Apocalyptic Cinema 2023-24
The Apocalyptic Cinema film series started in the summer of 2021 with an open-air edition and has continued every winter semester since then, including 2023|24, in cooperation with the communal cinema Karlstorkino. Each event is accompanied by a scientific commentary or film talk in which researchers and/or filmmakers talk about the end-time image of the respective film in German or English. Afterwards, we invite the audience to a discussion round in German and English. This semester we have a few surprises in store for you. In November, for example, we are working with the 72nd IFFMH - International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg under the motto CAPAS presents: Apocalyptic Imaginaries. With FAMILY PORTRAIT, we are showing a brand new film with a profound apocalyptic interpretation in the Gloria and Gloriette cinemas.
We will find out in January how apocalyptic images in harmony with music affect us. At the silent film special with two films from the 1920s, we are very happy to listen to the live music of Gramm Art Project.
With Decolonising Public Engagement, we are showing the documentary AFRICAN APOCALYPSE, a brutal, contemporary indictment of colonialism. The film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's classic of world literature HEART OF DARKNESS rounds off the film evening. This event is part of the transdisciplinary joint project with the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at University College London. We are delighted that both director Rob Lemkin and Albert Gouaffo, cultural scientist at the University of Dschang and currently at ACT - Africa Centre for Transregional Research at the University of Freiburg, will be discussing the films.
Please check the cinema's website for prices and conditions and book your tickets there. The entrance fee for each film is 3€, despite the event with the IFFMH at the Gloria and Gloriette Cinema on 22.11.
Programme
11.10., 7 pm, MELANCHOLIA (2011), Lars von Trier
Scientific commentary: Robert Folger (CAPAS Director)
Discussant: Alexander Pawlak (Editor and scientific journalist Physik Journal, Programme council Karlstorkino)
22.11., 08:45 pm, FAMILY PORTRAIT (2023), Lucy Kerr
Different Location: Gloria and Gloriette Kino, Hauptstraße 146, 69117 Heidelberg
Film discussion with Lucy Kerr (film director) and Robert Folger (CAPAS director) after the screening.
CAPAS presents: Apocalyptic Imaginaries in cooperation with 72. IFFMH - International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (16.-26.11.2023)
17.01. Silent Movie Special with Live Music by Gramm Art Project
6 pm, THE END OF THE WORLD (1916), August Blom
English intertitles.
8 pm, THE PLAGUE IN FLORENCE (1919), Otto Rippert
German intertitles.
Scientific commentary: Thomas Christensen (Head of Preservation, Danish Film Institute; Commentary in English), Thomas Meier (CAPAS Director; Commentary in German)
07.02. Double Feature: Decolonizing Public Engagement
6 pm, AFRICAN APOCALYPSE (2020), Rob Lemkin
8 pm, HEART OF DARKNESS (1993), Nicolas Roeg
Scientific commentary: Rob Lemkin (film director; commentary in English), Albert Gouaffo (cultural scientist, Université de Dschang, ACT - Africa Centre for Transregional Research, University of Freiburg; commentary in German)
This event is part of the transdisciplinary collaborative project Decolonizing Public Engagement with the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at University College London.
