News 15 October 2020
EMAF to go
In the coming week, three special films from this year's program of the 33rd European Media Art Festival will be shown for the first time in Lower Saxony. Following the cancellation of the festival planned for April 2020 due to the pandemic, the EMAF is now presenting them in cooperation with the Independent FilmFest Osnabrück and the Kino im Sprengel in Hanover.
EMAF at the Independent FilmFest Osnabrück
At the invitation of the Independent FilmFest Osnabrück, which opens next Wednesday, two documentaries will be shown as part of an EMAF guest program: The Magic Mountain by Eitan Efrat and Daniel Mann (BE 2020, 68 min.) and What remains | Šta ostaje | What remains / Re-visited by Clarissa Thieme (DE/AT/BS 2020, 69 min.)
The Magic Mountain takes us to three places in Europe where quarries and caves allow us to look into the depths of the earth and the traces of our recent history. The film is an exploration of alternative forms of experiencing the world around us. (October 24, 17:30, Filmtheater Hasetor, Osnabrück, followed by a discussion with director Eitan Efrat)
What remains | Šta ostaje | What remains / Re-visited is a rapprochement with scenes of war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, which Thieme had already filmed ten years earlier. With an intervention that is as simple as it is cautious, she invites the local people to meet and remember. (October 25, 15.00, Filmtheater Hasetor, Osnabrück)
EMAF at Kino im Sprengel
In cooperation with the EMAF, the Kino im Sprengel in Hanover is showing the feature film debut of the Colombian Camilo Restrepo, Los Conductos (CO/BR/FR 2020, 74 min.), which won an award at this year's Berlinale. The film tells the story of a young man in Medellín who, having just escaped a religious sect, is haunted again and again by the ghosts of the past. A deeply political cinematic trip. (October 24, 20.30, Kino im Sprengel, Hanover)
All filmmakers are long-standing guests of the EMAF and have helped shape the festival's profile as an internationally renowned venue for young, experimental art. For this reason, we are particularly pleased to be able to bring their films to the cinema together with our cooperation partners, even under the current difficult conditions.
Details on ticket booking and the applicable Corona guidelines can be found on the websites of both organizers, www.filmfest-osnabrueck.de and www.kino-im-sprengel.de.
