Filmfestival „surreal24"

"surreal24" presents a selection of surrealist classics, experimental and documentary films as well as well-known feature films and lesser-known insider tips in the museum cinema of the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection.

The festival starts on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, with rarities that have not been seen on the screen for decades: “La coquille et le clergyman” (The Shell and the Cleric, 1928, OmU) by Germaine Dulac and “ “Les Mystères du Château du Dé” (The Secrets of the Château of the Gods, 1929, OmU) by Man Ray. On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, the colored and restored version of George Meliès' “Journey to the Moon” (1902) (the world's first science fiction film), Orson Welles' really first film “The Heart of Age" and Maya Deren's surreal experiments "At Land" and "Rituals of Transfigured Time" (both 1944-46, subtitled).

A highlight on April 10, 2024 will be the films by the American surrealist Joseph Cornell: “Unreal Newsreel,”, “Children's Jury,” “Thimble Theater” and “Rose Hobart” (1926-38).

In the summer, the museum cinema will show feature film highlights from May 15 to July 17, 2024: “The Poet's Blood” (1930) by Jean Cocteau, “Fantasia” (1940), the surrealism classic from the Walt Disney production “Julia and the Ghosts” (1965) by Federico Fellini, the cult film “Alphaville. Lemmy Caution vs. Alpha 60" (1965) by Jean-Luc Godard, "Monty Python: the wonderful world of gravity" (1971) by Ian MacNaughton and on June 5, 2024 two surreal documentaries by Alan Resnais/Chris Marker and Jean Rouch from the 1950s.

Finally, there will be four films in the autumn cinema season from September 18, 2024. Terri Gilliam's "Brazil" (1971), "The Foam of Days" (2013) by Michel Gondry based on the bestseller by Boris Vian and "The Liquid Mirror" (2019) by Stépahne Batut on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 "Symbol" ( 2009) by Hitoshi Matsumoto.

The film festival is curated by Wolfgang Davis.

All films with introduction. Admission to the film festival is free.