In Anwesenheit des Regisseurs
The Goethe-Institut and Anthology Film Archives welcome filmmaker
Philip Scheffner for a weekend of screenings of three of his recent films –
Revision,
And-Ek Ghes..., and
Havarie – all of which explore the (never more timely) themes of migration and the refugee experience. Both
Revision and
And-Ek Ghes... find Scheffner collaborating with
Colorado Velcu, a Romanian émigré whom Scheffner encountered during the making of the former film, and who then became (along with his extended family) the co-director, star, and driving force behind
And-Ek Ghes.... Unified as the films are thematically, they represent three profoundly different approaches to depicting the subject of refugee life, culminating in the radically experimental
Havarie, a sound collage that’s layered over a short video clip – slowed down to last 93 minutes – of a refugee boat adrift in the Mediterranean. Driven both by a passionate urge to explore (and humanize) some of the most troubling and intractable issues of the contemporary world and by a bold formal intelligence, Scheffner’s work deserves to be much better known in the US.
Philip Scheffner will be there in person for all screenings, alongside Colorado Velcu and
Merle Kröger, the co-writer and producer of all three films.
Cristina Vatulescu, professor of comparative literature at NYU, will moderate the conversation and translate from Romanian.
On Wednesday, November 1, at 7:00pm, the Goethe-Institut presents a
reading of the crime novel Collision (orig. Havarie) with Merle Kröger, moderated by
Sukhdev Sandhu.
Film program:
Philip Scheffner
REVISION
In German, Romanian, and Romani with English subtitles
2012, 106 min, digital
November 2, 7:30pm
Followed by a Q&A session moderated by Cristina Vatulescu
Philip Scheffner & Colorado Velcu
AND-EK GHES...
In German, Romanian, and Romani with English subtitles
2016, 94 min, DCP
November 3, 6:30pm
Followed by a Q&A session moderated by Cristina Vatulescu
Philip Scheffner
HAVARIE
In Arabic, French, English, Spanish, and Russian with English subtitles
2016, 93 min, DCP
November 3, 9:00pm
Followed by a Q&A session
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