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ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2014 - the Programme
Prism:
Love, Life, Crisis
Fr 17.10. 22:00 Saal 1 / Rpt Sat 18.10. 19:30 Saal 3
Crises lurk everywhere, in the news or in the privacy of one’s own home. We battle with our weight, with age or diverse fears. Crises – private or global – this programme offers help to self-help.
The Royal Oak
Sandra Salter, Benedict Newbery – UK 2012 2:00 min english
Poem: The Royal Oak Benedict Newbery
A brewery decides to modernise a pub, which has been a bolt-hole, refuge and home for its customers. How will the regulars cope with all the changes to their local?
Upon a Crocus Cloth
Adele Myers – UK 2013 7:00 min english
Poem: Pitythe Drunks David Constantine
A look at the many different faces of alcoholism.
Not Talking
Christopher Hughes – UK 2014 2:17 min englisch Gedicht: Not Talking Chris Woods
Die widersprüchlichen Wünsche sowohl nach Rache als auch nach Versöhnung zwischen zwei Fahrern nach einem Verkehrsunfall.
Ice Hotel
James Starkie – UK 2013 2:10 min english
Poem: Ice Hotel Gaia Holmes
A couple in their latter years have lost their connection. They lie together in bed, but are ultimately worlds apart.
Interrogating Tinkerbell
Marian Evans, Struan Ashby – New Zealand 2012 8:53 min english
Poem: Tinkerbell Hinemoana Baker
An exploration of a woman’s anxiety.
Kindness
Jana Irmert – Canada 2011 1:48 min english
Poem: Untitled Jana Irmert
On the sense of absurdity in existence. About the pieces of which life consists and which cannot always be integrated into a whole.
Miten sanotaan / Samuel Beckett: What is the Word?
Hannaleena Hauru – Finland, France 2014 4:49 min finnish
Poem: What is the Word? Samuel Beckett
A young girl with an unlucky romantic history is on the way to confess her feelings to her lover.
Innisfree
Don Carey – Ireland 2013 2:21 min english
Poem: The Lake Isle of Innisfree William Butler Yeats
A man in a depressing and chaotic urban environment seeks to escape his surroundings.
WALLS
Walter Forsyth – Canada 2013 4:38 min english
Poem: Walls Ardath Whynacht
An incarceration-themed attempt to tear down the walls between cinema and poetry.
Lapithen und Zentauren / Lapiths and Centaurs
Frank Müller – Germany 2013 3:00 min german
Poem: Metamorphosen 12. Buch Lapithen und Zentauren Ovid
Giants and horsemen meet for a bloody wedding meal. In wild rage and lust for murder they tear and destroy everything that comes upon their faces.
The Man at the Counter
Brian McAllister – USA 2011 8:15 min english
Poem: The Man at the Counter Rebecca Sue Haber
A story about life, love, and sugar packets.
La Liberté ou L’amour / Liberty or Love
Geoffroi Heissler – France 2011 11:00 min french
Poem: J’habite une douleur René Char
A son reflects upon his difficult, irresolute relationship with his father. He revisits the landscapes of his past, encountering the fragmented reality of his childhood.
Les Oiseaux du souci / The Birds of Sorrow
Marie Larrivé – France 2014 3:08 min french
Poem: Les Oiseaux du souci Jacques Prévert
A commentary on the blurring of boundaries between headlines and home.
The Times
Ed Rachles – USA 2013 3:51 min english
Poem: The Times Dale Goodson
A commentary on the blurring of boundaries between headlines and home.
System Error
Guli Silberstein – Israel, Palestinian Autonomous Territories 2013 4:16 min hebrew
Poem: Temporary Poem of My Time Yehuda Amichai
A plea to end the violence between Israel and Palestine. A reflection on the tragic absurdity of human patterns of error and destruction.
Nouvelle Bonté / New Kindness
Lucie Sunková – Czech Republic 2013 1:30 min french
Poem: Nouvelle Bonté Césaire Aimé
Homage to the poet Aimé Césaire. Animation of a dark journey.
Unexpectedly
emetra Englezou – Cyprus 2014 2:05 min greek
Poem: Unexpectedly Lily Michaelides
An expression of hope and defiance in the face of the current economic, political, and social crisis in Cyprus.
[ DOUBLE BIND #3 ]
Gilivanka Kedzior, Barbara Friedman – France 2013 3:50 min english, russia
Poem: I Love Your Eyes, Dear Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
A poetic statement against Putin’s brutal anti-gay laws.
Again and again
Igor Andreevski – Croatia, Macedonia, Netherlands 2014 2:36 min english
Poem: Again and Again Igor Andreevski
A dark look at the meaning of protest today, in which citizens hoping for change become tools of their own oppression.
Freedom Come!
Maroula Blades, George Henry – Germany 2014 5:04 min english
Poem: Freedom Come! Maroula Blades
A tribute to those who fought for civil rights.