Walled In – Films from the Living Room
Date: May 17th, 2009, 5 p.m.
Location: Top Kino [Info]
Tickets: 7 EUR (regular), 6 EUR (concessions)
Whether it be pure idleness or an escape from the outside world, unintentional confinement from one’s environment or self-imposed isolation: when the privacy of your own home becomes your preferred sanctuary, the camera sometimes suddenly serves as the most important means of communication. And some day you somehow feel walled in even in your own living room.
Total length: 79 min
Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf: Morbus Bechterew
Germany/Austria 2007, 11 min, language: German, subtitles: English
director: Lola Randl, Rainer Egger | photography: Lola Randl | music: Maciej Sledziecki | cast: Rainer Egger
Herr Karpf has to go, but he doesn’t feel well. It’s sure to be something serious. The first glimpse into the world of the amiable neurotic was afforded one year ago in VIS.
Nach grauen Tagen
Germany 2003, 5 min, language: German, subtitles: English
director: Ralf Schmerberg | text: Ingeborg Bachmann | production: Ralf Schmerberg, Eva Sigrid Maier-Schönung | photography: Robby Müller | editor: Rick Waller | cast: Jürgen Vogel, Anna Böttcher
The Sunday goings-on of the family is no idyll but torture. Screaming kids, loud music – and the hope for a short getaway. Based on a poem by Ingeborg Bachmann.
Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf: Der Besuch
Germany/Austria 2008, 9 min, language: German, subtitles: English
director: Lola Randl, Rainer Egger | photography: Lola Randl | music: Maciej Sledziecki | cast: Rainer Egger
Herr Karpf is expecting a lady visitor but isn’t quite ready. And his flat certainly is not. The second part of the trilogy that will be shown for the first time in its entirety.
Matilda
Austria 2008, 4 min, language: English
director, screenplay, production, photography, editor: system jaquelinde (Franziska Thurner, Hanna Priemetzhofer) | Music: Parov Stelar (Etage Noir) | cast: Magdalena Neumüller, Elias Buttinger, Tanja Obernberger, Leonard Wegscheider, Sarah Hofmann
A couple, completely dressed in white, glance into the camera expectantly. The constriction is palpable and an escape impossible. Therefore helmets will soon become necessary.
Do Not Erase
UK 2006, 29 min, language: English
director, screenplay, production: Asitha Ameresekere | photography: Asitha Ameresekere, Rob Thomas | editor: Abraham Teweldebrhan | cast: Jeanette Rourke, Peter Andrew, Sasha Hermann
Annie sends video diaries to her son Darren who is stationed in Iraq. When Darren is reported missing, the video becomes more than just a diary.
Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf: Der Geburtstag
Germany 2009, 11 min, language: German, subtitles: English
director: Lola Randl, Rainer Egger | photography: Lola Randl | music: Maciej Sledziecki | cast: Rainer Egger
It’s Herr Karpf’s birthday but nobody calls him. Probably something’s gone wrong with the telephone. Nominated for the European Film Awards 2009.
Fade to Black
UK 2004, 10 min, language: English
director: Gary Martin | screenplay: Gary Martin, Roger Beckett | production: Miles Wilkes | photography: Will Bex | editor: Andy Welch | cast: Sheridan Smith
Emma wants her boyfriend back and confides in her video diary. Plastic surgery might do the trick – but as it is too expensive, she takes matters into her own hands.
