Dear friends of poetry films
The programme of the 3rd ZEBRA Poetry Film Award is fixed, the entire spectrum of life on show in poetry film ö for four days, from 11th to 14th October 2006, the Literaturwerkstatt Berlinâs 3rd ZEBRA Poetry Film Award will demonstrate the connection between poetry and film. Events focussing on individual countries are dedicated to current work by poetry filmmakers from the Netherlands, Canada and Great Britain. In ãMade in Germanyä, productions from Germany come to the fore. Animated films, poetry films from the East German underground and cinematic versions of famous poems are further themes. A new feature of this festival is an independent programme for children aged 6 to 12, showing films from Europe, America and Asia. Filmmakers from 51 countries entered over 600 films for the 3rd ZEBRA Poetry Film Award. Thirty-four of these films were then selected by the programme commission to take part in the competition, and from 11th to 14th October 2006 they will be fighting for the favour of the jury and the audience. Further films will also be shown in the programme. 11th to 14th October 2006 3rd ZEBRA Poetry Film Award In the cinema Babylon berlin:mitte Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30 10178 Berlin Ticket hotline +49. 30. 24 25 969 Programme: Wed, 11th October 2006 Main theatre 8 pm ZEBRA Preview. An opening How ZEBRA started: recollections of participants from the previous festivals together with an overview of the current festival programme demonstrate how rapidly poetry film has developed in terms of aesthetics and technology. Thur,12th October 2006 Main theatre 10 am Rhymes for Children I can see something you canât · Poetry films for children aged 6 to 12. Presented by Gauner. 6 pm Focus UK Cool Britannia makes rhymes and films: poetry films from the Small Island. 8 pm Competition I The first part of the competition films 10 pm Love Movies A special programme for what is probably the most frequently poeticized (and filmed) subject: love. Studio cinema 5:30 Special programme: Portraits of Poets Alongside poetry film: famous names, famous faces, affecting images. The best documentaries on, by and with poets. 7:30 Famous Verses The great poets of the canon get their chance here. Filmmakers engage with the verses of famous poets. 9:30 pm Special programme: Rattapallax The New York Independent Label Rattapallax shows poetry clips ö radical and political. With Ram Devineni (New York). Lounge 2 pm Colloquium Film in the download age: Short film and the market Including: Joke Ballintijn (Distributor, Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo, Amsterdam), Astrid Khl (Managing Director, KurzFilm Agentur, Hamburg), Michael Rger (Entertainment Engineer, Berlin) Moderation: Thomas Steiger (Journalist, Blickpunkt Film) The colloquium will explore how poetry film can secure its own segment of the market, how short films can be established in the various markets for motion pictures, and what particular routes might take poetry film to its audience in the digital age. Fri, 13th October 2006 Main theatre 10 am Rhymes for Children I can see something you canât · Poetry films for children aged 6 to 12. Presented by Gauner. 4 pm Focus NL Of the 34 films in the competition, six come form the Netherlands. Reason enough to give the poetry film production of this country its own section in the programme. 6 pm Made in Germany Germany is one of the centres of poetry film. In ãMade in Germanyä weâll show selected entries to this yearâs festival. 8 pm Competition II The second section of competition films. 10 pm Producing Urges Eroticism, sex and other passions, cast in words and moving pictures. 12 midnight The Bizarre The amusing, the dodgy and the peculiar, from the infinite reaches of poetry film. Studio cinema 3:30 pm Games poeple play The individual in society, reflected in the rhythm of poetry. 5.30 pm Competition I (WH) Repeat showing of the first section of competition films. 7:30 pm Special programme: Poetry Films in the East German Underground Poetic rarities from the art film scene of the 1980s, produced outside of the censorâs reach and shown to a limited public, including films by Gino Hahnemann and Flanzendrfer. With Claus Lser and Gerhard Wolf. 9:30 pm Animated Verses The imaginary worlds of poetry, put into animation films. 11:30 pm Special programme: VideoBardo - Archivo de VideoPoesa A look at a poetry film festival in Latin America which devotes its attention above all to experimental film: VideoBardo from Argentina. With Javier Robledo (Buenos Aires). Lounge 2 pm Colloquium Film in the download age: Short Film and Copyright Including: Alexander Unverzagt (lawyer, Hamburg), Joachim von Vietinghoff (film and TV producer, Potsdam) Moderation: Stefan Krempl (freelance journalist, Berlin) The colloquium will explore problems of copyright in the hybrid medium of poetry film, and look into the digital future: where is copyright headed in the age of easily accessible production technology and the downloading of music and films? Sat, 14th October 2006 Main theatre 2 pm Dream Worlds Dreamy landscapes reflecting each other on celluloid. 4 pm Focus Canada Films as sticky as maple syrup: poetry films from Canada. 8 pm Awards Ceremony And the winner is.... with: pinx., Dr. Bajan and Uwe Matschke (organ of the cinema) Presented by Knut Elstermann (radioeins) followed by a party in the foyer. Studio cinema 1:30 pm Rhymes for Children I can see something you canât · Poetry films for children aged 6 to 12. Presented by Gauner 3:30 pm Ophelia and the Words Films by and with Gerhard Rhm. 5:30 pm Competition II Repeat showing of the second section of the competition films. The ZEBRA Poetry Film Award is a project of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin together with interfilm berlin and gratefully acknowledges the support of Kulturstiftung des Bundes. The prizes have been endowed by the Goethe Institute and the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale fr politische Bildung). 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