{"id":73637,"date":"2020-09-11T11:33:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T09:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visionaerfilmfestival.com\/?p=73637"},"modified":"2020-09-17T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T11:42:59","slug":"4-visionar-film-festival-berlin-encounters-with-new-talents-save-the-new-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visionaerfilmfestival.com\/news\/4-visionar-film-festival-berlin-encounters-with-new-talents-save-the-new-date\/","title":{"rendered":"4. Vision\u00e4r Film Festival Berlin \u2013 Encounters With New Talents: Save The (New) Date!"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading auto_text=”yes” heading_semantic=”h3″ separator=”under” separator_color=”yes” sub_lead=”yes”]A Journey From Latin America to Latvia Through the Gaze of New Daring Directors[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]After the Covid-19 outbreak, we took the hard but necessary decision to postpone the 4<\/span>th<\/span> edition of Vision\u00e4r.\u00a0<\/span>Now, accordingly to new measures, cinemas can reopen and we can finally announce the new dates!<\/span><\/p>\n From the 21<\/b>st<\/b> to the 28<\/b>th<\/b> of September at ACUDkino<\/b>, <\/span>Vision\u00e4r Film Festival<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Encounters With New Talents<\/b> will host a special edition of the festival. In the respect of all the hygienic measures taken to protect all of you, the cinema will offer a limited amount of seats. For this reason, we will screen each film and block of short film twice, to guarantee each work a decent visibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And now an insight of what this edition will offer you!<\/span><\/p>\n The program offers an\u00a0<\/span>international selection of<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>9 first or second feature films<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>in competition\u00a0<\/b>for the Audience and Jury Awards (all Berlin or German premieres) and the\u00a0<\/span>Short Berlin Encounters<\/b>, a\u00a0<\/span>selection of 19 Short Films\u00a0made by Berlin filmmakers<\/b> for the Audience Award.\u00a0<\/span>Chile, Colombia (in co-production with Belgium), Brazil, Canada, USA (in co-production with France and China), Austria, Spain and Latvia\u00a0<\/b>are the countries of this year\u2019s edition. This year Latin America, with the political gaze of their directors, has caught – and well deserves – our attention. The social turmoil following the state of repression needs voices of denunciation that will never be silenced. Now more than ever they need to be heard. Not only political but also social, intimate, sexual and artistic is the revolution undertaken by our new international talents. Sometimes it can even be funny!<\/span><\/p>\n Films tell stories but they are also a territory to reflect, investigate and rethink their language – both aesthetically and formally. The boundaries between documentary and fiction are now blurred. Arthouse and genre films don\u2019t necessarily exclude each other. As Vision\u00e4r\u2019s mission is to discover and support new visions and talents, the selected films will also reflect a daring and unusual way of developing a discourse.<\/span><\/p>\n The section\u00a0<\/span>Short Berlin Encounters<\/b>\u00a0will be presented in four blocks under a common topic:<\/span><\/p>\n Vision\u00e4r believes and respects\u00a0<\/span>gender equality and gender inclusivity<\/b> in its selection. In an industry that doesn\u2019t always make it so easy for women*, in a world in which it\u2019s still necessary to impose the \u201cpro film quote\u201d in order to assure their presence, Vision\u00e4r is very proud to contribute support to women.\u00a0<\/span>We\u2019ll have 6 men directors and 6 women directors in the feature films<\/span> competition,<\/span> and 8 male filmmakers and 13 female filmmakers in the Berlin Short Encounters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A section of short films made by women* directors from Northern Europe under the name of\u00a0<\/span>Panorama Nordic | Female* Voices\u00a0<\/b>will be the special focus of this upcoming edition. This is a curated section which changes every year and intends to draw attention on specific topics, regions and concepts. Countries in focus will be: <\/span>Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Sweden<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This year Vision\u00e4r will pay\u00a0homage<\/strong>\u00a0to Cheryl Dunye<\/strong>, a world-renowned African American director, writer, and actress who emerged as part of the \u201cQueer New Wave\u201d of young filmmakers in the early 1990s. Vision\u00e4r will present her first feature film,\u00a0The Watermelon Woman<\/em>, that won the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival. Set in Philadelphia,\u00a0The Watermelon Woman<\/em>\u00a0is the story of Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye), a twenty-something black lesbian struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, a beautiful and elusive 1930s black film actress popularly known as “The Watermelon Woman.” \u00a0The Watermelon Woman is clearly a metaphor for Cheryl’s search for identity, community, and love.<\/p>\n As a multidisciplinary event, Vision\u00e4r will host a film concert under the name of\u00a0<\/span>Kino Sonico: this is a female project\u00a0<\/b>where two<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>well-known female electronic musicians develop new scores for silent films made by a woman pioneering in cinema.<\/span> Alice Guy Blach\u00e9<\/b>\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>short films of 1912,\u00a0<\/span>Falling Leaves<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Making an American Citizen,<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>will be shown together\u00a0<\/span>with a live performance of Marion W\u00f6rle aka Frau W and Lena Kocisova aka Akkamiau.\u00a0<\/b>Guy-Blach\u00e9 was a producer, a writer, a casting director, a set designer and the first female film director \u2013 for some years the only female director – in cinema history. She began working for France\u2019s Gaumont pictures, then moved to the US and founded her own studio, Solax. She made more than 1.000 films. How such a pioneer faded into obscurity has much to do with her gender and with how film history has been written by men. In fact, while her male colleagues were glorified, Guy-Blach\u00e9\u2019s work was neglected, if not even attributed to the men.<\/span><\/p>\n On duty call to judge our nine feature films and assign the\u00a0<\/span>Jury Award<\/b>\u00a0are three film directors:\u00a0<\/span>Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese<\/b>\u00a0(Lesotho),\u00a0<\/span>Jules Herrmann<\/b>\u00a0(Germany) and\u00a0<\/span>Pippo Mezzapesa<\/b>\u00a0(Italy).\u00a0Also, the audience is called to serve as a judge for both the full-length and short film selections.<\/span><\/p>\n Kino Sonico Panorama Nordic | Female* Voices\u00a0 ca. 85′ – Pahokee<\/em> by Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan (USA \/ France, 2019, 112\u2019, Berlin Premiere) – The Watermelon Woman <\/em>by Cheryl Dunye, <\/em>USA, 1996, 90\u2018<\/p>\n Of Human and Beyond<\/b>, 72′ \u00a1Viva La Revoluci\u00f3n!<\/b>, 85′ Heimat(en)<\/b>, 56′ Death&Desire<\/b>, 56′ [vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading auto_text=”yes” heading_semantic=”h3″ separator=”under” separator_color=”yes” sub_lead=”yes”]A Journey From Latin America to Latvia Through the Gaze of New Daring Directors[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]After […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[93],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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Opening:<\/b><\/h4>\n
\n<\/b>– Falling Leaves<\/em> by Alice Guy Blach\u00e9, France, 1912, 12\u2019
\n<\/span>– Making an American Citizen<\/em> by Alice Guy Blach\u00e9, France, 1912, 16\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>– Match (Matchen)<\/em> by Pia Andell, Finland, 2018, 15\u2018
\n<\/span>– The Ambassador\u2019s Wife<\/em> by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Sweden, 2018, 17\u2018
\n<\/span>– Tweener (Brottas)<\/em> by Julia Thelin, Sweden, 2018, 16\u2018
\n<\/span>– XY<\/em> by Anna Kar\u00edn L\u00e1rusd\u00f3ttir, Iceland, 2019, 16\u2018
\n<\/span>– I (\u00c9g)<\/em> by Hallfr\u00ed\u00f0ur Tryggvad\u00f3ttir, Vala \u00d3marsd\u00f3ttir, Iceland, 2018, 15\u2018
\n<\/span>– Quartz (Kvarcas)<\/em> by<\/span> Odeta Ri\u0161kut\u0117, Klaudija Matvejevait, Lithuania, 2019, 5\u201836\u2018\u2018<\/span><\/p>\nFeature Films in Competition:<\/b><\/h4>\n
\n<\/span>– L.A. Tea Time<\/em> by Sophie B\u00e9dard-Marcotte (Canada, 2019, 84\u2019, German Premiere)
\n<\/span>– Obscure<\/em> by Kunlin Wang (USA\/China, 2019, 91\u2018, German Premiere)
\n<\/span>– Lillian<\/em> by Andreas Horvath (Austria, 2019, 130\u2019, Berlin Premiere)
\n– Enigma <\/em>by Ignacio Juricic Merill\u00e1n (Chile, 2018, 80\u2019, Berlin Premiere)
\n<\/span>– Tantas Almas (Valley of Souls) <\/em>by Nicol\u00e1s Rinc\u00f3n Gille (Colombia, Belgium, Brazil and France, 2019, 137\u2019, German Premiere)
\n<\/span>– Oleg<\/em> by Juris Kursietis<\/b> (Latvia, 2019, 84\u2019, German Premiere)
\n<\/span>– Indianara<\/em> by Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Marcelo Barbosa (Brazil, 2019, 84\u2019, Berlin Premiere)
\n<\/span>– Ojos Negros<\/em> by Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo (Spain, 2019, 67\u2019 \u2013 Berlin Premiere)<\/span><\/p>\nHomage:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Short Berlin Encounters:\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n
\n<\/span>– The Divine Way (La Via Divina)<\/em> by Ilaria Di Carlo, Germany, 2018, 15\u2019
\n<\/span>– Ali<\/em> by Rain Kencana, Germany, Turkey, 2019, 13\u201930\u2019\u2019
\n<\/span>– What We Were (Ohne Euch)<\/em> by Hannah Martin & Melanie Waelde, Germany 2018, 13\u201830\u2018\u2018
\n<\/span>– Seed<\/em> by Christobal Araneda, Germany, 2020, 10\u2018
\n<\/span>– Q: Ghostly Remote Effect (Q: Spukhafte Fernwirkung)<\/em> by Marcus Hanisch, Germany, 2020, 20\u2018<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>– Emperor (Kaiser)<\/em> by Jannis Alexander Kiefer, Germany, 2019, 30\u2018
\n<\/span>– Them<\/em> by Robin Lochmann, Germany, Ireland, 2019, 15\u2018
\n<\/span>– The Two of Us (Wir Zwei)<\/em> by Cosima Frei, Switzerland, 2018, 16\u2018
\n<\/span>– Revolvo<\/em> by Francy Fabritz, Germany, 2019, 8\u2019
\n<\/span>– Lolo<\/em> by Leandro Goddinho & Pablo Menezes, Germany, Brazil, 2019, 13\u201940\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>– Everything alright (Minden rendben)<\/em> by Borb\u00e1la Nagy, Germany, 2018, 12\u2018
\n<\/span>– How Do You Say (Come si dice)<\/em> by Jasmin Prei\u00df, Germany, 2020, 15\u2019
\n<\/span>– Sheep<\/em> by Thomas Georgi, Malta, Germany, 2018, 11\u201840\u2018\u2018
\n<\/span>– Learn To Swim (Freischwimmer)<\/em> by Gaya von Schwarze, Germany, 2019, 17\u2018<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>– Sleeping Messenger (Der Schlafende Bote)<\/em> by Florinda Frisardi, Germany, 2019, 5\u2018
\n<\/span>– Inside Me<\/em> by Maria Trigo Teixeira, Germany, 2019, 5\u2019
\n<\/span>– Handarbeit<\/em> by Marie-Am\u00e9lie Steul, Germany, 2019, 13\u201830\u2018\u2018
\n<\/span>– Post Mortem berlin<\/em> by Anton von Heiseler, Germany, 2019, 27\u2018
\n<\/span>– Fuckboy<\/em> by Stella Macdonald, Germany, 2019, 6\u2018<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"