Under the title of "Female Perspectives" the special focus series in this year's festival program will be dedicated to the female perspective in more than just cinema. In addition to a broad spectrum of films, other events such as a special evening on May 16 at the theater in Zittau entitled "An Evening for Thomas Brasch" in which Marion Brasch will present a collage of her brother's works. Thomas Brasch left the GDR in 1978 and was never truly received by the BRD either. In his poetry, theater pieces and films he confronted societal contradictions in a very acute, powerful and original way and with an urgency which is more timely than ever. The program will be accompanied by the Berlin musician Masha Qrella, who has developed an hommage to Thomas Brasch, creating songs based on his poems and in her typical style of indie pop sound between new wave, electronic and post-rock. Tickets are available in pre-sale here...
A further highlight of this focus series is the concert with Ukrainian rapper alyona alyona on May 18 in the Kühlhaus Görlitz. The young preschool teacher from a small city near Kiev became an overnight hip-hop sensation in 2018 with her debut video "Ribki". With insane flow and groove she raps in her native tongue without any frills and without pomp or any sugarcoating, describing in her songs the situation of the young generation in her homeland. In the Kulturcafé Alte Bäckerei in Grosshennersdorf the exhibition "(Female) Rebels - Women Change the World" can be viewed during the festival as well. It portrays women of various epochs, from the German-speaking regions, who - whether well-known or less well-known - have changed our society through their lives and deeds. Tickets are available in pre-sale here...
The Alte Bäckerei cultural café in Großhennersdorf is hosting the exhibition "Rebels - Women change the world" for the festival. It presents women from different eras from German-speaking countries who, whether famous or less well-known, have changed our society through their lives and deeds.
The complete programme of the focus series will be published here mid-April...