Film Series
Berlinale Spotlight World Cinema Fund: Pendular
Directed by Júlia Murat, followed by a LIVE Q&A
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, with the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF), announces the second screening of WCF awarded films in the Berlinale Spotlight World Cinema Fund series. The screening will simultaneously be available for viewing in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The series will showcase outstanding international productions in the next four months. Each session will be followed by a live Q&A with the filmmaker moderated by award-winning auteur director Kamar Ahmad Simon from Bangladesh. Kamar himself has been awarded by the WCF for his upcoming film Shikolbaha (Iron Stream). All the films have been carefully picked from more than two hundred WCF awarded films. The films in the series, (curated by Sara Afreen and the WCF), have already been in official selection of many international festivals and received notable audience reception for their cinematic brilliance.
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The second film to be screened is PENDULAR, directed by Júlia Murat (Brazil/Argentina/France/Germany, 108min., colour, 2017, Portugese).
The film will begin streaming on Friday, 26 February 2021, 14:30 (IST) and will remain available for viewers for 24 hours. Viewers can watch the film with free access here.
DISCLAIMER: This film is restricted to 18 years and over.
Synopsis:
A young couple settles down in a large abandoned industrial warehouse. An orange strip, glued to the floor, partitions the area in two equal portions: to the right, his sculpture atelier; to the left, her dance studio. Pendular takes place in this setting, where art, performance and intimacy mingle together; and where the characters slowly lose their capacity to distinguish between their artistic projects, their past and their romantic relationship.
Viewers are invited to join the live Q&A on Goethe-Institut Bangladesh’s Facebook page on Friday, 26 February 2021, 21:00 (IST).
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World Cinema Fund (WCF) is a prestigious initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival, together with the Federal Foundation for Culture, in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office, the support of the Creative Europe/Media Programme, the Secretariat of ACP Group of States and further support of the Goethe-Institut.
This event is co-hosted with Goethe-Institut Bangladesh and other Goethe-Instituts the the South-Asian region.
Details
Online New Delhi
Language: Portugese
Film screening via Vimeo link, Q&A via Goethe-Institut Bangladesh Facebook