Bi’bak is embarking on a cinema experiment at the Haus der Statistik.
SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA explores cinema as a space for social discourse, a place for exchange and solidarity. SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA brings together diverse social communities, links geographically distant and nearby places, the past, present and future, and decentres an eurocentric view through transnational, (post-) migrant and postcolonial perspectives. SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA is a transtopia, a place where “cross-border ties and connections converge, are reinterpreted and condense into everyday contexts” (Erol Yıldız). As part of the pioneering urban policy Initiative Haus der Statistik, the cinema experiment bridges the gap between everyday urban practices and film to create an alternative art form that connects different social perspectives.
SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA is funded by Haupstadtkulturfonds, Conrad Stiftung and the Programm NEUSTART KULTUR
bi’bakino
bi’bakino is a curated film program that focuses on transnational narratives, migration and mobility discourses in film and seeks to stimulate differentiated discussions and changes of perspective. The program highlights films from outside Europe that have often not been shown in Berlin before, as well as archive excavations and rediscoveries. Following the film screenings, moderated discussions take place with filmmakers and experts.
Past event series can be found in the archive.
Coming Events (more information here)
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04.08.2021 to 22.09.2021 DECOLONIZING THE SCREEN Curated by Necati Sönmez
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05.08.2021 to 15.08.2021 THE GHOST ON BOARD / GEMIDEKI HAYALET Curated by Sebahattin Şen
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19.08.2021 to 28.08.2021 FIKTIONSBESCHEINIGUNG. 16 CINEMATIC PERSPECTIVES ON GERMANY Berlinale Forum Special Programme Curated by Can Sungu, Karina Griffith, Jacqueline Nsiah, Biene Pilavci and Enoka Ayemba
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28.08.2021 to 25.09.2021 SİNEMANINO Children’s cinema from SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA Curated by Dr. Martin Ganguly
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29.08.2021 to 31.08.2021 STORIES, CONTINUED Films with absent protagonists, after the GDR, after 1990 Curated by Anna Zett and Philipp Goll
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01.09.2021 to 30.10.2021 OUT OF FOCUS LABORBERLIN Curated by LaborBerlin e.V.
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09.09.2021 to 19.09.2021 THE FORGOTTEN REVOLUTION Iranian Cinema Before 1979 Curated by Ehsan Khoshbakht
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11.09.2021 to 23.10.2021 SINEMA +++ Cinema beyond the Screen
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24.11.2021 to 28.11.2021 CINEMA OF COMMONING Symposium, Screenings, Talks