Film Series
House of World Cultures, Berlin
August, 11th to 14th 2005
India and India as it is presented in film,
Europe and Europe as it comes across in film: the Import
Export film programme is set between these worlds, each
influencing the other in the form of the real and the imaginary
since the beginning of the 20th Century. As scenery, location and
place of longing, India - in contrast to many other countries of
the world - has inspired Western filmmakers from the time of the
silent movies. Orientalist film images have shaped the collective
psyche and perception of India in Europe. In Indian cinema, in turn,
“the West“ has long played an important part: as romantic
refuge for lovers, as cultural origin for moral decline and as source
of inspiration for remakes à la Bollywood. The programme
shows a choice of classics, cult films and an archeological excavation
in the form of documentary film. In addition, the three film-essays
produced in the context of Import Export will be
premiered: “From here to here” by Madhusree Dutta and
Philip Scheffner, “The Animal next to us” by Michael
Woergoetter and “Star Biz” by Merle Kroeger and Dorothee
Wenner.
Each film will be preceded by an introduction drawing on special
aspects of mutual perception.
The programme has been curated by Dorothee Wenner, Merle Kroeger
and Hansa Thapliyal.
FILM PROGRAMME:
THURSDAY, 11.08.2005
10.00 pm “Star
Biz” [more/mehr]
by Merle Kroeger and Dorothee Wenner, Germany 2005, 85 min
FRIDAY, 12.08.2005
8.00 pm “The Eschnapur Heritage”
[more/mehr]
film lecture by Meenakshi Shedde, Bombay and Vinzenz Hediger, Berlin
SATURDAY, 13.08.2005
7.00 pm “Wanted! A Patriot”
[more/mehr]
by Navina Sundaram, Germany 1971, English subtitles, 44 min
and “From Here to Here” [more/mehr]
by Madhusree Dutta and Philip Scheffner, India / Germany 2005, Video,
45 min
Discussion with the filmmakers
10.00 pm “Nayakan
/ The Hero” [more/mehr]
by Mani Ratnam, India 1987, 35mm, Hindi / Tamil with English subtitles,
155 min
SUNDAY, 14.08.2005
2.00 pm “Prem
Sanyas / Die Leuchte Asiens” [more/mehr]
by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai, India/Germany 1925, 35 mm, silent,
b&w, English intertitles, 96 min
6.00 pm “The
Animal Next to us” [more/mehr]
by Michael Woergoetter, India/Europe 2005, 70 min
Discussion with the filmmaker
8.00 pm “Purab
aur Pachhim / East and West” [more/mehr]
by Manoj Kumar, India 1970, b/w + col, original format: 35mm (due
to non-existence of a subtitled filmprint, this film will be shown
as english subtitled DVD), 187 min
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