Die Lange Filmnacht – Precious. Rare. Not for Sale

In the organizer's words:

The Long Film Night presents contemporary feminist filmmaking. A selection of international short films and music videos interrogate archives, expose ideological and patriarchal structures and offer counter-narratives. Insistent, astute, musical.

Grandmamauntsistercat
Zuza Banasińska
PL / NL 2024, 23'

Baba Yaga tells the story of a matriarchal family that reinterprets archive material from the educational film studios in Łódź and gives women new scope for creativity.

The Rock Speaks
Amy Louise Wilson, Francois Knoetze
ZA 2024, 7'
A wild AI collage traces the transcontinental journey of the precious metal cobalt - from the Congolese mines to its sale on the stock exchange.

Boi Thaka
Pranami Koch
IN 2024, 15'
The discovery of a diary leads the director to the stories of accused witches in the villages of Assam.

All the Money
Cauleen Smith
USA 2024, 4'

Set to the raucous track of Moor Mother, All the Money explores the origins of prosperity in Britain.

Cash in
Franca Pape, Lea Sprenger, Amelie Vierbuchen
DE 2023, 9'
The search for archive material on the Kalk chemical plant raises questions: What does the technique of cashiering mean in archiving? Who decides what is worthy of archiving?

Servicio necrológico para usted
María Salafranca
CU 2024, 12'
A special tour of a Cuban funeral parlor where Maurillo and Fidela have lived and worked for 17 years.

K-BOB STAR
Hansol Kim
KR / EN 2023, 3'
Grandmother and housewife Young-E Son becomes a virtual pop star in this intergenerational music video.

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STARS
Mojisola Adebayo and the STARS Collective - Candice Purwin, Debo Adebayo, Tyler Friedman
GB / DE 2025, 7'
A poetic animation about the Nommo: extraterrestrial afro-hermaphroditic migrants.
migrants.

I look into the mirror and repeat to myself
Giselle Lin
SG 2023, 18'
Five sisters and their view of a difficult home, love, anger and cutting the cord.

Yuva
Dora Sarikaya
HR / TR 2024, 8'
Danced associations of "home" and cultural identity, inspired by handmade carpets and traditional Turkish dance.

Hey Sweet Pea
Alee Peoples
USA 2023, 11'
Voice messages from an aging mother and readings from "The Neverending Story" locate care and sorrow in the everyday.

Precious. Rare. For Sale
Lêna Bùi
VN 2023, 13'
An analysis of the depiction and exploitation of nature in Vietnamese films of the 1990s - up to today's vlog images.

Give me the material
Transnational ensemble Labsa
DE 2024, 6'
A musical homage to the fabrics of the R&L Textil store on Dortmund's Nordmarkt.

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