International Conference and Innovation Lab “Film, Flight and

International Conference and Innovation Lab “Film, Flight and Interculturality”
Frankfurt am Main, 21.-23.09.2016
A cooperation between the Deutsches Filminstitut and the Federal Agency for Civic
Education in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut. The event takes place within the frame
of LUCAS – International Festival for young film lovers.
Conference languages: German and English
Wednesday, 21.09.2016
from 3:00
p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4.30 p.m.
6.15 p.m.
8.00 p.m.
Arrival and registration at the Deutsches Filmmuseum
Opening in the Deutsches Filmmuseum cinema: welcome by bpb and DIF
Introduction to the topic of the conference and the procedure of the
Innovation Lab (Katrin Willmann, bpb / Christine Kopf, DIF)
Film Screening: Life on the Border (Iraq 2015)
Followed by: Vanessa Aab in conversation with producer Bahman Ghobadi,
young director Basmeh Soleiman and directing mentor Shaho Nemati
Free time
Opening reception at the Kaisersaal, Römer
Greetings from the Lord Mayor of the city of Frankfurt am Main and patron of
LUCAS Peter Feldmann (tbc)
Thursday, 22.09.2016
9.00 a.m.
Arrival at conference venue Frankfurter Kunstverein
Coffee and cake
9.30 a.m.
Greetings and introduction by Caroline Hornstein-Tomić, bpb
9.45 a.m.
Opening lecture by Mark Terkessidis:
„International, offen, kreativ zugänglich…
Über falsche Selbstverständlichkeiten und die Notwendigkeit für ein
Programm Interkultur“
11.00
a.m.
Coffee break
11.15
a.m.–
12.30
p.m.
Forum 1: „In cinema, exile must be foremost cinematic“
Moderation: Alejandro Bachmann, Wien
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Hannah Marquardt, project head: „Ankommen in Deutschland“
(longterm project, young refugees making short films)
Katja Hevemeyer, Deutsche Filmakademie: „Mix it!“ (compact projects,
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young refugees making short films)
Christian Lüffe, Goethe Institut Istanbul (tbc): „Searching Traces“
(Activities to support filmmakers in exile)
12.30
p.m.
Lunch
1.45 –
2.45 p.m.
Lecture by Saida Abdi, Boston: „Premises and potential of creative work with
traumatized children and young adults“
2.45 –
4.00 p.m.
Forum 2: Film literacy for new arrivals
Moderation: Katrin Willmann, Berlin
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Michael Jahn (Vision Kino): Films and Materials for teachers of
welcoming classes
Martin Ganguly (Berlinale Generation): Work with refugees at the
Berlinale school project
Veronika Mendler (Goethe-Institut): Experiences with Cinemanya, film
case for young refugees
4.00 p.m.
Coffee break
4.15 –
5.30 p.m.
Forum 3: Thinking cinema together
Moderation: Andreas Heidenreich, Frankfurt
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KINO ASYL, film festival managed and curated by refugees,
Munich
Mareike Schemmerling (JFF – Institut für
Medienpädagogik München) and Imraan Safi (curator)
BLICKWECHSEL JETZT, filmclub for young refugees and natives,
Frankfurt am Main Vanessa Aab (Deutsches Filminstitut) in tandem
with project participant
KINO ZU FLUCHT & URBAN AFRICA, Offenbach
Alexander Braun (Kulturzentrum HAFEN 2) in tandem with project
participant
5.30 p.m.
Free time
6.00 –
8.30 p.m.
Film screening at CINEMA am Roßmarkt:
BABYLON (119min, Tunisia 2012, dir: Youssef Chebbi, ismaël, Eddine Ala Slim)
Followed by: Conversation with director ismaël
Friday, 23.09.2016
9.00 a.m.
9.30 a.m.
10.30
Arrival at conference venue Frankfurter Kunstverein & coffee
Lecture with film excerpts by Irit Neidhardt, Berlin:
„The image of the Arab world in German cinema“
Followed by: Christine Kopf in conversation with Irit Neidhardt and Fadi
a.m.
11.00
a.m. –
1.00 p.m.
1.00 p.m.
2.00 p.m.
– 3.00
p.m.
3.00 p.m.
4:30 –
7.00 p.m.
Abdelnour (ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin)
Innivation Lab: Fantasy phase
thematic workshops
Lunch
Results of the Innovation Lab
Presentation in the plenum. Moderation: Tamer El Said, Kairo (tbc)
Free time
Film screening at CINEMA am Roßmarkt:
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HONEY and OLD CHEESE
(25min, Netherlands 2016, dir: Yassine el Idrissi)
MUSSA
(54min, Israel 2015, Regie: Anat Goren)
Followed by: Conversation with the directors Yassine el Idrissi and Anat
Goren