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Event: October 2014

Sat
18/10/14
05:00 PM

Wracking your brains (rpt)

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Film

Prisma

Deliberations and memories preoccupy us on a daily basis. We struggle with the past, our doubts and spiritual unrest. But as long as we think, we are. That makes us human. 

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Location:
Babylon
Saal 3

Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin


Entrance fee:
8 EUR


Info- and Tickets: +49. 30. 242 59 69 (from 5 pm)
Tickets also available at www.babylonberlin.de

The Movies

1962

  1962

Diana Taylor – UK  2013  3:17 min  english  
Poem: 1962 Robin Kidson

A look back at the North-East of England during the early sixties, a working-class world in a time of change.

All Over

   All Over

Michele Civetta – Italiy, USA  2013  3:18 min  english  
Poem: All Over Gabriele Tinti

A collection of epic songs, of epinician odes for our day, with boxers as contemporary heroes.

Sugar

  Sugar

Oliver Langewitz – Germany  2013  6:35 min  english  
Poem: Sugar Steven Pelcman

A reflection on war, fear, and memory – and the calming effect of sugar cubes.

Long Shadow

  Long Shadow

Bryan Dickinson – UK  2013  4:12 min  english  
Poem: Long Shadow Rachel McGladdery

Rachel McGladdery relives memories of her father as the sun sets over the town where she grew up.

Chalk Trace

  Chalk Trace

Esther Johnson – UK  2013  2:28 min  english  
Poem: Chalk Trace Esther Johnson

As a child in the 1950s, Ron Cockroft drew a chalk line from his school in Oldham to his home in Chadderton – today a much-changed network of streets.

Le Fils prodigue / Prodigal Son

  Le Fils prodigue / Prodigal Son

Atam Rasho – France  2013  7:40 min  french  
Poem: Le Fils prodigue  Jean-Pierre Jorris

The youngest of both brothers asks his father for his inheritance and leaves to discover the world. Years later, he comes back in a miserable state.

Je m’appelle Nathan / My name is Nathan

  Je m’appelle Nathan / My name is Nathan

Benoit Berthe – France  2012  2:00 min  french  
Poem: Nathan Marc Lavoine

A little boy is troubled by a paper bird trapped inside his head.

It Lêste Ljipaai / The Last Lapwing Egg

  It Lêste Ljipaai / The Last Lapwing Egg

Richard van der Laan – Netherlands  2013  1:50 min  frisian  
Poem: It Lêste Ljipaai Siem de Vlas

In Fryslân there is a competition to find the first lapwing egg of the year – a practice which is now bound for extinction. A man recalls his childhood memories of this tradition.

deep pink

  deep pink

Merial Lland – UK  2014  5:07 min  english  
Poem: deep pink Merial Lland

A woman re-imagines herself as a phoenix, feather by feather. A reflection on the mutability of memory.

Omelet

  Omelet

Fiona Tinwei Lam – Canada  2012  2:09 min  english  
Poem: Omelet Fiona Tinwei Lam

A parent and child cook together while reflecting upon the state of the world.

Sorrow Spot

   Sorrow Spot

Chiu Bo-sen, Tsung-Lin Tseng – Taiwan  2013  2:00 min  chinese  
Poem: Sorrow Spot Chlu Bo-sen, Tsung-Lin Tseng

Facts and figures that make life tangible, woven into a collage of intimate images.

Blå Timmen / The Blue Hour

  Blå Timmen / The Blue Hour

Jessica Lundeberg, Ann Helling – Sweden  2014  8:53 min  swedish  
Poem: Blå Timmen Ann Helling

A confused woman finds herself in the passage between life and death. She reverts to childhood, entering a surreal, dusky world of fragmented memory.

Late

  Late

Keith Sargent – UK  2013  5:45 min  english  
Poem: Late. Keith Sargent

A son arrives too late to say goodbye to his dying father.

It’s pretty, but is it art?

  It’s pretty, but is it art?

Jan Rehwinkel – Germany  2014  0:50 min  english  
Poem: The Conundrum of the Workshop Rudyard Kipling

The question that has tormented human creation throughout history.

El fin de la existencia de las cosas / The end of the existence of things

  El fin de la existencia de las cosas / The end of the existence of things

Dalia Huerta Cano – Mexico  2013  5:39 min  spanish  
Poem: El fin de la existencia de las cosas Dalia Huerta Cano

A voyage through a mind scarred by romantic loss, in which a young man’s painful memories guide him to a liberating conclusion.

Het Tankstation op de Route / The Gas Station Along the Route

  Het Tankstation op de Route / The Gas Station Along the Route

Jan Baeke, Alfred Marseille – Netherlands  2014  11:41 min  english 
Poem: Het Tankstation op de Route Jan Baeke

An elderly couple tries to bring back their earlier days by reassembling scattered memories.

Libro de Huellas / The Book of Traces

  Libro de Huellas / The Book of Traces

Charles Olsen, Lilián Pallares – Spain  2014  3:33 min  spanish  
Poem: Selected aphorisms (no titles) Ángel Guinda

In a series of striking aphorisms, the poet reflects on memory, religion, and power.

Nichts kommt zweimal / Nothing twice

  Nichts kommt zweimal / Nothing twice

Jan Walentek – Germany  2014  3:00 min  german  
Poem: Nic dwa razy nie zdarza Wislawa Szymborska

A wistful meditation on the transience of existence.

Sundowning

  Sundowning

Matt Mullins – USA  2014  3:03 min  english  
Poem: Sundowning Matt Mullins

An exploration of loss through the phenomenon of sundowning, a symptom of Alzheimer’s. In this state, one feels the need to go ›home‹ even when one is already there.