PHYSIS - A sixpackfilm program to the festival´s topic "It's a fight" at B16 Shortfilmfestival in Brno
As member of their international jury Gerald Weber has been invited to curate a program to this year´s festival focus IT’s A FIGHT at the 59th edition of Brno-Shortfilmfestivals B16. Program title: PHYSIS
FIRST STEPS AWARD to Magdalena Chmielewska for IN HEAVEN´s MEADOW
Congratulationen to Magdalena Chmielewska and her team for the First Steps Award 2018 in the category medium length fiction!
Rainer Kohlberger @ Anthology Film Archives in New York
Berlin based Austrian media artist Rainer Kohlberger is guest of Anthology Film Archives´ Show & Tell-series on october 24th.
program & schedule
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US Cinema Release of ★ and "Show & Tell" with Johann Lurf at "Anthology Film Archives" NY
Starting sept 8, Johann Lurf´s fantastic AvantGarde-Hit ★ can be seen in New York´s Anthology Film Archives in presence of the artist, accompanied by an additional Show & Tell with selected shorts by Lurf on sept 9.
Program details and schedule
ARENA by Björn Kämmerer invited to TIFF 2018
Austro-German artist Björn Kämmerer seems to be a frequenter at Toronto International Film Festival ! His latest film ARENA has just been selected into the Wavenlength-Section, the festival’s line for experimental filmmaking. ARENA will be presented in its original 70mm shooting format.
Watch out for it: friday, sept 7, 9pm TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 1
Kurt Kren: Lord of Frames - Program touring Japan
Tokyo´s Image Forum organizes a tour of films by Austrian AvantGarde filmmaker and master of structural film Kurt Kren through several japanese cities.
The films have recently been restaured and digitized by the Austrian Filmmuseum. Brigitta Burger-Utzer, manger of sixpackfilm and curator of this program will give a lecture in Kyoto.
Stations
8–12 august Spiral Hall, Tokyo
4–12 august Theater Image Forum, Tokyo
21-24 august Kyoto Art Center
25-26 august Lumen gallery, Kyoto
september Yokohama Museum of Art
26–30 september Aichi Arts Center Art Space, Nagoya
Warmest thanks for the support by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tokyo
Sarajevo Film Festival 2018: Grand Entrance of the Young
A new generation makes its strong appearance @ Sarajevo Film Festival!
Leni Gruber, Samira Ghahremani and Michaela Taschek have been selected with their films Snowman, Voltage und Doppelgaenger into the short sections of renowned Sarajewo Film Festivals 2018. Congratulations !
HOMO LUDENS - Arkipel Festival in Jakarta shows program of sixpackfilms
Gerald Weber from sixpackfilm has been invited to contribute with a curated program for the festival focus on Homo Ludens at this year´s Arkipel – Jakarta Documentary and Experimental Film Festival. Including works by Anna Vasof, Robert Cambrinus, Mara Mattuschka, Lukas Marxt a.o.
Program in Detail
Brigitta Burger-Utzer honored with Austrian Art Award!
The co-founder and long-time head of sixpackfilm – Brigitta Burger-Utzer – is awarded with the Austrian Art Award for Film 2017 by the Federal Chancellery on July 12th.
The jury stated as reason for the distinction her extraordinary merits for the international mediation and publicity of the Austrian art films.
We are thrilled about this tribute and would like to congratulate Brigitta for her outstandig and well deserved success!
