative of the SK Stiftung Kultur, the Arts Foundation of North Rhine-
Westphalia and the City of Cologne. It takes place in cooperation with the Filmstiftung NRW and VG
Bild-Kunst and is supported with funds of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Opening of the KunstFilmBiennale
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 8 PM
Filmforum in the Museum Ludwig
Bischofsgartenstrasse 1, 50667 Köln
Speakers:
Fritz Schramma, Lord Mayor of the City of Köln
Hans-Heinrich Grosse-Brockhoff, State Secretary for Culture of the State of Nort Rhine-Westphalia
Regina Wyrwoll, Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia
Dr. Hans-Georg Bögner, SK Stiftung Kultur
Heinz Peter Schwerfel,KunstFilmBiennale
During the event we will show a selected film programme.
As a part of the opening event we will show as a German premiere at 9.30 PM:
The Music of Regret
Regie: Laurie Simmons
USA, 2006, 44 Min., mit Meryl Streep
The artist Laurie Simmons will be present.
Award Ceremony
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 8 PM
Filmforum in the Museum Ludwig
Bischofsgartenstrasse 1, 50667 Köln
The following awards will be given:
Main award in the international Competition 2007
handed over by Michael Schmid-Ospach, Filmstiftung NRW
Bild-Kunst award for experimental Film
Handed over by C. Cay Wesnigk, Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst
Award of the Verband der deutschen Filmkritik
During the event, a selection of the award-winning films will be shown.
In the Odeon cinema in Cologne and the Rex movie theatre in Bonn