XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2010 (May 4-8)
We have a dream!
We came from privileged backgrounds in the USA. Families intact, sufficient economic resources, university education, travel, etc. All of these we took for granted. When we were young, we thought everyone had the same lifestyle. As we matured, we became aware of how mistaken we were. (more…)
„I was very disoriented when I first arrived at the shop. I didn’t know what to expect…“
In an exclusive interview, TOTALLY WIRED director Niamh Guckian remembers her first encounter with electronic-analogue equipment store SchneidersBüro and how she was inspired to make the film.
FILM: TOTALLY WIRED
The UNERHÖRT international music film festival is making a stop in Berlin from December 10-13, 2009 in the fsk Kino and Eiszeit Kino cinemas in Kreuzberg. For example, check out ON/OFF: Mark Stewart - From the Pop Group to the Maffia on Saturday the 12th at 10:30 pm. Both the director Toni Schifer and protagonist Mark Stewart are scheduled to appear as guests. The program also offers films about Pina Bausch, the Topp Twins, Dirty Princess from Madrid, a selection of top music clips by the magazine SPEX and many others.
Check out what Dietmar Post and Lucía Palacios - the duo responsible for the acclaimed music doc MONKS - THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK - have just released:
KLANGBAD: AVANT-GARDE IN THE MEADOWS(GER/SP/USA - 85 min - 2009) (more…)
A collaboration with Madagascar musicians
Norway - Kari Iveland has a new recording, Avtrykk (Impressions), featuring her band playing with choirs and musicians from Madagascar. After releasing the Vektbs (Weightless) CD on the KKV label in 2002, Kari Iveland is now presenting music new and old from Madagascar.
Songs have traveled across oceans and continents and been heard and recreated far from their origins. Such are the impressions on Kari Iveland’s new CD. She traveled to Madagascar and found new versions of the songs Europeans exported more than a hundred years ago. (more…)
