Finally new dates for the beloved short film festival kurzsuechtig are set. From 19. - 23. August 2020 the festival will screen the best shorts from our region in Leipzigs Felsenkeller and at Luru-Sommerkino.
Including some of our lab/p - poetry in motion - Egypt-German-Ko-productions:
We are happy to announce that THE RIGHT TO FALL APART by Rika Tarigan & Yara Mamdouh Ahmed will be screened, 16th November / 6 p.m. at Teatro de la Ciudad, at Cut Out Festival, Querétaro, Mexico - the largest animation and digital art celebration in México.
"The Right to Fall Apart" by Rika Tarigan and Yara Mamdouh Ahmed wins the Poetry Film Award Weimar in the category Animation! A big Shukran to the jury for giving us this prestigious award! more
We are happy to announce that two films of lab/p - poetry in motion 3 are nominated for the 4th Weimar Poetry Film Award. The award ceremony will take place at the Kino Lichthaus in Weimar, Saturday, 1st of June 2019.
And the nominees are:
Sea of Dunes / Dünenmeer Animation: Nissmah Roshdy more
We are celebrating the world premiere of lab/p - poetry in motion 3, an exciting collaboration of authors and film makers from Egypt and Germany. In an intensive intercultural discourse on eye level the 6 teams created 6 short poetry films. Each film invites you - with its own artistic signature - to explor... more
The current phase of lab/p3 involves hands-on coaching by the artistic directors in Egypt and Germany. The beginning made the visual artist Islam Kamal by intensely discussing in Leipzig at Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig with the lab/p3 artists the new developments. And of course - celebrating a happy reunion - fo... more
After setting up a cinema in the desert (Oasis Siwa) for screening our first collaborative micro films we switched from sand to sea. Exploring magic Alexandria and filling the days with inspiration and team building. A wonderful evening with readings and screenings followed at the Goethe Institut Alexandria. more
Congrats!!! We are delighted to welcome 6 authors and 6 filmmakers from Egypt and Germany to lab/p - poetry in motion 3. Amidst a high-level competition and a multi-layer selection process - You've made it! Can't wait to get started.....Artists Egypt: from left to right: Ahmed Hamed, Yara Aly, Yara Ahmed, Mennah El... more
Delighted to introduce to you the film making and poetry experts who decided in Alexandria and Leipzig on the participants. Shukran, thank you & vielen Dank for your marvellous support! For Egypt from left to right, top: Sahar Hamouda, Noor Abed, Alaa Khaled, Andrew Mohsen, and bottom: Thekla Worch-Ambara... more
lab/p - poetry in motion is a programme which supports up - and - coming authors and filmmakers for the collaborative development of poetry films. It provides an early international co-producing experience as well as the option to enhance the professional network by an... more
OSTPOL proudly presents the 2nd edition of lab/p -poetry in motion: New animation and experimental films - developed by teams of film makers and writers from the region in an interdisziplinary working process. The films provide a thrilling insights on contemporary poetry and film aesthetic and offer the chan... more