Asta Nielsen cinema library
The Kinothek Asta Nielsen is an association that has set itself the task of documenting women's film work and bringing it back to the cinemas. Based in Frankfurt am Main, it often cooperates with local cinemas and cultural institutions in order to organize film and lecture series, but it also operates beyond the borders of the Rhine-Main area .
The cinema is named after the Danish actress Asta Nielsen , the first European silent film star, who often caused a sensation with her androgynous , gender- breaking representation of female roles.
The first edition of the Remake film festival took place in November 2018 . Frankfurt Women's Film Festival.
Foundation and concept
The Kinothek Asta Nielsen was founded in 1990 on the initiative of filmmakers, curators, critics, students, historians and film scholars and follows on from the feminist film work of the 1970s and 80s. The co-founders include Karola Gramann , Prof. Dr. Heide Schlüpmann , Stefanie Schulte Strathaus , Prof. Dr. Martin Loiperdinger , Eva Heldmann , Prof. Dr. Heike Klippel , Doris Kern and Maria Wishmeth. This year Kinotek Asta Nielsen is celebrating 20 years.
In addition to archiving gray literature, photographs, posters, festival programs and stills, the main focus is on making the films accessible again in the cinema. In particular, the formats Super 8 and 16mm will be shown in their original form in order to make experimental and underground films as well as home movies accessible in addition to early films and to place them in a new context. The work of the Kinothek thus builds a bridge between film culture and current feminist and queer discourses. The retrospectives on female film pioneers such as Asta Nielsen , Germaine Dulac and Alice Guy , which the Kinothek Asta Nielsen organized and hosted, received national attention and were adopted by other European cinemas and festivals.
Artistic Director
Karola Gramann has been the artistic director of the Asta Nielsen cinema since 2006 . She is a film curator and directed the Oberhausen Short Film Festival from 1985 to 1989 . For a long time she was a lecturer at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and continues to work as a freelance film curator. In 2015 she was awarded the Tony Sender Prize . Heide Schlüpman, professor emeritus for film studies at the Goethe University , is also a co-founder of the Kinothek and has been significantly involved in the conceptual and curatorial work of the Kinothek since the beginning. Together they published two anthologies on Asta Nielsen in 2010: “Impossible love. Asta Nielsen, her cinema ”and“ Nachtfalter. Asta Nielsen, her films ”
Gaby Babic has been co-director (with Karola Gramann ) of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV since 2018 and in this role also one of the people responsible for remakes. Frankfurter Frauen Film Tage (www.remake-festival.de), which took place for the first time in November 2018. She is a film curator, born in 1976 in Frankfurt am Main, and until October 2017 headed goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Films in Wiesbaden for seven festival editions . a. the Oppose Othering! and Young Filmmakers for Peace .
Projects
2018
- A trip around the world, FRAUENRÄUME - FRAUENTRÄUME, film series for migrant women *, refugee and German women *
- Hannah Arendt in conversation with Günter Gaus , FRG 1964
- Call of the wild , Don't be afraid of flying, short film program for girls and young women
- Between Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch , the films by Miriam Gossing and Lina Sieckmann, cooperation with Mal Sehn'n Kino
- Femmes Totales - films made by women , remake within festivals . Frankfurt Women's Film Day
- Speak Up, Ouvrir la voix , France 2017, directed and written by Amandine Gay
- Remake. Frankfurt Women Film Days , 100 years of women's suffrage - 50 years of feminist film work, The Women's Event '72 of the Edinburgh International Film Festival , Recha Jungmann show
2017
- Departure. Women directors of the 60s ; January, the editors of the booklet, Borjana Gaković and Sabine Schöbel , are guests in collaboration with Mal Seh'n Kino and Stroemfeld Verlag
- Femmes Totales film tour ; From January to March, Die Femmes totales Filmtour is a project of the film distribution company founded by Monika Kijas in Munich in 2013 , Monika Kijas is also responsible for the film selection
- Film as an idea; 23.03.2017, Birgit Hein's texts on film / art, Birgit Hein in conversation with Karola Gramann and Heide Schlüpmann , in collaboration with the cinema in the German Film Museum
- Butterfly in winter; From 16 to 17 September, the filmmaker Maria Lang (1945–2014). A retrospective Guests: Ute Aurand , Renate Sami , Recha Jungmann and Karin Kröll, in the cinema at the German Film Museum
2016
- Everyday life, dreams, films by Elfi Mikesch; From March to June, an event of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with the Chair for Film Studies at the Goethe University as well as the cinema of the German Film Museum and the Mal Seh'n Kino
- No future without a past: cinema seen across the board ; From November to December, cooperation with the university union unter_bau, as well as the LIBS eV and the Mal Seh'n Kino
2015
- a queer feeling when I look at you ; The series A Queer Feeling When I Look At You, curated by Karola Gramann and Susanne Michal Schwartze , ran from March to July .
- Frankfurt Chronicles - amateur treasures from Frankfurt family archives ; September 20, 2015, Historical Museum Frankfurt; An event of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with the historical museum frankfurt , the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and the filmmaker Günter Zehetner. Lecture by Christian Setzepfandt, city guide
- Men show movies & women show their breasts ; The film and discussion event Men show films & women show their breasts took place from 23.9. – 1.10.2015. A series of events as part of the annual focus 2015 Respect. Stop sexism of the women's department of the city of Frankfurt am Main; Partners in the series were Filmkollektiv Frankfurt, Frauenreferat der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Journal Frankfurt , Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International , Mal Seh'n Kino, Pupille - cinema in the university , Spectrale - feminist & queer film festival Frankfurt
- I cyborg. Lynn Hershman-Leeson ; From October 8th to October 10th, 2015 the work show I cyborg took place as part of the B3 Biennale of Moving Images. Lynn Hershman Leeson. Films and artist's talk take place. Partners and sponsors were B3 Biennale of the Moving Image, cinema of the German Film Museum , MMK Museum for Modern Art , US Consulate General Frankfurt am Main
2014
- Asta Nielsen Week 2014; 8-15 September 2014, Vitte, Insel Hiddensee; Concept and implementation of the Asta-Nielsen-Week 2014 Karola Gramann, Andrea Haller, Heide Schlüpmann
- Every day again - let them swing! On the topicality of Margaret Raspé's films ; September 2014; A program by Madeleine Bernstorff, Karola Gramann and Heide Schlüpmann, in collaboration with Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art eV, Berlin, Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum for Film and Television, Berlin, Weltkulturen Museum , Frankfurt am Main, Fritz Mettal Film and Cinema technology
2013
- Silent film matinee and book presentation ; March 17, 2013, cinema of the Deutsches Filmmuseum ; In cooperation with the German Film Institute Frankfurt am Main and the University of Trier
- Experimental film meets early cinema ; March 24, 2013, Mal Seh'n Kino; In cooperation with Lichter Filmfest
- Alice Guy at the Dortmund International Women's Film Festival ; April 14, 2013, Kino im U, Dortmund
- A queer feeling when I look at you ; Film series September 2013 - January 2014, Mal Seh'n Kino, Evangelical Academy Frankfurt
- international home movie day ; November 9, 2013, Weltkulturen Museum ; In cooperation with Gunter Deller, Mal Seh'n Kino, Fritz Mettal Film and Sound Engineering and with Weltkulturen Museum
- free Angela and all political prisoners ; Film evening and discussion in the presence of Angela Davis ; A presentation by the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV, the Cornelia Goethe Center for Women's Studies and Research into Gender Relations at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation Hessen and the Harald Vogel Filmtheaterbetriebe Frankfurt am Main
2012
- History and stories. Amateur film in conversation ; January 28, 2012, Kinothek Asta Nielsen; Natalie Lettenewitsch, curator, Berlin, shows films and photographs from her grandparents' holdings from the 1940s-1960s, starting with color material from 1940
- you should not love; Quer Cinema und Religionen , series of events; January 19, January 26, February 2, 2012, Evangelische Stadtakademie Römer9, Frankfurt
- Asta Nielsen Week 2012 ; 10-16 September 2012; Concept and realization of the Nielsen Week 2012: Karola Gramann, Natalie Lettenewitsch and Heide Schlüpman, Kinothek Asta Nielsen
- extra trouble - Jack Smith in Frankfurt ; November 2012 to January 2013; A project of the Initiative Kultur und Homosexualität eV in cooperation with the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV and the chair for film studies at the Goethe University
- First among equals, Alice Guy's film work 1896–1920; 28-30 September 2012, A project of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with the German Film Museum - DIF eV
- International Home Movie Day 2012 ; December 1, 2012, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt ; An event of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
2011
- Amateur film workshop in Vienna , 9. – 11. June 2011, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
- Kick it! International Women's Football Film Festival; 11-15 May 2011
- International Home Movie Day Frankfurt am Main; October 29, 2011, Mal Seh'n Kino
- The bath of the elephants ; November 13, 2011, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm ; A program from the Home Movies collection, Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia, Bologna; Presented by Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with reel to real. The guests are the two curators from Home Movies, Karianne Fiorini and Paolo Simoni from Bologna
- On the move ; November 30, 2011, Kinothek Asta Nielsen; Super 8 films by Marie-Hélène Gutberlet
2010
- Handbag size film ; A workshop of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV on amateur film makers, 26. – 28. March 2010, Frankfurt am Main; A project of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with the Institute for Theater, Film and Media Studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Asta-Nielsen Week 2010 ; 6-11 September 2010; Concept and realization of the Asta Nielsen Week 2010 Karola Gramann, Natalie Lettenewitsch and Heide Schlüpmann, Kinothek Asta Nielsen
- Reflections from damaged life ; 2 film evenings in collaboration with Mal Seh'n Kino, November 17, 2010, 8 p.m., films by Christine Noll Brinckmann
- Handbag-sized film part 2 ; 2nd part of the workshop on amateurs of cine film, 3rd and 4th December 2010
- Super 8 girl games ; Films by Ursula Pürrer and Angela Hans Scheirl, 1984–85, December 12, 2010, 9 pm, an event in collaboration with reel to real Mousonturm
2009
- Great Freedom Super 8; Films by Dara Friedman · Fiona Léus · Helga Fanderl · Milena Gierke · Onno Faller · Tamara Grcic · Anja Czioska and others ; May 2009; An event of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with the Städelschule and the Institute for Theater, Film and Media Studies at the Goethe University
- Asta-Nielsen Week ; 7-12 September 2009; Concept and implementation of the Asta Nielsen Week 2009 Karola Gramann, Sabine Hartung, Natalie Lettenewitsch and Heide Schlüpmann
2008
- Adjective woman ; Film '68 and the New Women's Movement; Film festival and symposium; May to June 2008 at the Mal Seh'n Kino and the Historical Museum
2007
- Language of love. Asta Nielsen, her films, her cinema 1910–1933 ; Film retrospective | International Symposium | Book; A project of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with the German Film Institute - DIF / German Film Museum , Frankfurt am Main, the Institute for Theater, Film and Media Studies at the JW Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, the Austria Filmarchiv, Vienna and with a generous Support for European film archives
- Don't be afraid of flying ; Curator Sarah Dellmann; A cinema series from Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in collaboration with Mal Seh'n Kino. Funded by the women's department of the city of Frankfurt
2005
- Weatherproof ° ; International Weather Film Festival; A joint event by Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV, the cinema of the German Film Museum and the German Weather Service (DWD)
2004-2005
- Darkroom - love affairs in the cinema ; April 2004 - June 2005; Film series; A collaboration between the Kinothek Asta Nielsen, the film professorship and the Institute for Sexology at the JW Goethe University, partners are the cinema at the German Film Museum and the Mal Seh'n Kino.
2003
- And if you see a rose ; RosenFilmFestival, May 31 - June 22, 2003; A collaboration between Kinothek Asta Nielsen, RoseCraft / Sabine Hartung and Palmengarten Frankfurt ; A project by Sabine Hartung (rose painter) and Karola Gramann (film curator)
2002
- Invitation to a trip - L'invitation au Voyage ; Germaine Dulac Film Retrospective and International Film Symposium; October 31 - November 3, 2002; An event of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen eV in cooperation with the cinema in the Deutsches Filmmuseum , schauspielfrankfurt and ZDF / ARTE
Prizes and awards
- 2015: Tony Sender Prize
- 2017: Binding Culture Prize .
Publications
- Kinothek Asta Nielsen, Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin (Ed.): Kinemathekheft No. 93, Germaine Dulac. L'Invitation au voyage . 2002
- Karola Gramann, Heide Schlüpmann, Eric de Kuyper, Sabine Nessel, Michael Wedel (eds.): Impossible love. Asta Nielsen, her cinema . Volume 1. 2010
- Karola Gramann, Heide Schlüpmann (Ed.): Moths. Asta Nielsen, her films . Volume 2. 2010
- Heide Schlüpmann, Andrea Haller (Ed.): Getting a word. A publication on the occasion of Remake. Frankfurt Women Film Days 2018. Frankfurt am MAin 2018.
Web links
- Cinema library website
- Archive of the Asta Nielsen cinema library
- Remake film festival website. Frankfurt Women's Film Days
Individual evidence
- ↑ Victoria Duckett: Interview with Karola Gramann, Kinothek Asta Nielsen, Frankfurt, January 9, 2015 . In: Feminist Media Histories . tape 2 , no. 1 , January 1, 2016, ISSN 2373-7492 , p. 120–134 , doi : 10.1525 / fmh.2016.2.1.120 ( ucpress.edu [accessed on July 4, 2016]).
- ↑ About the festival - Remake Festival. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Portrait: Kinothek Asta Nielsen. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b FOUNDATION OF KINOTHEK ASTA NIELSEN EV (PDF) In: www.kinothek-asta-nielsen.de. Retrieved July 4, 2016 .
- ↑ ABOUT US. In: www.kinothek-asta-nielsen.de. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Arsenal: Language of Love. Asta Nielsen, her films, her cinema 1910 - 1933. In: www.arsenal-berlin.de. Retrieved June 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Heide Schlüpmann. In: www.nachdemfilm.de. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
- ^ Friends of the Deutsche Kinemathek eV (ed.) [Red .: Sabine Nessel]: L'invitation au voyage, Germaine Dulac. International symposium "L'invitation au voyage - Germaine Dulac", (Frankfurt am Main): 2002.10.31-11.03. Friends of the German Kinemathek, Berlin 2002, Kinemathek series, issue 93, ISBN 3-927876-17-8 .
- ↑ Nachtfalter: Asta Nielsen, her films / Karola Gramann / Heide Schlüpmann (eds.) , On deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de