Japan & Germany​

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Please note: Registration may vary for each EAS event depending on the host. You may receive an email confirmation, reminder, or both, so please check your email for details. Many featured films are unrated, and may contain mature content. Most events are followed (sometimes preceded) by a guided discussion to compare and contrast the films and theme. All films are subtitled in English, unless otherwise noted.

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Program

 

Homesick

Filmmaker/Director: Kamura Koya

Japan, 2018, 27 min.

Two years after the Fukushima nuclear incident, Murai braves danger and wanders through the no-go zone in order to spend time with Jun, his eight-year-old son.

 

Wildnis (The Wild)

Filmmaker/Director: Helena Wittmann

Germany, 2013, 12 min.

Day-to-day life and the memory of a past journey unfold simultaneously within enclosed spaces. Confinement and openness, limitation and vitality, dream and reality—all coexist side by side in this poetic reflection on perception, memory, and the longing for both inner and outer freedom.

 

You and Me

Filmmaker/Director: Karsten Krause

Germany, 2009, 4 min.  

Over the course of four decades, a woman walks toward her husband’s camera. The evolution of film recording technology becomes subtly visible in this touching love story which is not only a portrait of a family but a reflection on social change.

 

I’m Not the Enemy

Filmmaker/Director: Bjørn Melhus

Germany 2011, 13 min.

War, trauma, and familial disintegration are all explored in work where the filmmaker performs all roles. Sound and speech fragments from numerous films that address war are condensed into a multilayered reflection on violence, memory, and media representation.

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Discussants/Speakers:

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• EAS partner organization representatives (opening remarks)

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Special Thanks:

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• International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (loan of featured German films)​

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