In the book’s last part, intended as a closing reflection on the Berlinale in 2020– which may be only two years away in factual terms, but is perhaps a fair bit further removed in the mind’s eye – we want to address the elephant in the room: the ongoing debate about the future of the Berlinale. As the Critics’ Week, we naturally have our own opinion about it, but we’re above all interested in drawing attention to fundamental and structural questions. That’s why we not only asked different people to share their (condensed) visions of the future, but also sought to render the organizational structure of Germany’s largest film festival transparent for once, and to hold it up against alternative proposals by Rainer Knepperges and Max Linz. They are accompanied by a collage of short written statements by Barbara Albert, Robert Beavers, Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Vaginal Davis, Matthias Dell, Ben Gibson, Ulrich Gregor, Daniel Kasman, Fred Kelemen, Ekkehard Knörer, Gertrud Koch, Salomé Lamas and Tatjana Turanskyj.
The title of the book, “Koschke”, is inspired by the Berlin-based pub “Anna Koschke”, which over the years has turned out as a regular meeting point and a space for engaged discussions following the screenings and debates.
The publication can be purchased at Critics’ Week for 5 euros.
Koschke #1
152 pages, color
A publication of the German Film Critics Association (Verband der deutschen Filmkritik e.V.)
Published by Vivien Buchhorn, Michael Hack, Frédéric Jaeger, Dennis Vetter, Jendrik Walendy
Editor: Giovanni Marchini Camia
With contributions by: Barbara Albert, Robert Beavers, Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Vivien Buchhorn, Didi Cheeka, Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Vaginal Davis, Matthias Dell, Marie-Pierre Duhamel, Forced Entertainment, Ben Gibson, David Graeber, Ulrich Gregor, Michael Hack, Frédéric Jaeger, Youdid Kahveci, Daniel Kasman, Fred Kelemen, Rainer Knepperges, Ekkehard Knörer, Gertrud Koch, Salomé Lamas, Dana Linssen, Max Linz, Edgar Morin, Jean-Luc Nancy, Camilo Restrepo, B. Ruby Rich, James Quandt, Tatjana Turanskyj, Dennis Vetter, Jendrik Walendy, Linda Williams
Berlin Critics' Week is organized by the German Film Critics’ Association and funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe – Multisector Funding, the Stiftung Kulturwerk of VG Bild-Kunst and the Rudolf Augstein Foundation. |