Film screening; lecture about the beginnings of avant-garde cinema (in Latvian)
Curator: Dāvis Sīmanis (filmmaker and theorist, LV)
The post-war situation of the 1920’s allowed for the emergence of various filmmaker groups who objected to the previous ways of film narration; instead they created films with no representative or reconstructive functions. These authors were determined to make films as an end, not a means. Their dream was to create a universal language that would overcome the borders of national languages and make cinema its own art-form. Looking back, one can see that the 1920’s - 1930’s experimental films were the first ones to set „cine‑thinking about cinema” as their principal task and, as a result, affect the future course of film.
Rhythmus 21 / Rhythm 21. Hans Richter. 1921- 1923, GER, 3'19", 16mm
Vormittagspukk / Ghosts Before Breakfast. Hans Richter. 1928, GER, 7', 16mm
München-Berlin Wanderung / Walking from Munich to Berlin. Oskar Fischinger. 1927, GER, 5', 16mm
Symphonie Diagonale. Viking Eggeling. 1923-1924, GER, 6'40", 16mm
Étude cinégraphique sur une arabesque / Arabesque. Germaine Dulac. 1929, FR, 7", 16mm
Experimental film festival Process is taking place from the 22nd to the 25th March 2018, in Riga, Latvia; offering film screenings, live cinema performances, lectures, discussions, a photo exhibition, and other events. The festival is dedicated to analog experimental cinema, celebrating the physical medium of film in all its personal, adventurous and uncompromising forms.
Festival is organized by Baltic Analog. Supported by State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council, Culture Ireland, and others.
