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The Graduate School for Moving Image: Analog Realities, Digital Materialities (GBB) at the Kunsthochschule Kassel was awarded the Honorary Award at the 39th Kassel Dokfest for particularly innovative achievements; today we present it in the University Portrayal. The GBB was established in 2020 as a pilot project to further develop the third phase (i.e. postgraduate, after an MA, Magister or equivalent artistic degree) at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.
The film program – presented by Anna Illin, Jan Peters, Herr v. Rehtanz – provides insight into the diverse ways of working with the moving image that come together in the Graduate School – from artistic documentaries to animation and experimental forms. With this selection, the Graduate School introduces itself: Films by current participants, some of which were made during their time at GBB, and by three alumni will be shown. The films immerse themselves in various scenarios, be it the return to a once familiar place that suddenly appears gray and forbidding, be it dynamics and attributions in the encounter between dog owners, or the search for traces of National Socialism in Kassel's history and architecture.
For years a wanderer steered clear of his home village but now the time has come to get closer again. However his old homeland welcomes him in silence. After bumping into an old acquaintance the silence might be broken.… >>>
The essay film THE UNEASE deals with the history of forced laborers in the context of the Nazi era, using the example of the Salzmann factory in Kassel. The history is traced using archival material, including transcribed interviews with contemporary witnesses, correspondence and documents from court proceedings.… >>>
In documentary-like images, FUZZY accompanies a woman who sets up live traps in the city. She searches for runaway cats that can no longer find their way home on their own. The scientist researches domesticated animals suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In the process, collars show her the way.
… >>>A film about “us” and “them”, involuntary encounters in public space and the search for common ground, despite everything. While watching charming, cheerful, grumpy, well groomed or rather graceless dogs, we listen to their owners reflecting on their ideas of „us“ and „them.“ What started as a search for discourse in public space led to diverse encounters in various dog parks with people from all kinds of backgrounds.… >>>
The friends Jack and John live together in a wonderful balance. They climb mountains or go to the beach, everything is very harmonious. The two have a very special feature, they have very long breasts and use them as a helpful tool in their everyday undertakings. But the idyll is deceptive. One day they go on vacation to the beach and John goes swimming. Upon exiting the water, some kind of crab gets stuck on John's chest and cuts off both of his breasts.… >>>
Bea loves her car – passionately. When it is attacked by a group of boys, she has to make a call. Somewhere between drama, experimental film and B-Movie, the film conveys an intimate relationship between the uneven couple. A connection formulated not through words but through sensual exchanges.… >>>