[spectre] 3rd ZEBRA Poetry Film Award, 11-14 Oct 2006, Berlin

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Dear friends of poetry films



The programme of the 3rd ZEBRA Poetry Film Award is fixed, the entire 
spectrum of life on show in poetry film ö for four days, from 11th to 
14th October 2006, the Literaturwerkstatt Berlinâs 3rd ZEBRA Poetry 
Film Award will demonstrate the connection between poetry and film.

Events focussing on individual countries are dedicated to current 
work by poetry filmmakers from the Netherlands, Canada and Great 
Britain. In ãMade in Germanyä, productions from Germany come to the 
fore. Animated films, poetry films from the East German underground 
and cinematic versions of famous poems are further themes. A new 
feature of this festival is an independent programme for children 
aged 6 to 12, showing films from Europe, America and Asia.

Filmmakers from 51 countries entered over 600 films for the 3rd ZEBRA 
Poetry Film Award. Thirty-four of these films were then selected by 
the programme commission to take part in the competition, and from 
11th to 14th October 2006 they will be fighting for the favour of the 
jury and the audience. Further films will also be shown in the 
programme.



11th to 14th October 2006

3rd ZEBRA Poetry Film Award

In the cinema Babylon berlin:mitte

Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30
10178 Berlin

Ticket hotline +49. 30. 24 25 969





Programme:



Wed, 11th October 2006

Main theatre

8 pm ZEBRA Preview. An opening

How ZEBRA started: recollections of participants from the previous 
festivals together with an overview of the current festival programme 
demonstrate how rapidly poetry film has developed in terms of 
aesthetics and technology.





Thur,12th October 2006

Main theatre

10 am Rhymes for Children

I can see something you canât · Poetry films for children aged 6 to 
12. Presented by Gauner.

6 pm   Focus UK

Cool Britannia makes rhymes and films: poetry films from the Small Island.

8 pm            Competition I

The first part of the competition films

10 pm Love Movies

A special programme for what is probably the most frequently 
poeticized (and filmed) subject: love.



Studio cinema

5:30 Special programme: Portraits of Poets

Alongside poetry film: famous names, famous faces, affecting images. 
The best documentaries on, by and with poets.

7:30 Famous Verses

The great poets of the canon get their chance here. Filmmakers engage 
with the verses of famous poets.

9:30 pm Special programme: Rattapallax

The New York Independent Label Rattapallax shows poetry clips ö 
radical and political. With Ram Devineni (New York).



Lounge

2 pm            Colloquium Film in the download age: Short film and the market

Including: Joke Ballintijn (Distributor, Netherlands Media Art 
Institute Montevideo, Amsterdam), Astrid KŸhl (Managing Director, 
KurzFilm Agentur, Hamburg), Michael RŸger (Entertainment Engineer, 
Berlin) Moderation: Thomas Steiger (Journalist, Blickpunkt Film)

The colloquium will explore how poetry film can secure its own 
segment of the market, how short films can be established in the 
various markets for motion pictures, and what particular routes might 
take poetry film to its audience in the digital age.



Fri, 13th October 2006

Main theatre

10 am Rhymes for Children

I can see something you canât · Poetry films for children aged 6 to 
12. Presented by Gauner.

4 pm Focus NL

Of the 34 films in the competition, six come form the Netherlands. 
Reason enough to give the poetry film production of this country its 
own section in the programme.

6 pm   Made in Germany

Germany is one of the centres of poetry film. In ãMade in Germanyä 
weâll show selected entries to this yearâs festival.

8 pm            Competition II

The second section of competition films.

10 pm Producing Urges

Eroticism, sex and other passions, cast in words and moving pictures.

12 midnight The Bizarre

The amusing, the dodgy and the peculiar, from the infinite reaches of 
poetry film.



Studio cinema

3:30 pm Games poeple play

The individual in society, reflected in the rhythm of poetry.

5.30 pm Competition I (WH)

Repeat showing of the first section of competition films.

7:30  pm Special programme: Poetry Films in the East German Underground

Poetic rarities from the art film scene of the 1980s, produced 
outside of the censorâs reach and shown to a limited public, 
including films by Gino Hahnemann and Flanzendšrfer. With Claus Lšser 
and Gerhard Wolf.

9:30 pm Animated Verses

The imaginary worlds of poetry, put into animation films.

11:30 pm Special programme: VideoBardo - Archivo de VideoPoes’a

A look at a poetry film festival in Latin America which devotes its 
attention above all to experimental film: VideoBardo from Argentina. 
With Javier Robledo (Buenos Aires).



Lounge

2 pm Colloquium Film in the download age: Short Film and Copyright

Including: Alexander Unverzagt (lawyer, Hamburg), Joachim von 
Vietinghoff (film and TV producer, Potsdam)

Moderation: Stefan Krempl (freelance journalist, Berlin)

The colloquium will explore problems of copyright in the hybrid 
medium of poetry film, and look into the digital future: where is 
copyright headed in the age of easily accessible production 
technology and the downloading of music and films?





Sat, 14th October 2006

Main theatre

2 pm Dream Worlds

Dreamy landscapes reflecting each other on celluloid.

4 pm   Focus Canada

Films as sticky as maple syrup: poetry films from Canada.

8 pm            Awards Ceremony

And the winner is....

with: pinx., Dr. Bajan and Uwe Matschke (organ of the cinema)

Presented by Knut Elstermann (radioeins)

followed by a party in the foyer.

Studio cinema

1:30    pm Rhymes for Children

I can see something you canât · Poetry films for children aged 6 to 
12. Presented by Gauner

3:30    pm Ophelia and the Words

Films by and with Gerhard RŸhm.

5:30 pm Competition II

Repeat showing of the second section of the competition films.





The ZEBRA Poetry Film Award is a project of the Literaturwerkstatt 
Berlin together with interfilm berlin and gratefully acknowledges the 
support of Kulturstiftung des Bundes.

The prizes have been endowed by the Goethe Institute and the German 
Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale fŸr politische 
Bildung). Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes.



We would enjoy, if we could arouse your interest and you would pass 
on the information to the Fesival to your colleagues or interested.



Yours faithfully



Literaturwerkstatt Berlin



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