Oberhausen Intl Short Film Festival
dal 30/4/2008 al 5/5/2008
Segnalato da
30/4/2008
Oberhausen Intl Short Film Festival
Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen
54th edition. Artists on ScreenShort film and video is still the prime source of innovation for the art of film. In addition, it is being adopted by an ever increasing number of artists as a form of expression. Today its diversity of forms, themes and approaches across the globe is greater than ever, in the cinemas or in the galleries.
"Short film is a great first step for a budding filmmaker. That’s how I made my beginnings and Oberhausen was an important step on my path to become a Director." Roman Polanski
"I smoked my first cigarette here. For years, I saw every single film at the Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage, looking forward to those days in Oberhausen every year. These events were important for me, for my decision to become a filmmaker." Wim Wenders
"There can be no doubt that the Oberhausen Short Film Festival has written film history... The short film has kept itself young, and so has Oberhausen. This atmosphere, this creative power are what still distinguishes short films today." Gerhard Schröder (German Chancellor 1998-2005)
Artists on ScreenShort film and video is still the prime source of
innovation for the art of film. In addition, it is being adopted by an
ever increasing number of artists as a form of expression. Today its
diversity of forms, themes and approaches across the globe is greater than
ever, in the cinemas or in the galleries. The International Short Film
Festival Oberhausen has been part of this highly charged field for over 50
years now, as a catalyst and a showcase for contemporary developments, a
forum for what are often heated discussions, a discoverer of new trends
and talent, and not least as one of the most important short film
institutions anywhere in the world. Some 6500 films submitted in 2007,
around 500 films shown in the festival programmes and over 1100 accredited
industry professionals are proof enough.
Films In addition to its four
competitions, Oberhausen is known for its extensive thematic programmes
and retrospectives. In 2008, the main theme programme, entitled
"Border-Crossers and Trouble-Makers" and curated by Sherry Millner and
Ernest Larsen (USA) and Madeleine Bernstorff (Germany), will explore the
history of political film, looking at strategies and practices of
resistance from legendary political landmarks such as Chris Marker or the
Yugoslavian Black Film to works reacting to today"s permanent state of
emergency. A second theme programme, "Whose History?", curated by Ian
White, will explore the question how artists" film and video look at
history, including works by Marcel Broodthaers, Ken Jacobs, Alexander
Kluge, Malcolm LeGrice, Lis Rhodes and Emily Wardill. In the 2008
profiles, the festival features four artists whose works range from
classic abstract experiments to political video art. The programme of
works by French filmmaker Patrice Kirchhofer offers a rare opportunity to
see his radical experiments. Two programmes each are dedicated to British
filmmaker and artist Andrew Ketting and Lebanese video artist Akram
Zaatari.
The last profile will feature the work of British artist Lis
Rhodes. Discussions The Podium series of discussions, established in
2006, brings scholars, curators, artists and authors together to discuss
current aesthetic, technological, cultural policy and economic issues.
Questions to be debated this year will include "Film festivals as a new
contemporary film museum?" and "Is criticism still pertinent?", as well as
two discussions complementing the thematic programmes. Participants
include Ann Demeester, Ruth Noack, Emily Roysdon, Keith Sanborn, Hito
Steyerl and Zelimir Zilnik.
Market An excellently equipped Video Library
with an estimated 6000 new short films to chose from and a series of
market Screenings by the leading international distributors of
experimental film and video are available to buyers, distributors,
festival programmers, commissioning editors and other industry visitors.
Book: Kinomuseum – Towards an Artists" Cinema Now available is the
anthology Kinomuseum – Towards an Artists" Cinema, edited by Mike
Sperlinger and Ian White, a collection of essays and texts by some of the
most influential artists and curators working with the moving image today.
The book is based on the successful screening series "Kinomuseum" which
Oberhausen presented in 2007. Texts by Ian White, Morgan Fisher, Dan
Graham, Lucian Harris, Emily Pethick; Mary Kelly, Achim Borchardt-Hume, AA
Bronson, Mark Leckey, Lars Henrik Gass.
Internationale Kurzfilmtage
Grillostr. 34 - Oberhausen
1-6 May 2008 daily 10 to midnight