Every year, selections of the very best new short films shown at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen are screened at cinemas across the world. These programmes, entitled “Oberhausen on tour”, have for the last years been screened in Johannesburg by the Goethe-Institut, in partnership with the Bioscope. In 2019, two programmes of the best of the best of the 2018 Oberhausen festival will be showcased at the Bioscope.
Established in 1954, and presented annually in the industrial German city of Oberhausen, the Kurzfilmtage, as it is known in German, is one of the major international platforms for cutting edge short films. Over the decades, the festival has served as a launch pad for many illustrious careers. Filmmakers who showed early works in Oberhausen include Miloš Forman, Werner Herzog, Roman Polanski, Christoph Schlingensief and Martin Scorsese. Asked about Oberhausen, Wim Wenders once said in an interview: “I smoked my first cigarette here. For years, I saw every single film at the Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage, looking forward to those days in Oberhausen every year. These events were important for me, for my decision to become a filmmaker.”
15 November 2019
On the first day of the Johannnesburg programme, 6 award-winners from the International Competition of the 2018 edition of the Kurzfilmtage will be screened. Of particular interest to Joburgers is the inclusion in the International Competition programme of Naomi van Niekerk’s short film “My mamma is Bossies” Inspired by a poem by Jeanne Goosen, and recited by Elize Cawood to a background of a legendary performance by Maria Callas from 1955, this breathtakingly beautiful animated work shares the programme with films by Murata Tomoyasu (Japan), Philippa Ndisi-Hermann (Kenya), Kiri Dalena (Philippines), Anssi Kasitonni (Finland) and Lobo Mauro (Brazil)
Details:
15 November, 7PM
The Bioscope, 286 Fox St, Maboneng
Running time: 81 minutes
Price: R60 per ticket
16 November 2019
On the second day of the Oberhausen on Tour programme at the Bioscope, the Artist Film 2018 programme, showcasing 6 of the most interesting short films by filmmakers working at the interface between film and art, will be presented.
The programme includes films by Jane Parker (Great Brittain), Romeo Grünfelder (Germany), Sascha Reichstein (Austria), Dimitri Venkov (Russia), Jens Pecho (Germany) and Chikako Yamashiro (Japan)
Details:
16 November, 7PM
The Bioscope, 286 Fox St, Maboneng
Running time: 82 minutes
Price: R60 per ticket
17 November 2019
On the third day of the Johannnesburg programme, both the International Competition 2018 and the Artist Film 2018 programmes will be screened. There will be a conversation with artist and animator Naomi van Niekerk after the International Competition screening. The Goethe-Institut supported van Niekerk’s visit to Oberhausen to attend the Kurzfilmtage in 2018, and was delighted when her film was selected for an award on the International Programme.
Inspired by a poem by Jeanne Goosen, and recited by Elize Cawood to a background of a legendary performance by Maria Callas from 1955, Van Niekerk’s ’s short film “My mamma is Bossies” is a breathtakingly beautiful animated work. It shares the International Awards programme with films by Murata Tomoyasu (Japan), Philippa Ndisi-Hermann (Kenya), Kiri Dalena (Philippines), Anssi Kasitonni (Finland) and Lobo Mauro (Brazil).
The Artis Film 2018 programme includes films by Jane Parker (Great Brittain), Romeo Grünfelder (Germany), Sascha Reichstein (Austria), Dimitri Venkov (Russia), Jens Pecho (Germany) and Chikako Yamashiro (Japan)
Details:
17 November, 3PM International Competition 2018 and 5PM Artist Film 2018
The Bioscope, 286 Fox St, Maboneng
Price: R60 per ticket
For further information about the Oberhausen on Tour programmes, please see https://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/archive/distribution/oberhausen-on-tour/
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