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A conversation with Matthias Luthardt on his debut film PINGPONG.

A Coming of Age drama in the seemingly intact world of the German middle class:
when 16-year-old Paul shows up at his relatives’ house to gain distance from the death of his father, he triggers an emotional avalanche with drastic consequences.
Director Matthias Luthardt's debut film was invited to the Semaine de la Critique
at the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on May 19, 2006 and won two awards,
the SACD Screenplay Award and the Young Critic Award of the Student Jury
of the German-French Youth Office.

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul on his debut film MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON, the blurred lines between documentary and fiction, and on "Avatar" being a document of humanity.

More about Apichatpong Weerasethakul
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/17/the-metaphysical-world-of-apichatpong-weerasethakuls-movies
https://mubi.com/de/notebook/posts/soundtrack-mix-23-sonic-memoria-apichatpong-weerasethakul
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A conversation with Céline Sciamma on her debut film NAISSANCE DES PIEUVRES.

 In her films, Sciamma challenges cinematic and cultural conventions regarding the field of growing up, bodies, love, family and the arts as such. Within her films, questions arise around the gazes we are used to follow and where they lead us: „The cultural realm and the fictional realm are not safe places for women. We are still in that same patriarchal system that we need to hack: the one in which women could never save themselves.“, Sciamma said in an interview.

Interview by The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/07/celine-sciammas-quest-for-a-new-feminist-grammar-of-cinema

Wikipedia about Alice Guy-Blaché

Wikipedia about Germain Dulac

CELLES QUI S'EN FONT by Germain Dulac (short film)
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We had an interesting conversation with director Itonje Søimer Guttormsen about her debut film GRITT. On March 10 at 8pm (Berlin time).
SYNOPSIS
The artist Gritt is struggling for belonging in an unwelcoming society, but then she undergoes a radicalisation process in the name of art. 
PRESS
"Gritt is a commentary on the exploitative and commercial nature of the arts industry. It also questions the responsibility of collaborative creativity through Gritt’s attempt (and failure) to work creatively with a local group of asylum seekers, using their experiences (lives, vulnerabilities, traumas) to tell an ‘important’ and moving story."  - Tara Judah, Ubiquarian 
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A conversation with French director Alexis Langlois on three of his short films:
 TRINKETS & DARK THOUGHTS (FR, 27min, 2016) 
 TERROR, SISTERS! (FR, 28min, 2019) 
 THE DEMONS OF DOROTHY (FR, 29min, 2021) 
 “If you could cut Langlois’ films in two, they would bleed glitter. A vibrant director of the new French queer cinema, Alexis Langlois makes films that are angry and alive, and insist you stand up and take notice. Reminiscent of the bold visual style and queer anarchy of filmmakers like Gregg Araki, Bertrand Mandico, video artist Ryan Trecartin, and “Filth Elder” John Waters, Langlois’s defiantly anarchic, politically militant shorts celebrate the jubilant creativity of LGBTQ+ communities. His films may focus on telling minority stories but they revel in the universality of popular culture, a shared language that Langlois is ultimately intent on queering. This love of pop culture, especially from the ’90s and ’00s, is evident in practically every frame, which is raucously saturated with references to music videos, supernatural sitcoms like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, horror films, and the totems of queer culture.” - MUBI 
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Als das Debut von Markus Schleinzer in Cannes Premiere feierte, verliessen einige Zuschauer*innen den Saal:  MICHAEL ist das klinische Porträt eines 35-Jährigen Pädophilen, der ein zehnjähriges Kind in seinem Keller gefangen hält. Der Film setzt sich mit der Täterfigur auseinander. Warum dieses kein "Monster" ist und was die Eltern des Kinderdarstellers von dem Film halten, erfahrt Ihr in dieser Episode des 35K-Podcasts. Neben Regisseur Markus Schleinzer kommen auch Kameramann Gerald Kerkletz und Hauptdarsteller Michael Fuith zu Wort. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören!
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