What a Day a Difference Makes
A multi-part film programme series on ‘Identity and Conflict’
Curated by Anomaa Rajakaruna, Susanne Sachsse, Stefanie Schulte Strathaus & Marc Siegel
Screening of the Introductory Programme in Colombo and Jaffna
Duration 92’
"What a Day a Difference Makes" thematizes every day differences and the means by which people live with and through them. These differences may not always be the source of conflict, but they often exist alongside tension, disagreement and struggle. The films and videos address issues of identity, difference, and conflict with regards to the individual and the collective, groups and nations, memories and histories. Specifically, we present works that – among other things – confront the complexities of ethnic diversity and gender relations; the difficulties of coping with the ravages of war and disease; the political necessity of recovering family histories; and the challenges of identity categories that are imposed on individuals by society or the state.
The narrative, experimental and documentary shorts along with the longer films in our programme also concentrate on the subtle differences that determine whether one can find the right word, gesture or image to express one's feelings or whether a slight change in an everyday routine can affect a radical revision of one's intimate relations. The programmes employ a variety of aesthetic strategies and affective tonalities, including straightforward realistic modes, allegorical approaches, expressive performance and disarming humour.
The films and videos in this series, therefore, don't simply deal with difference; they deal with it differently. That is, the play of aesthetic and thematic differences provides the mobilizing energy of any individual work differences among characters in a story or among aesthetic and narrative strategies; disjunctions in the sound-image relationship; or even distinctions between actor/performer and role. It also lends dynamism to the relations among the works in the individual programmes.
This introductory programme in the series is exemplary of the aesthetic and thematic diversity that will follow in the programmes scheduled later in 2015.
Programme
Die Worte des Vorsitzenden/The Words of the Chairman (Harun Farocki, Germany, 1966, 1' 30'')
This or that Particular Person (Subasri Krishnan, India, 2012, 26')
Zdravi ljudi za razonodu/Healthy People for Fun (Karpo Godina, Yugoslavia, 1971, 14')
Youm El-Ethneen/On a Monday (Tamer El-Said, Egypt, 2004, 8')
Per Se (Deirdre Logue, Canada, 2005, 4')
18th of May (Supun Vishvabuddhi, Sri Lanka, 2012, 12')
Falgoosh/Blames and Flames (Mohammadreza Farzad, Iran, 2012, 28')
Date: Tuesday, 3rd March 2015
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Goethe Hall
Date: Sunday, 8th March 2015
Time: 3.00 pm
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