Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht - Berlin - International Festival Signs of the Night |
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9. Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht / Berlin Edition
22th International Festival Signs of the Night / Worldwide
December 10 - 15, 2024
Kino & Bar in der Königsstadt - - - Straßburger Straße 55 - - - 10405 Berlin (Prenzelberg) |
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Tanja Kristine Böhme |
Germany / 2024 / 0:13:01 |
A symphony of marine mammals in an artistic composition that takes up the rhythm and melody of various seals and whales and puts them together to form a SymphonAntArctic Orchestra. It is accompanied by an image orchestra of ice, water and whales. Both sound and video material are taken from scientific field research and find a new expression in artistic processing.
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JURY DECLARATION
Intelligently matched visualizations of sound repeating in the physical lines of a Wales. Acoustical completion of the beauty moving all over nature. Silent pictures speaking incredibly powerfull through their composition.
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SIGNS AWARD
The Signs Award honors films, which treat an important subject in an original and convincing way
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Antonio Arango Vázquez |
Mexico / 2023 / 0:12:03 |
"Apoptosis" is a pathway of cell destruction or programmed cell death, and it's caused by the same organism. This happens when the cell is no longer needed or is damaged; we can say that the cell recognizes that "its time to die has come" and in this way stabilizes the functioning of the organism in which it habits. Apoptosis is an audiovisual essay about the suicide. This version is based on an interactive installation exhibited at the Centro Multimedia del Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico, 2022). Some of the images shown are from several film frames captured from fictional films with the characters removed, leaving only the background. Excerpts from scenes where a suicide is shown on screen.
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JURY DECLARATION
This film takes a raw, honest look at suicide, blending fragmented visuals and layered sounds to explore the deep questions of life and death. The shifting voices and striking imagery pull you in, sparking reflection in a way that's both powerful and unforgettable.
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DIRECTOR STATEMENT
It is a compliment that "Apoptosis" has this recognition in the extremely difficult times that are happening in the world. I appreciate the committed look of a Festival that maintains a critical commitment to our social environment and I thank the Jury for this honor to my film. Thank you.
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NIGHT AWARD
The Night Award honors films, which are able to balance ambiguity and complexity characterized by enigmatic mysteriousness and subtleness,which keeps mind and consideration moving
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Silent Chirping of Invisible Digits
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Das feine Zirpen einer Dunkelziffer |
Vera Sebert |
Austria, Germany / 2023 / 0:10:10 |
Like a single film frame, insects flash for the fraction of a second, only to immediately withdraw from the field of vision again. In between their flickering body fragments, the film shows undefinable voids. What can be seen when familiar filters of vision and the narratives associated with them are missing?
Warning: This film contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for photosensitive epilepsy.
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JURY DECLARATION
A visual and acoustic thunderstorm of war A total work of art that not only works with rhythmically concentrated images but also gives the afterimages time on the retina. The sound of the film also resonates for a long time.
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