Man Ray made his first 2 minutes and 51 seconds long film Le Retour à la raison the day before its première at the dadaist event Le Cœur à barbe, which took place in Paris on 6 July 1923. To celebrate the hundredth anniversary, Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan, founding members of Sqürl, created an improvised musical accompaniment for this and three other works by the American artist. The restored films, combined into a 70-minute programme entitled Return to Reason, were premièred this year in the Cannes Classics section.
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Samsara Samsara
Lois Patiño
Sunday, 19. 05. 2024 / 11:00 / Main Hall
A sensory cinematic experience capturing the intercorporeal journey of a soul through the afterlife, from Laos to Zanzibar. In a transcendent sequence, the audience is asked to close their eyes and surrender to a soundscape accompanied by bursts of colour still visible through closed eyelids.
Robot Dreams Robot Dreams
Pablo Berger
Sunday, 19. 05. 2024 / 11:30 / Small Hall
Without the use of words, this animated film manages to paint a colourful and warm story about the significance of friendship and loss.
The Boy and the Heron Kimitachi wa do ikiru ka
Hayao Miyazaki
Sunday, 19. 05. 2024 / 14:15 / Main Hall
The great Hayao Miyazaki returns with a deeply personal, autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and the art of creating. The winner of this year’s Oscar for animated feature is a film full of breathtaking beauty, mischievous humour, and gentle melancholy.