Emotional Roller-Coaster - German Short Films: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR EMOTIONAL ROLLER-COASTER - GERMAN...

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, in association with Goethe Institute Germany, is presenting a series of 33 short experimental German films, titled Staendig In Bewegung (Constantly In Motion), showcasing current trends in experimental film and video in Germany, on 19th and 20th July, at the institute's premises in Hermitage Complex, Hillfort Road, Nampally.

The film series 'Constantly In Motion - Crossover In Experimental & Videoworks 1994-2004' has been rightly called the Laboratory Of Seeing & Hearing, presenting as it does the most significant works in current trends in Germany. They are an active representation of the close interrelationship between the films and the fine arts.

Though no fashionable trends can be derived from this series, there are indeed striking practical artistic values that distinguish the current experimental films from single channel videos, offering a complete overview of the videoworks in Germany.

The program includes complex masterworks and films focusing on experiments with various techniques and personal artistic styles. The film series is sub-divided into four collections of short films with different themes: Images Of The World (7 films), Dis-Locations (6 films), Emotional Roller-Coaster (8 films), and Structure And Symbols (12 films).

Today, the second and the last day, eight films in the Emotional Roller-Coaster collection will be screened from 6:00pm to 7:30pm, as below:

Living A Beautiful Life, By Corinna Schnitt
Germany - 13 minutes
Imagine a life you dreamt of as a child, a perfect life. With seemingly complete naivete, Corinna Schnitt takes general wishing and the usual ideas of happiness in life literally - and mercilessly presents this quasi-documentary production to our eyes and ears.

S, by Athanasios Karanikolas
Germany - 12 minutes
Shot in Los Angeles, the film is about the dark side of tenderness. A song of solitude and sorrow, without the stars and sand. A testimony of the need for intimacy and pleasure, and a map of the symbols of pain and abuse of the body. Schubert on steroids taking the road of no return.

Achtung - Die Achtung (Attention - Respect), by Michael Brynntrup
Germany - 14 minutes
This film recounts the rhythm of life and of age. Quiet, tranquil images alternate with visually painful images (e. g. self-piercing). The cinematic dramatised interplay of concentration/reflection (respect