Young European Cinephiles

THE “YECs” BRING EUROPEAN FILM CULTURE TO FRANKFURT. The six young peop­le from Georgia, Italy and Germany pre­sent their own selec­tion of films to the LUCAS audi­ence and look for­ward to an open exchan­ge in the cine­ma. The the­me of the Cinephiles this year: “Power”!

Society and poli­tics have always nego­tia­ted ques­ti­ons of power. As a reflec­tion of the zeit­geist, film has been reve­aling power struc­tures sin­ce its begin­ning: bet­ween indi­vi­du­als in inten­se psy­cho­dra­mas, in docu­men­ta­ries about poli­ti­cal intri­gue, or in pro­pa­gan­da films that seek to gui­de our thin­king. By its reach and popu­la­ri­ty alo­ne, film has enor­mous power to influ­ence peop­le. “Cinema is an extre­me­ly power­ful way to tell power­ful messages to peop­le”, sum­ma­ri­zes Bianca from Bologna.

Since spring, the Young European Cinephiles have been stu­dy­ing the many forms and effects of power in inten­si­ve online work­shops. Their goal is to cura­te their own film seri­es. On the occa­si­on of the coope­ra­ti­on with the fes­ti­val “Politik im Freien Theater” (Politics in Free Theater), three films will be shown at LUCAS that ques­ti­on aut­ho­ri­ty, unco­ver domi­nant struc­tures and the explo­ra­ti­on of (their own) bounda­ries. The young cine­phi­les pre­sent their film selec­tion for dis­cus­sion after each screening.

Caspar from Frankfurt, for examp­le, is inte­res­ted in how peop­le rela­te to power: “Do they want to sei­ze it, do they want to share it, do they want to hide it, do they want to hide from it?” Marianna from Tbilisi adds, “It is a fasci­na­ting chal­len­ge for view­ers to detect and iden­ti­fy ways the the­me of power can be implied in dif­fe­rent films.” We agree and accept the chal­len­ge, tog­e­ther with you.

Berenike Vogt (21, Deutschland)
Bianca Giannini (16, Italien)
Caspar Hahnemann (21, Deutschland)
Mariam Labauri (17, Georgien)
Emma Cinti (17, Italien)
Marianna Gavasheli (17, Georgien)

For the Young European Cinephiles film selec­tion and tickets click here:

NEGATIVE NUMBERS

GE/FR/IT 2019. D: Uta Beria.

MOMMY

CA 2014. D: Xavier Dolan.

LORD OF THE FLIES

GB 1963. D: Peter Brook.

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