Underskog

UKS CINEMA – NEW AUTHORS / NEW VISIONS
CURATED BY: CAROLINA HELLSGÅRD & ASTRID RIEGER

IMMERSED

Two screenings
Saturday 20/8, 1PM & Monday 22/8, 8PM

MARKER
(UK, 2009, 12 min)
Director: Susanna Wallin
An inner journey of a young girl catching reindeer in the twilight expanses of the Far North.

HUNGER
(Germany, 2009, 18 min)
Director: Carolina Hellsgård
The neglected siblings Roland and Paul watch the deportation of their immigrant neighbours. After that the police has left, they decide to enter the abandoned apartment. Inside they discover another world; exotic food, music, clothes and make- up, belonging to the deported family.

BEHIND THE FENCE
(Poland, 2004, 12 min)
Director: Marcin Sauter
Time of childhood, vacation, and hot summer. Do you remember the feeling when the indefinite number of things to discover, stories to explore, matters to think over made each day seem to last forever? Watching “Behind the Fence” one may discover again these happy moments of childhood.

O.T.
(Germany, 2005, 12 min)
Director: Anna Berger
A short essay about helplessness. Gabbing helps. Laughing does too.

HUSVAGNSRALLY
(Sweden, 2003, 3:38 min)
Directors: Malin Skjöld, Jenny Bergman
A man tells us about the rules for a trailer rally called “Caramba”. He participates as a driver at the rally himself, while the referee comments on his journey.

Om NEW AUTHORS/NEW VISIONS

The French director Francois Truffaut once famously said, “I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between.” Truffaut’s words best describe the selection of films presented at the NEW AUTHORS / NEW VISIONS film screenings 2011. None of these filmic works are in between, instead they are all a result of a personal endeavor, a vision, a need to tell a story, convey a mood or present a situation in a certain way, without compromises and often by going through both the joy and agony of filmmaking. In all, NEW AUTHORS / NEW VISIONS pays tribute to the idea about the director as the main creative force behind a filmic work. Each of the selected films reflect a strong personal vision and present a unique artistic viewpoint of the world.

While many of the films utilize a variety of filmic strategies to exploit the narrative and formal potential of film, others delve into sensations and feelings, rather than a story. Yet some use low-fi animation or advanced stage design to get their message across. The filmic works are all bound together by a certain seriousness and devotion toward their subject and center around reoccurring themes such as isolation, adolescence, longing and relationships.

Over the course of 7 months NEW AUTHORS / NEW VISIONS will explore contemporary perspectives in short fiction, documentary, animation and experimental film. In all, there will be 57 international works shown in 12 theme based screening programs. Ultimately the screenings seek to highlight recent filmic work and give a cross section of exciting new authors and new visions from around the world.

Carolina Hellsgård & Astrid Rieger