12 films | 48 min.

Friday | 15 March | 19:30

Varieties

Filmforum NRW at the Museum Ludwig
Bischofsgartenstraße 1 | 50667 Cologne

Opening Moovy 2024

With welcoming speeches by ÁGOTA HARMATI, Artistic Director Moovy, and STEFAN CHARLES, Alderman / Department Head for Art and Culture of the City of Cologne

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PARQUE

PARQUE

Argentina 2022 | 7 minutes
Director & idea: Iván Asnicar & Ailén Cafiso | Choreography & performance: Ailén Cafis

Synopsis

Vast fields, crashing meteorites, burning trees, a chapel in the middle of nowhere and a park. Bodies meet there, dancing, rolling, interwoven, releasing themselves from their embrace. The movement will carry them into the next age. A labyrinthine crossing of dance in the park.

A KISS

A KISS

United Kingdom 2021 | 2 minutes
Director: Jacob Sutton | Choreography: Hannes Langolf

Synopsis

“A Kiss” tells the story of a young man dancing his way across streets, sports fields, rooftops and across the sky to his first kiss with a new lover. A first kiss is not always easy…

BLIND QUESTIONS

BLIND QUESTIONS

Germany, France 2010 | 4 minutes
Director: Stephanie Thiersch | Choreography: Alexandre Castres & Alexandra Naudet

Following the film:
Talk with Stephanie Thiersch

Synopsis

A woman and a man live in a bizarre, neglected shack, in an almost weightless room. It is a mysterious encounter. They try to make love, either too quickly or too slowly, and end up going too far.

TIEMPOS DE TANGO

TIEMPOS DE TANGO

Cuba 2015 | 4 minutes
Director: Adolfo Izquierdo Mesa

Synopsis

The city sparkles like time – with a kiss you fly away … Two young people meet in a park in Havana at night. They look at each other for a long time, then circle each other. They know what to do. Inspired by a fragment of a scene from the play “Tangos Cubanos” by choreographer Billy Cowie, who also provided the lyrics and musical score.

MONSTER (AI.)

MONSTER (AI.)

Germany 2023 | 5 minutes
Director: Dwayne Holliday & Tobias Weikamp

Following the film:
Talk with Dwayne Holliday & Tobias Weikamp

Synopsis

A monster struggles to find its place in a world in which everyone’s life is geared towards incessant productivity. A dance in and with AI imagery gone wild.

MY NON-RELATIVE FULLNESS

MY NON-RELATIVE FULLNESS

Poland 2023 | 5 minutes
Director & Choreography: Uladzimir Slizhyk

Synopsis

“My non-relative fullness” is a subjective story of life and the discovery of my body. The morning light, the darkness of the room, the shadow on the wall – this is not a list at all, but a non-relative fullness. The darkness is not another entity next to the light, but exactly what my body is illuminated with.

THE BEATLES – HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

THE BEATLES – HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

United Kingdom 2022 | 3 minutes
Director & Animation: Rok Predin

Synopsis

We follow the Beatles on tour. The changing backdrops of cities, hotels, streets and gigs never stop, the only constant being the band members. A magical dancer appears to each of them, symbolizing inspiration and creative freedom.

SWANS NEVER DIE

SWANS NEVER DIE

Italy 2023 | 3 minutes
Director: Luca Di Bartolo & Ivonne Bello

Synopsis

The swan as a subjective image of beauty in a modern interpretation: in “Swans never die” it is linked to the world of contemplation and transformation. In a changed time, in a changed space, it can always rise anew.

HEY HEY HO HO

HEY HEY HO HO

Israel 2022 | 4 minutes
Director: Micha Yisraeli & Shalev Ben Elya

Synopsis

Videos and photos of the protests and demonstrations against the Netanyahu government in the summer of 2021 become an animated journey full of movement and imaginative image collages.

A DAY'S WORK

A DAY’S WORK

USA 2022 | 8 minutes
Director: Marta Renzi

Synopsis

You’ve arrived at a factory with work boots and lunch boxes. But what kind of production is this? After a long day at work, they go home. Is this a joke or another kind of hard labor?

OFFSIDE TRAP

OFFSIDE TRAP

Israel 2023 | 3 minutes
Director & Choreography: Van Chriqui

Synopsis

A young woman waits for her date in an empty stadium. But he doesn’t turn up. “Offside Trap” is a narrative dance film that explores the discrepancy between perception and reality. Blinded by her triggers, the protagonist lets her distorted perception guide her. She makes hasty assumptions and jumps to conclusions that take her even further away from reality.

ON THE MOON

ON THE MOON

USA 2022 | 2 minutes
Director & Choreography: Cameron Cofrancesco

Synopsis

“On the Moon” is an experimental short film that was originally shot in the spring of 2021, but was re-conceived and fully realised in the summer of 2023. Capturing only the legs of a dancer, the film shows what it feels like to be amazed alongside the realities of life. At the same time, subtle illusions suggest a dreamlike atmosphere and call realities into question.