Mika Vainio has died – The Wire
We were shocked when we heard from Mika Taanila yesterday that his long time collaborator, electronic music producer Mika Vainio (aka Ø), has passed away yesterday. The screening of Taanila’s work MANNERLAATTA (TECTONIC PLATE), for which Vainio did the soundtrack, will now also be an hommage to the pioneering works of Vainio. Likewise, the two screenings on Sunday will be dedicated to him: for one, the short film reel THE FUTURE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE, which includes the film A PHYSICAL RING, also scored by Vainio, and the screening of RETURN OF THE ATOM, featuring music by Vainio’s collaborative project Pan Sonic. Our condolences go out to all friends and relatives.
See you tonight at Luru Kino.
Fri, 14 April 2017
8pm, Luru-Kino at the Spinnerei
Short film reel I: FUTURO
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (FIN 1998, 28’, OV/English subtitles, 35mm), RoboCup99 (FIN 2000, 25’, OV/English subtitles , 35mm), Six Day Run (FIN 2013, 15’, OV/English subtitles, DCP), Optical Sound (FIN 2005, 6’, no dialogue, 35mm), Delay of Game (FIN 2017, 6’, no dialogue, 3D, file)
10pm, Luru-Kino at the Spinnerei
MANNERLAATTA (Tectonic Plate) (FIN 2016, 74’, OV/English subtitles, DCP) The Sad Song of Hard-Edged Transition Wipe Markers (FIN 2017, 4’, no dialogue, file)
Director Mika Taanila will be present for all the screenings.
Since we all want you to get a sufficient dose of light and sound tomorrow, DORON SADJA will offer a second run of his COLOR FIELD IMMERSION performance at 10:30pm.
The first run is already booked out, so all your further reservations will have to be for the second one.
13 April, 9pm & 10:30pm – UT Connewitz – € 12 (10 red.)
Hope you’ll all have a good trip!
Your GEGENkino crew
Wooh, Luru was packed yesterday! Thanks a lot for coming in such quantity!
IMPORTANT!
Seems like today won’t be much different. So, those of you who want to come and see Julian Radlmaier’s SELBSTKRITIK EINES BÜRGERLICHEN HUNDES today, please make a reservation by writing a mail to info[at]luru-kino.de. Those of you who have a festival ticket should be at Luru-Kino 20min before the beginning of the film (i.e. 7:40pm), so you’ll be guaranteed to get a seat. (If you can’t make it early enough, please make a reservation as well to be safe.)
SELBSTKRITIK EINES BÜRGERLICHEN HUNDES / SELF-CRITICISM OF A BOURGEOIS DOG
(GER 2017, D: Julian Radlmaier, A: Julian Radlmaier, Deragh Campbell, Kyung-Taek Lie, Beniamin Forti, 99’, OV/English subtitles, DCP)
12 April, 8pm – Luru Kino at the Spinnerei
Director Julian Radlmaier and producer Kirill Krasovski will be present.
And, as you know, afterwards we will have the double screening of TARA and FLUIDØ, which will start a little later though—at 10:15pm. Try to be there early or make reservations, too, nonethless. Read more about the two films here.
Unfortunately, the MOTEL Regiekollektiv had to cancel their visit and won’t come to the screening of TARA tonight.
Let’s hope for a good screening anyway. See you later on in the dark!
Hey, dear GEGENkino friends! Here’s for something quite unexpected—namely a teaser for tonight’s film O ORNITÒLOGO that is completely auditive only!
Thanks to RadioBlau for supporting our festival and to Melanie albrecht in particular for these nice audio teasers! On the weekend we also did an interview at RadioBlau; so in case you want to hear that one, too, check freie-radios.net.
11 April, 8pm – Luru Kino at the Spinnerei
O ORNITÓLOGO / THE ORNITHOLOGIST
PT/F/BRA 2016, D: João Pedro Rodrigues, A: Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, Han Wen, Chan Suan, OV/English subtitles, 118’, DCP
THE ORNITHOLOGIST (PT/F/BRA, 2016, João Pedro Rodrigues)
Maybe you’ve seen some films by the likes of Pedro Costa or Miguel Gomes already, then it should be no big news for you anymore that contemporary Portuguese cinema is definitely something to keep on radar. Not unlike those two directors, João Pedro Rodrigues’ cinematic language is also quite unique and inventive and his way […]
See you tonight!
Interview: Wang Bing – Film Comment
Thanks a ton, all of you, for coming to our exhibition, discussion and screenings on the weekend at Schaubühne Lindenfels. We feel really honoured to have such a wonderful audience… seriously!
So, tonight we’ll hopefully see each other again at UT Connewitz for Wang bing’s recent film TA’ANG.
TA’ANG
(HK/F 2016, Doc, D: Wang Bing, OV/English subtitles, 142’)
10 April, 8pm – UT Connewitz
Here’s a small interview with Wang Bing to get yourselves an idea of his way of working.
“[T]he documentary form is the most viable way for me to make movies in China. By following people’s everyday life, I don’t have to look for actors and direct them, I don’t have to ask a lot of people to work together for me, and I don’t have to ask permission to anybody. The ways in which the Chinese film industry limits filmmakers become invalid for me, if I shoot inexpensive movies about the real life of the people with a small crew. That’s why I keep on making documentaries: I like genuine stories, and I like to feel free.” (Wang Bing)
