CineFest 2005

FilmEurope - Babylon

Multilingual Versions (MLV) of the 1930s in Europe

The introduction of sound divided Film-Europe along its diverse language barriers. One of the solutions filmproducers of the time came up with was to shoot multilingual versions from the same script, casting different stars for each national market.

CineFest 2005 will cover topics like the »back to back« productions of multilingual versions from Babelsberg, Joinville or Elstree as well as efforts from Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Spain, Czechoslovakia, and the Netherlands.


April, April! (DE 1935, Director: Detlef Sierck)
Source: Filmmuseum Berlin - Deutsche Kinemathek

In 8 1/2 days more than 25 screenings will be complemented by lectures, discussions and workshops. The traditional Film History Conference of CineGraph is an integral part of the festival in Hamburg. Afterwards parts of the programme will be screened in Berlin, Vienna, Zurich and Lausanne.


Dates:
Hamburg: 12 - 20 November 2005
Berlin: 17 November - 11 December 2005 (Zeughauskino)
Vienna: 1 - 9 March 2006 (Filmarchiv Austria)
Zurich & Lausanne: February/March 2006 (Filmpodium Zurich, Cinémathèque Suisse)

in Cooperation with
Università degli studi di Udine,
German Historical Museum / Zeughauskino Berlin,
Filmarchiv Austria Wien,
Cinémathèque Suisse Lausanne / Filmpodium Zürich
and Kommunales Kino Metropolis Hamburg

With friendly support from
Arte Straßburg
British Film Institute, London
CNC - Centre national de la cinématographie, Bois de Arcy
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
DEFA Stiftung, Berlin
Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF, Frankfurt
Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH, Hamburg
FilmFörderung Hamburg GmbH
Filmmuseum Berlin – Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin
Filmmueum Munich
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung Wiesbaden
Transit Film GmbH, Munich
Goethe-Institut, München / Moskau
University of Hamburg – Institut für Neuere deutsche Literatur und Medienkultur
Hansische Universitätsstiftung Hamburg
and Stiftung Weltweite Wissenschaft Hamburg


CineGraph – Hamburgisches Centrum für Filmforschung e.V. is funded by the Hamburg department of culture (Kulturbehörde der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg)