Goethe-Institut Cyprus and ARTos House are happy to present three short film programmes from the 67^th edition of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen over three nights in November 2022. The screenings taking place at ARTos House start on Wednesday 2 November with five films from the German Competition programme. On Thursday 3 November the five films comprising the Art and Experiment programme will be presented. The screenings conclude on Friday 4 November with the eleven films in the MuVi Award programme.

Art and Experiment

These six works between black box and white cube make use of very unusual aesthetics and techniques. “Pole Žin” shows the development of the North Bohemian landscape and the efforts to implement utopian ideas. “{if your bait can sing the wild one will come} Like Shadows Through Leaves” is an artistic exploration that rethinks relationships between culture and climate change. “Széphercegnő” is a simulation that describes the conflict between one’s own movements and inevitable limitations.

“Un très long temps d’exposition” discovers and connects images and narratives of world and private history. With her simultaneously analytical composition of chains of image motifs, Chloé Galibert-Laîné makes visible the political-ideological dimension of technological imaging processes. “Doors of Reception” is a collage of door sounds from various science fiction films that create an abstract sound painting of opening and closing colour fields Finally, “Before the fall there was no fall. Episode 02: surfaces” shows how historical traces manifest themselves in Srebrenica and how gradually fading graffiti evoke a mural of testimony.

Pole Žin (Fields of Žinas)
Marie Lukáčová/Anna Remešová, Czech Republic 2020,
colour, Czech with English subs, 9’

{if your bait can sing the wild one will come} Like Shadows Through Leaves
Lucy Davis, Singapore/Finland 2020
colour, English/Malay/Hokkien/Mandarin/Tamil with English subs, 28’

Széphercegnő (Princess Beauty)
Eszter Szabó, Hungary 2020
colour, English, 2’30’’

Un très long temps d’exposition (A Very Long Exposure Time)
Chloé Galibert-Laîné, France 2020
colour, English, 7’

Doors of Reception
Bjørn Melhus, Germany 2021
colour, no text, 2’30’’

Before the fall there was no fall. Episode 02: surfaces
Anna Dasović, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Netherlands 2020
colour, Bosnian/Dutch with English subs, 20’