Berlin Critics’ Week will be held between 9 and 17 February and the organizers have announced the themes for its opening conference and visual campaign.
A selection of international films based on the principle of discussing the most stimulating works is showcased at the festival where International critics and filmmakers discuss politics and aesthetics, among other things.
Two panels and two lectures at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin will be organized during the opening conference of Berlin Critics’ Week, which will explore the paradoxical site of tension where the various dreams of progress relate to a society that has hit pause and stepped back to reflect. A keynote by philosopher Bojana Kunst and a lecture by author and critic Georg Seeßlen will frame the talks.
“We want to discuss how the notion of a progressive cinema and a progressive film culture currently stand, and how they each relate to the ways that ideas of ‘standstill’ are manifest in art and politics today,” a statement on the website read.
The participants include Nadav Lapid, director of Synonymes; Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films; and curator Cíntia Gil, among others.
Berlin Critics’ Week is being organized in cooperation with the section Film and Media Art of the Akademie der Künste.