[DL8], the 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge, the festival for contemporary media and film, 2012, is hitting Berlin in a new vein and venue, this year making the up-and-comer insider tip Naherholung Sternchen its stomping ground. The reason for the move will be clear to all once they hit the doors, literally a stone’s throw from the iconic Kino International near Alexanderplatz Berlin: the location, a one-time thespians’ hangout already steeped in its own history, has clearly been waiting for this moment.
Photo: © Julia Murakami
And it’s here: 1001 nights at the cinema, all in eleven days. A romping, cinedalic party, the place to see films, rub shoulders with filmmakers and spectators, meet a global set around the bar… and see more films. What’s up and coming, with live-events, performances and music thrown in for good measure. This year topped off with a celebration with almost all the Berlin Film Festivals: YOU SAY FESTIVAL, WE SAY PARTY!, The Official Festiwelt Party Wed., Feb. 15 – the night to party with all the movers and shakers of the Berlin (and beyond) film universe. Enough festivals to kill a rhino!
With special presentations by Simon Ellis, Nick Zedd, Yony Leyser, Andreas Müller-Pohle, Miron Zownir, Birol Ünel, Urban Research, Telemach Wiesinger and many others…
The 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge, the festival for contemporary media and film.
Naherholung Sternchen, (behind the Kino International/Rathaus Mitte)
U Schillingstrasse | Berolinastr. 7, 10178 Berlin
Daily from 6pm | no admission till 10pm
Opening Reception Thurs., Feb. 9, 8pm
The Official Festiwelt Party “YOU SAY FESTIVAL, WE SAY PARTY” Wed., Feb. 15
further information:
www.directorslounge.net
program:
www.berlinlounge.tumblr.com
Directors Lounge organizes screenings of short, experimental works of many different genres. We invite artists, curators, critics to specific discussions and lectures. Special screenings feature highlights of experimental cinema, explore new trends in video-art and emphasize the role of independent filmmaking in culturspecific enviroments.
