RPM Kurzfilmfestival

Vierzehn Filme in sechseinhalb Stunden – RPM und das Goethe-Institut Boston präsentieren drei Programme mit herausragenden Kurzfilmen, kuratiert von Wenhua Shi. Um 14:00 Uhr entführen Sie zwei Filme in ferne Landschaften, um 16:00 Uhr erleben Sie Kurzfilme aus Deutschland und um 19:00 Uhr begegnen Sie dem Werk von Gunvor Nelson.

2:00 PM: DOWSING
Admission: FREE with RSVP

Small Songs - Brian Rogers
39' | Digital | Color | 2025

Dowsing - Timothy Feeney
45' | Digital | Double Projector | color | 2025

Total: 84:00  

4:00 PM: Hide and Seek – Short Films from Germany
Admission: FREE with RSVP

Hugs & Kisses - Marc Richter
10:48' | Digital | Color | 2025 | Germany

Ecstasie - Lily Baldwin
13' | Digital | color | 2025 | Germany

Sandia - Mélissa Faivre
7:52' | Digital | Color | 2024

Evening Rounds (Avondronde) - Laura Heinig
6' | Digital | color | 2025 | Germany & Netherlands

Trace of a Silent Tear - alive duo
15' | Digital | Color | 2024 | Germany & Finland

i.a. (inter alia) - Sidney Mandros
21' | Digital | color | 2025 | Germany

Total: 75:00  

7:00 PM: Gunvor Nelson – Call & Response: Relay
Admission: FREE with RSVP

RPM Festival and the Goethe-Institut Boston co-present a special screening program Gunvor Nelson – Call & Response: Relay (The third part of this series), honoring one of the highly acclaimed Avard Garde filmmakers Gunvor Nelson. This program features a total of six films from different decades of her long lasting career. Curated by Sarah Keller, Sara Jordeno, Shira Segal and Wenhua Shi.

Moon's Pool
15' | 1973 | Color | SOUND

Fog Pumas
with Dorothy Wiley | 25' | 1967-68 | B&W | SOUND

New Evidence
22' | 2006 | COLOR | SOUND

Snowdrift
9' | 2001 | Color | SOUND

Field study #2
8' | 1988 | COLOR | SOUND | 16mm

Total: 83 mins

Followed by a post-screening discussion by Sara Jordeno (Rhode Island School of Design), Sarah Keller (UMass-Boston), Shira Segal (MIT) and Wenhua Shi (RPM Festival).