Kurzfilmabend am Ebertplatz

In the organizer's words:

On 18.12. from 6pm in the Ebertplatz-Passage, we will be showing a small selection of films from the KHM (Academy of Media Arts Cologne) showing the city and local life from different perspectives.

There will also be warm drinks and blankets. We look forward to seeing you there!

Film selection:

Cologne in May (2023) | a documentary by Philine Reimer & Marie Falke | 29:55 minutes
Kassieren (2023) | a film by Lea Sprenger, Franca Pape and Amelie Vierbuchen | 9:02 minutes
The Colors of Staying (2023) | by Ráhel Eckstein-Kovács, Fatima Remli and Kristina Bublevskaya | 39:58 minutes

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Cologne in May
(2023 | 29:55 minutes)
a documentary by Philine Reimer & Marie Falke
Director, sound, camera: Philine Reimer, Marie Falke
Editing: Marie Falke
Color grading: Lynn Al-Abiad

Inspired by the cinema of the 1960s, from "Le joli Mai" by Chris Marker and Pierre
Lhomme or "Comizi d'amore" by Pier Paolo Pasolini, we set out in search of interviewees.
conversation partners. We set ourselves a time frame (the month of May) and
research places in advance. There we spontaneously get into conversation with people.

Cashing in
(2023 | 9:02 minutes)
Director, camera, sound: Amelie Vierbuchen, Franca Pape, Lea Sprenger
Editing, sound design, production: Franca Pape, Lea Sprenger
Music: Champagne breakfast
Soundmix: Ralf Schipke, Judith Nordbrock

© 2023 / KHM, Vierbuchen, Pape, Sprenger

Screenings and awards:
DOK Leipzig 2023 / German Competition
KFFK Cologne Short Film Festival 2023 / Official Selection
Selected for Short Export 2023 and Next Generation Short Film Tiger 2024
Rating "Valuable" German Film and Media Rating

The colors of staying
(2023 | 39:58 minutes)
By Ráhel Eckstein-Kovács, Fatima Remli and Kristina Bublevskaya
The recruitment of female migrant workers was a central component of the German recruitment
recruitment policy as part of the German-Moroccan recruitment agreement. 60 years
after the signing of the agreement, the filmmakers Ráhel Eckstein-
Kovács, Kristina Bublevskaya and Fatima Remlia go on a journey to document the female perspective.
to document the female perspective. It is about the visibility of stories that have a place in the Moroccan-German diaspora.
German diaspora, but which remain under the radar. The female
perspective is historically necessary and important, as it enables a more comprehensive and
view of the past and thereby loses its invisibility today.
today. The film "The Colors of Remaining" focuses on the stories of Moroccan women
women workers who came to Germany in the 1970s. They bring
emancipation, courage and strength. They leave their homeland and their identity behind. A
a feminist movement emerges in different generations, which shapes their own
children today.