 | It takes two to tango
A documentary discussion of values based on fifteen films for children and young people
| 60% film
20% documentation
20% experience
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It takes two to tango – that also goes for documentary film, which has always aimed to engage in critical analysis with the aid of fictitious, experimental or supposedly unrealistic film strategies. The moral value of the documentary image was and is subject to doubt, that are based above all on aesthetic arguments: whether one can (or may) speak documentarily and about what is decided by means of an approach to tricky subjects.
If veracity alone does not determine the value of the documentary image, we must ask which film strategies co-determine the perception of reality and what value we attach to these strategies: Do authentic images have greater documentary value than fictionalised, subjective portrayals of reality? What is the value of the realistic image compared with other forms of visualisation, acoustic and linguistic levels of meaning? How rational does the documentary film need to be, and how much heart can one put into it?
When two people argue, the third gains: In this vein, “It takes two to tango” presents very different answers to the question of how documentary work should comport itself towards reality.
Kindermuseum FRida & freD
Sat 10/10, 2 pm
Festival centre
Sun 11/10, 2 pm & Mon 12/10, 9 am
6+
Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (F) "Lunars Bilder" 2000 /
Sarah Domogala (NL) "Moon and the Wolfgirl" 2007 /
Katrin Rothe (D) "Was nervt dich?" 2007/
Festival centre
Tue 13/10, 9 am
12+
Behrooz Karamizade (D) "Kindsein im Iran" 2008 /
Cecilia Actis, Mia Hulterstam (S) "Blue, Karma, Tiger" 2006 /
Annika Ernst (S) "I said I had a bad dream" 2008 /
Film talk following with Annika Ernst (S) and Behrooz Karamizade (D)
Mi 14/10, 09.00
14+
Roland Steiner (D) "Jugend-Zeit" 1978 & "Jugend-Zeit ... in der Stadt" 1979 /
Anna Wahle (D) "Mit Pferden kann man nicht ins Kino gehen" 2006/
Film talk following with Annika Ernst (SE) and Behrooz Karamizade (D)
Tue 15/10, 9 am
14+
Corinna Schnitt (D) "Raus aus seinen Kleidern" 1999 /
Rebecca Haupt (D) "Tom in the city" 2008 /
Jörn Staeger (D) "Reise zum Wald" 2008 /
Johann Lurf (A) "12 Explosionen" 2008 /
Film talk following with Jörn Staeger (D) and Johann Lurf (A))
Fri 16/10, 9 am
12+
Anna Wieckowska (PL) "Tom W." 2004 /
Katrin Rothe (D) "Was tust Du eigentlich?" 2008 /
In co-operation with doxs! Duisburger Filmwoche, Goethe-Institut München, Tate Britain (London) & Progress Film-Verleih
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Curated by
Gudrun Sommer (D)
Film hosting by
Petra Erdmann (A), Stephanie Lang (D) &
Roman Fasching (A)
So 11/10, 11 am
Brunch with film programme
Mon 12/10, 9 am
Tue 13/10, 9 am
Mi 14/10, 9 am
Tue 15/10, 9 am
Fri 16/10, 9 am
Information and registration for school classes:
kunstvermittlung@steirischerherbst.at
Festival centreCurated by
Gudrun Sommer (D)
Film hosting by
Petra Erdmann (A), Stephanie Lang (D) &
Roman Fasching (A)
