VIELE MORGEN Filmabend

In the organizer's words:

In three medium-length films, we follow the filmmakers' vision from the past into the future, through architectures and the ecosystem of our planet. An examination of the world that humans have created and the one that could come afterwards.

Afterwards, we will talk to the directors Max Hilsamer and Anna Lauenstein as well as Silvia Gaetti, co-curator of the exhibition "Futures. Material and Design of Tomorrow", about visions of the future.

ENG: In three medium-length films, we follow the filmmakers' vision from the past into the future, through architectures and the ecosystem of our planet. An examination of the world that humans have created and the one that could come afterwards.
After the screening there will be a talk with film makers Max Hilsamer and Anna Lauenstein as well as Silvia Gaetti, co-curator of the exhibition "Futures. Material and Design of Tomorrow", about visions of the future.

BEYOND METABOLISM

BRD 2014, Director: Volker Sattel, Stefanie Gaus, 40 min, Language: OmU (English and Japanese with German subtitles)

First triangles, then hexagons - a huge construction slowly reveals itself in the sequence of corridors, openings, vistas and rooms. An architectural utopia that imagines life in future societies in flexible, large structures that can be expanded at will. We are inside the International Conference Center in Kyoto, which was built in 1966 by Japanese architect Sachio Otani - a student of the famous Kenzo Tange. Fragments of documentary archive material recall perhaps the most significant event that ever took place at this location: The 1997 World Climate Conference.

ENG: An utopia of architecture that imagines life in future societies in flexible, large structures, expandable at will. We find ourselves in the interior of the International Conference Center in Kyoto, built in 1966 by Japanese architect Sachio Otani. Fragments of documentary archive material recall what may be the most significant event ever to occur at this place: the 1997 World Climate Change Conference. (English and Japanese with German subtitles)

SHOW HOUSE

FRG 2023, Director: Max Hilsamer, Anna Lauenstein, 30 min, Language. OmeU (German with English subtitles)

A look back at the colonial history of the Botanical Garden in Berlin-Dahlem is combined with images of contemporary visions of the future: While the colonial plant collections of the late 19th century tell of the categorization and domination of the "other", in times of climate catastrophe, ideas of gardens expanding into space allay fears of the limits of late capitalist civilizations and impending catastrophe.

ENG: A look back at the colonial history of the Botanical Garden in Berlin-Dahlem is linked to images of current ideas of the future: While the colonial plant collections of the late 19th century tell of the categorization and control of the "other", ideas of gardens expanding into space appease fears of the limits of late capitalist civilizations and impending climate catastrophe. (German with English subtitles)

LAST THINGS

FRA/USA/POR 2023, Director: Deborah Stratman, 50 min, Language: OmeU (French and English with English subtitles)

Evolution and extinction from the perspective of stones and other future Others: LAST THINGS shows the geobiosphere as an evolutionary space of possibility in which life persists even after the disappearance of humans.
Deborah Stratman's film is based on two novellas by the Belgian Boex brothers, who wrote science fiction under the joint pseudonym J.-H. Rosny before the genre existed. LAST THINGS adopts their pluralistic vision of evolution, in which the ideas of prehistory and the future are inextricably linked.

ENG: Evolution and extinction from the point of view of rocks and various future others. The geo-biosphere is introduced as a place of evolutionary possibility, where humans disappear but life endures. (English and French with English subtitles)

Price information:

- 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.