Film as Language "Son of Saul" / "The Dreamed Ones"

Two current films are presented which are exceptional for their cinematic language.

"Son of Saul" (4 pm) by young Hungarian director László Nemes has dared to show what was previously considered impossible in film – the hell of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Son of Saul
Director: László Nemes, Screenplay: László Nemes, Clara Royer, Cinematography: Mátyás Erdély, Editing: Matthieu Taponier, Production Design: László Rajk, Sound: Tamás Zányi, Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnar et al., Hungary 2015, 107 Min., OV/GeS

In "The Dreamed Ones" (6 pm), Ruth Beckermann takes as her subject the love letters between Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan, read by two actors. In her film, the levels of narration and performance become blurred.
The Dreamed Ones
Director: Ruth Beckermann, Book: Ina Hartwig, Ruth Beckermann, Camera: Johannes Hammel, Editing: Dieter Pichler, Sound Design: Gerhard Daurer, Sound: Georg Misch, Cast: Anja Plaschg, Laurence Rupp et al., Austria 2016, 89 Min., OV/EnS

Welcome: Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste

After the screening:
Introduction by Gertrud Koch
Discussion with Ruth Beckermann, Jeanine Meerapfel and László Nemes