July 24, 15:20, Lausitzer Straße 10, Berlin
PDSFF26 travels to Berlin, to the LAUSE : UNTEN – Antidisciplinary Theater Festival, to screen 5 beloved films from our 7th edition’s programme.
The antidisciplinary theater festival LAUSE : UNTEN aims to create an open space for artistic experimentation, critical political engagement, and shared experiences. In times of cultural budget cuts, displacement due to gentrification, shrinking spaces of artistic exploration, and growing social fragmentation, we want to create places where art, society, and the local community can come together.
LAUSE : UNTEN sees itself as a left-wing creative space and, beyond that, as an opportunity to increase the visibility of young, emerging artists (without institutional ties), to foster exchange across disciplinary boundaries, and to cultivate an accessible, solidarity-based cultural landscape.
Films:
Fragments of Resistance, dir. Levan Tskhovrebadze/ Ani Kiladze (Georgia, 24’)
During the recent protests in Georgia and Serbia, two friends from two different countries, Pavla and Levan, document their personal connection and the political events around them by exchanging videos, photos and messages.
Nuno, dir. Nuno Taborda (Portugal, 4’)
Nuno, a young man who tries to understand how his destiny is connected with his long-dead uncle’s story, Nuno, who he never met.
IUS of Time, dir. Roberto F. Canuto/ Xiaoxi Xu (Spain, 25’)
In an Asturian village, a stormy past and an uncertain future intertwine in an encounter between two lost and lonely souls. Luca, a young photographer, arrives in the village and he stays at the home of Xuan, a cheesemaker and former teacher, a reclusive man living in isolation and socially shunned under the shadow of old sexual rumors. The scars of Xuan’s past and the wandering youth of Luca challenge the bond between two people from different worlds.
Those Who Are Left, dir. Jonathan Brunner/ Laura Hornberger (Palestine/ Germany, 24’)
A Palestinian family deals with the loss of their 22-year-old son Omar after he was shot dead by the Israeli military. The film follows Omars younger brother, his sister and his mother who live in a Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem, West Bank. An observational documentary from a place where political conflicts usually overshadow humanity.
Nasty, dir. Margarita Alexiadi (Greece, 15’)
After their violent breakup, Alex tries to escape his ghost. She finds no refuge in her childhood home, or in a casual fling, but only in an underground pedestrian tunnel, through the eyes of a stranger.
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