Asynchronous: 
Documentaries and Experimental Films on the Holocaust from the Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art Collection

2015 is dedicated to the remembrance of the victims of National Socialism. For this reason, Arsenal has put together a selection of 46 documentary and experimental films from its collection that not only grapple with the Holocaust but also with such themes as exile and forced labor during the National Socialist era. With the support of the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin, ten films from the project have also been digitized so that they also remain visible for coming generations. These ten films as well as all 36 others are available to cinemas, cultural, and educational institutions for their own programs as well as for school screenings. Part of the project also involved a collaboration with the film studies seminar "Remembering the Holocaust in Cinema" at the Freie Universität Berlin to create an accompanying publication.

To bring the project to a close, we are showing a program of eleven films from 1.10 until 9.11. The screenings will be accompanied by Q&As with international guests and introductions. A panel discussion on October 2 will be exploring the question of what remembrance work might look like in the future and what role audiovisual media can play in the process.