CPH:DOX 2015 NB /2

Vi på Filmkommentaren.dk er bortset fra en enkelt titel, Ah Humanity! som folkene bag Leviathan(2014) står bag, helt uden forudsætninger når vi læser listen over film som opererer i det poetiske område mellem maleri, skulptur, installation, fotografi og film, som til dagligt må opsøges på museer og gallerier og sjældent når biografer som nu, hvor de vises på CPH:DOX i en udfordrende afdeling, NEW:VISION med 14 værker. Jeg har sat NB ved et par steder i programmaterialet:

”I forbindelse med dette års CPH:DOX, der starter den 5. november og slutter den 15. november, er konkurrencen NEW:VISION skudt i gang. Kopenhagen har fået æren af at offentliggøre de nominerede værker, der alle opererer i det eksperimenterende grænsefelt mellem kunst og film.

AH HUMANITY!

Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor. Det Harvard-baserede Sensory Ethnography Lab repræsenterer det mest avancerede kontemporære krydsfelt mellem film og videnskabelig research. Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor og Ernst Karels helt nye film- og lydværk ligger således i forlængelse af mastodontværket Leviathan (New Vision Award, CPH:DOX, 2012), som i den grad har sat et før og et efter i både filmens og forskningens verden. Ikke mindst forsøget på at give den verden, der omgiver os og som vi selv har skabt, en filmisk form, der lader os se og erkende den på ny. Og denne gang er det Fukushima – optaget på en mobiltelefon og med et massivt lyddesign i fire parallelle spor.” (Kathrine Børlit, Kopenhagen)

http://kopenhagen.dk/magasin/magazine-single/article/newvision-nominerede-offentliggjort/

NEW:VISION

“The artistic and experimental part of CPH:DOX’s programme has just been revealed, and once again the challenging NEW:VISION award offers experimental films on the edge between documentary and artistic reflection.

This year 14 films are nominated for the NEW:VISION award, announced today by the Copenhagen-based art magazine Kopenhagen. The films are notable mainly for being of international character, and like their country of origin, the filmmakers’ professional backgrounds also differ. Some are famous for their work with documentary films, while others are usually known within an art context. The nominees will reflect in the best way what the NEW:VISION competition is about, namely examining the characteristic field located at the intersection of film and art. The directors and their films stand in this grey area and operate within disciplines that do not usually overlap.

AH HUMANITY!

Ernst Karel, Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor (JP / FR / US). The Harvard-based CPH:DOX winners behind Leviathan are back with a new film and a remarkable soundtrack, recorded on a mobile phone in Fukushima.” (Freja Sofie Madsen, CPH:DOX)

http://cphdox.dk/en/content/cphdox-reveals-year%E2%80%99s-newvision-award

Photo: Ah Humanity!

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Allan Berg Nielsen
Allan Berg Nielsen

Allan Berg Nielsen started the first documentary cinema in Randers, Denmark way back in the 1970’es. He did so at the museum, where he was employed. He got the (16mm) films from the collection of the National Film Board of Denmark (Statens Filmcentral). He organised a film festival in his home city, became a member of the Board of Directors of the Film Board, started to write about films in diverse magazines, were a juror at several festivals and wrote television critiques in the local newspaper. From 1998-2003 Allan Berg was documentary film consultant (commissioning editor) at The Danish Film Institute, a continuation of the Film Board. Since then free lance consultant in documentary matters.

abn@filmkommentaren.dk

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