Film Screening: Life and Other Problems
DOK.fest München 2024
06.05.2024 at 20:00
Location: Amerikahaus, Karolinenplatz 3, 80333 Munich
Director: Max Kestner
Host: Christof Mauch
Discussion Partners: Max Kestner (movie director) and Sandra Swart (Landhaus fellow from Stellenbosch University)
English/Original Title: BEAST. Production: Bullitt Film. Producer: Vibeke Vogel. Length: 95 min.
In cooperation with Dokfest München, the Rachel Carson Center invites to the screening of Life and Other Problems and the following discussion of the documentary.
“The story of life is the story of relationships.” At Copenhagen Zoo, a young male giraffe, Marius, was shot to maintain the dynamic of the herd. The director Max Kestner uses this case to examine the big questions of life: what separates humans from other forms of life and what unites them? A film about relationships, power and the question of consciousness. by Veronica Loebner (DOK.fest Munich)
More information and tickets here.
Members of the RCC have a chance to get free tickets to the event. Please contact Lena Engel to ask if there are still free tickets available.
39th International Documentary Film Festival Munich
1–12 May in cinemas
6–20 May at home
DOK.fest München gives insights into the world we live in: with 109 films from 51 different countries. This year, the festival opens with Watching You: Die Welt von Palantir und Alex Karp [Watching You: The World of Palantir and Alex Karp]. The DOK.focus series Democrazy then focuses on the current state of democracies in Europe. And the series Filmmaking in Exile presents filmmakers who had to leave their homeland for political reasons. The homage is dedicated to the Dutch directing duo Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster.
From the big film premiere to the international discovery, the program brings together the highlights of current documentary filmmaking, accompanied by film talks and thematic specials. At DOK.forum, the industry meets to discuss the perspective of documentary storytelling. For children, young people and schools, DOK.education offers its own films with media education workshops.
Find the entire program and advance booking from April 2024 on their website. Find out more about Life and Other Problems here.