Archival Assembly #2

Curated by Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.

The biennial festival Archival Assembly inventively considers international film archives as a living creative space for the future of cinema. Archival Assembly #2 reflects critically on the topic of cinematic heritage. The festival program features new restorations, contemporary films, transnational archive projects, as well as an exhibition, a symposium and a series of informal project presentations.

Friday, 09.06., 20:30

Book Launch: “Accidental Archivism. Shaping Cinema’s Futures with Remnants of the Past” followed by Vaginal Davis presents: Rising Stars, Falling Stars

Saturday, 10.06., 20:30

Non-Aligned Newsreels: Fragments #5

Monday, 12.06., 10:00

Found Futures I: Archive/Counter-Archive | Revolutionary Producer. Revolutionary Archive

Monday, 12.06., 20:00

Tribute to Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, Part 2

Tuesday, 13.06., 10:00

Found Futures II: Brigada Archivología Chile / Exil DDR | Jordanian Friendship Society

Tuesday, 13.06., 20:00

Tribute to Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, Part 3

Wednesday, 14.06., 10:00

Found Futures III: Cinema-ye Azad | [ˌɑːkɪˈpeləɡəʊ] | Film Undone. Elements of a Latent Cinema

Wednesday, 14.06., 18:00

Dearest Fiona

Fiona Tan Netherlands 2023 100 Min., OV with German subs, DCP

Thursday, 15.06., 10:00

Found Futures IV: Home movies of Don Vitalini | Ihab Shaker Cartoons | Cinelimite & Syros International Film Festival | Found Futures closing discussion

Thursday, 15.06., 18:00

Friends in High Places

Lindsey Merrison Burma 2001 89 Min., OV with English subs, Digital file