Let’s continue with GEGENkino day three: on April 23 at UT Connewitz we will show the films Twaaga (by Cedric Ido) and Crumbs (by Miguel Llansó) in a double feature as part of our section AFRICAN OUTLINES.
At GEGENkino 2016 we will have a focus on post-colonial topics and on young African cinema. We want to open up a discourse about cinema from African countries, it’s aesthetics, show it’s diversity and try to prove that there’s even more to African cinema than Nollywood and Afrofuturism only.
We hope to get you interested! More announcements are about to come.
Twaaga
BF/FR 2013, D: Cedric Ido, A: Sabourou Bamogo, Harouna Ouedraogo, 30’, OV with English subtitles, DCP
1987. Burkina Faso in the year of the assassination of the anti-imperialist president Thomas Sankara. The two brothers Albert and Manu struggle along, each of them in his own way. The older Albert is part of a gang that is commissioned to bully a Lebanese dealer. Whereas Manu is still a child, loves comics and, in his recently tailored superhero costume, lives in magical world in which emancipation movements matter only if they help him to understand the mythologies of his mighty role models. That way he frolics through the dusty streets of his home town until he has to realize that with an own personal suit, you also have to claim your own destiny.
Crumbs
ET/ES 2015, D: Miguel Llansó, A: Daniel Tadesse, Selam Tesfaye, 68’, OV with English subtitles, DCP
The genre: post-apocalypse-science-fiction. A word as long as the hero’s journey undertaken to find Santa Claus. He is walking through different landscapes, sometimes sparse and desolate, sometimes green and lush. The hero is armed with western pop culture goods that become charged and turned into sacred artefacts. At home in the bowling alley, his girlfriend follows a mysterious voice from deep below while an extraterrestrial flying object reigns over everything. A lot of things come apart. Solely the altar for Michael Jordan—as always—seems to provide religious refuge. Spaniard Miguel Llansó, who has been living in Ethiopia for many years and whose passion belongs to experimental and punk attitudes in film and music, makes use of marvellous peculiarities of the imagination, the beauty of the countryside and the strong presence of his actors. Out of that, he creates a surreal, cinematic bastard full of humour and self-irony.
23 April, 9 pm – UT Connewitz – € 6,5/5,5 (red.)
It’s April Fool’s Day – only this is for real!
We will team up
IfZ and the Cry Baby crew for this year’s GEGENkino and bring you a
night full of love, lust and luscious lascivities with a whole bunch of
illustruous guests. Check the details below!
22 Apr 2016, Institut fuer Zukunft – GEGENkino & Cry Baby present: DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE
Information about the ticket pre-sale will be online soon.
GEGENkino & Cry Baby (Institut fuer Zukunft) present DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE
DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE—this stands for two different things this night: the party motto and the title of the new film by Yony Leyser being screened. Ezra, an US-American writer, comes to Berlin. Because of David Bowie. Here, he meets Sasha, a Russian immigrant working as an escort. Both of them are drifting through the queer subculture and the excessive underground of the city, doing their job or seeking. With its many playgrounds for marginalised cultures, the city of Berlin becomes the main character of the film. Afterwards, following the film screening and a Q&A with director Yony Leyser, we make room under the main floor dome of IfZ to present an after-show line up that will hit you like a wrecking ball. We are bringing out a heavy-hitting special guest (surprise!) and a program to satisfy both your disco playground and forward-thinking electronic needs. As a producer, singer, performer and visual artist, L.A.’s Abyss X is inspired by CGI art and future club music. Her honest lyrics and soulful voice blend seamlessly with catchy and complex neo-pop beats, creating her own energizing style of R’n’B. The Berlin-based newcomer Ziur’s rippling, cavernous compositions resemble the playful and neurotic daydreams of a club serial killer. Just coming off a European tour with Peaches late last year, they will surely be an act to watch out for in 2016.
22 Apr, 9 pm – Filmscreening: Desire Will Set You Free
(DE 2015, D: Yony Leyser, A: Yony Leyser, Tim Fabian Hoffmann, Chloe Griffin, 92’, OV with German subtitles, BluRay)
Director Yony Leyser will be present.
[There will be a re-screening of
the film on May 1, 9:30pm at Schaubühne Lindenfels, especially for
those who can’t make it to the first screening since it might overlap
with our screening at GRASSI Museum the same day.]
11 pm – After-Screening-Party:
~ Special Guest DJ-Set ~
Abyss X (S H A M E) – live
Ziúr (Boo Hoo)
Zacker (No No No!)
Claire
CAST +BBE (Cry Baby)
XVII (IfZ)
Film & Party: 15 euros (Party only: 15 euros)
Hey there, all you lovely GEGENkino friends,
it’s about time to lift the veil, finally, and reveal the programme of this year’s GEGENkino festival. So, let’s start with the opening film:
For the 3rd edition of GEGENkino we are happy to be able to screen the L.A. Sunset Strip trip movie Tangerine by Sean Baker as
the opener for the festival. A Christmas film in the sun, completely
shot on an iPhone and with hyper-fast dialogues like coming from
amphetaminized brains and tongues.
Don’t miss it, and stay tuned for more announcements!
Looking forward to see you all (again).
Oh, and merry Easter, merry
Pessach and a merry GEGENkino!
Tangerine
(US 2015, D: Sean Baker, A: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, 88’, OV with German subtitles, DCP)
“Out here, it’s all about our hustle. And THAT’S IT”, Alexandra tells her best friend Sin-Dee Rella. Both are struggling along as transsexual sex workers and are deeply connected to their neighbourhood in Los Angeles—the area around the intersection of Santa Monica and Highland, notorious for its drug scene and prostitution milieu. Sin-Dee is just back from prison and at a meeting in the donut shop she’s being told by Alexandra that her pimp and lover Chester cheated on her during her absence—with a white cis woman. Henceforth, “No drama!” becomes the motto of the both. But: humming dub step basslines and Sin-Dee’s furious vendetta tell another story. Filmed entirely on an iPhone the luscious, Californian sun-drenched pictures evolve into a composition of a realist subculture study and uninhibited post-modification. There’s a lot of solitude on the streets of L.A.. Tangerine puts up resistance though, and with an enchanting attitude tells of everyday hopes and dreams, of allies and solidarity.
21 April, 9pm – Luru-Kino at the Spinnerei – € 6,5/5,5(red.)
Tired of Berlinale? Tired of cinema? Tired of darkness? Tired of light? Tired of people? Ti…
Wait wait wait! Hang in there, dear people!
GEGENkino is coming again soon! Be prepared!
We are working on our programme for GEGENkino 2016 right now.(Wow!)
All we can say as of now is: it’s not gonna be too dull and tiring for sure.
Before we hit you up with more news:
check out our nice eyedentity for 2016.
Done by Ricaletto, our post-cold war graphic artist.
So, mark your calenders, friends and haters:
April 21st – May 1st 2016
The End Is Always Revoultion.
Tomorrow’s live set by Alec Empire will be in the style of his mid-90′s stuff. Finest analog material straight from the pre-digital age – just like the video for his 1995 track »Low On Ice«. Play it!
Plus, don’t forget:
GEGENkino presents »My Talk with Florence« w/ live score by Alec Empire (AUT 2015, 129 min, German w/ English subtitles directed by: Paul Poet)
14th January 2016, 8pm – UT Connewitz
(the director will be present)
Here’s the trailer for »My Talk with Florence«:
