FU Berlin / Film Studies Department: 
Under Construction: 
Architectures, Institutions, Relocations

Arsenal and the Department for Film Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin have collaborated for many years, not least in the area of film historical education: generations of fledgling students have attended the Magical History Tour at the Arsenal cinema over the course of their film history courses. As part of Arsenal on Location, Arsenal is now turning the tables and will be guesting at the FU’s lecture hall in May and June. The film program “Under Construction” doesn’t just reference Arsenal’s move and reconstruction, but also Siegfried Kracauer’s idea of history as an interstitial space yet to be recognized, extending the same idea to encompass architectures, institutions and relocations in cinema. The films in the program link together micro- and macro-narratives: the move into a new building is around the corner, an internationally renowned institution reinvents itself, the ruins of a film studio serve as the starting point for a search for lost film history, a planned city in the desert seems to stay a construction site forever and the Berlin of the post-war/East German/post-reunification era is constantly being (re-)constructed. (Angela Jouini, Sabine Nessel)

The introductions last around 25 minutes. Moderation: Angela Jouini (FU Berlin). Entry is free. Please register in advance at theater@zedat.fu-berlin.de

At Hörsaal des Instituts für Theaterwissenschaft, Grunewaldstr. 35, 12165 Berlin

In June, the program continues with IN THE RUINS OF BAALBECK STUDIOS(Siska, Lebanon/Germany 2017, 3.6.), VICTORIA (Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Isabelle Tollenaere, Belgium 2020, 10.6.), SCENES FROM TRIAL AND ERROR(Tekla Aslanish­vili, Germany/Georgia 2020, 10.6.) and UNSER KURZES LEBEN Lothar Warneke, West Germany 1981, 17.6.).