NATIVe RECOMMENDS

NATIVe – Indigenous Cinema at the EFM
The NATIVe – Indigenous Cinema stand at the European Film
Market promotes and creates business opportunities in the
international market for a roster of cutting-edge Indigenous
films from around the world. Ideal for producers, buyers, sales
agents, distributors and exhibitors and financiers interested in
this exciting cinematic movement.
NATIVe – INDIGENOUS CINEMA IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN:
Canada Council for the Arts, Berlinale NATIVe, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival,
International Sámi Film Institute, Vision Maker Media, Sundance Institute,
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Indigenous Film Initiatives,
Nunavut Film Development Corporation, Greenland Film Makers, Māoriland Film Festival
READ MORE ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE AT WWW.INDIGENOUSCINEMA.COM
COME VISIT AT THE EUROPEAN FILM MARKET (EFM)
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin
Stand name: NATIVe – Indigenous Cinema
Stand number: G6 , First Floor, Gallery
Telephone number: +49 30 400425 - 428, Email: [email protected]
IN COOPERATION WITH ETHNOLOGISCHES MUSEUM / HUMBOLDT FORUM, BERLIN
EXPLORING PERSPECTIVES ON THE REPRESENTATION
OF INDIGENOUS FILM AND CULTURE
A screening of the documentary “The Indians are Coming!“ –
Indigenous Peoples at the Humboldt Forum will be the
impulse for a discussion reflecting upon the methodology
of representation in Indigenous cinema and ethnological
exhibition. With Carola Wedel (ZDF documentary-maker
and journalist), Prof. Dr. Viola König (Director, Ethnologisches
Museum / Humboldt Forum), Dr. Manuela Fischer (Curator,
American Archaeology, Ethnologisches Museum / Humboldt
Forum), Maryanne Redpath (Curator Berlinale NATIVe) and
Amalia Cordova (Wallmapu, Chile. Film Curator, Filmmaker
and Scholar specialized in Indigenous Film).
Moderated by Dorothee Wenner (Berlinale Delegate for Subsahara Africa and South Asia)
THU 18.02. 7.30 pm, ZooPalast 2
Access to the European Film Market in the Martin-Gropuis-Bau with EFM Registration and / or
Festival Accreditation only.
NATIVe RECOMMENDS
BERLINALE COMPETITION
CULINARY CINEMA
HELE SA
HIWAGANG HAPIS
Douglas Wilkinson · Canada
MAHANA
Gina Abatemarco · USA
Lav Diaz · Philippines / Singapur
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS SHORTS
NATIVe-Indigenous Cinema stand Partners present a collection of high-calibre and diverse short
films in two programs.
MON 15.02 11.00 am – 1.00 pm / TUES 16.02. 11.00 am – 1.00 pm
HOW TO BUILD AN IGLOO
KIVALINA
Lee Tamahori · New Zealand
PANORAMA
FORUM
CHAMISSOS SCHATTEN
ANTES O TEMPO
NÃO ACABAVA
REEL KANATA IV – CANADIAN INDIGENOUS SHORTS
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival curates a selection of new Canadian Indigenous
Short films and talent. Presented in partnership with Canada Council for the Arts and Vtape.
MON 15.02. 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Ulrike Ottinger · Germany
Sérgio Andrade, Fábio Baldo · Brazil, Germany
FORUM EXPANDED
BERLINALE SPECIAL SERIES
REEL KANATA IV – KENT MONKMAN: MISS CHIEF IN MOTION
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival curates a selection of groundbreaking, subversive
and comedic retro and new works by Indigenous Art Star, Kent Monkman, starring his performance alter-ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Presented in partnership with Canada Council for
the Arts and Vtape.
TUE 16.02. 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Deborah Stratman · USA
All events take place at the Embassy of Canada, Leipziger Platz 17, S/U “Potsdamer Platz”.
Admission is free. Please allow sufficient time for Embassy security and be prepared to
present a valid photo-ID at the door.
THE ILLINOIS PARABLES
ETHNOLOGISCHES MUSEUM (ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM)
The collections of the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) comprise outstanding
examples of material and immaterial goods that were created outside of Europe and brought
to Berlin in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Divided into geographic regions and arranged
in thematic displays, the presentations of the collections convey fascinating insights into the
diversity of non-European cultures.
As the largest partner involved in the Humboldt Forum, the Ethnologisches Museum will move
its collections to Schlossplatz in the centre of Berlin in the near future with plans to reorganise
and introduce new concepts to the presentation of the museum’s holdings.
GENERATION
AURELIA Y PEDRO
Omar Robles, José Luis Permar · Mexico
AVANT LES RUES
Chloé Leriche · Canada
NEIWA
Abraham Cruz Herrera, Javier Vázquez Cervantes · Mexico
RAUF
BORN TO DANCE
Barış Kaya, Soner Caner · Turkey
LIFE ON THE BORDER
Nagraj Manjule · India
Tammy Davis · New Zealand
Hazem Khodeideh, Basmeh Soleiman,
Sami Hassein, Ronahi Ezadin, Diar Omar,
Delovan Kekha, Mahmod Ahmad,
Zohour Saied · Iraq
SAIRAT
ZUD
Marta Minorowicz · Germany / Poland
CLEVERMAN
Wayne Blair, Leah Purcell · Australia / New Zealand
DATES AND MORE
INFORMATION:
WWW.BERLINALE.DE
NATIVe PROGRAMME 2016
WED 17.02.
7.30 pm | ZooPalast 2
54 Min.
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge
and Climate Change
9.30 pm | ZooPalast 2
125 Min.
El abrazo de la serpiente
THU 18.02.
7.30 pm | ZooPalast 2
Exploring Perspectives on the
Representation of Indigenous
Film and Culture
10.00 pm | CineStar IMAX®
54 Min.
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge
and Climate Change
10.00 pm | CineStar IMAX®
125 Min.
El abrazo de la serpiente
FRI 19.02.
WED 17.02. 9.30 pm
FRI 19.02. 10.00 pm
ZooPalast 2
CineStar IMAX®
WED 17.02. 7.30 pm ZooPalast 2
THU 18.02. 10.00 pm CineStar IMAX®
TEN
ZOO PALAST
ZooPalast 2
S / U “Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten“
STRASSE DES 17.
TUNNEL TIE
RGAR
The Inuit learn to observe their environment from childhood. The Elders vividly recall how they discovered nature
and wildlife while playfully training their five senses for
survival in the Canadian Arctic. Their ancient wisdom is
adapting to the current changes surrounding them, as
they have learned to embrace some modern lifestyle
elements into their culture, without ceasing to co-exist
with nature. Rising temperatures and pollution are
disturbing their ecosystem and society in ways “southern”
academics do not entirely grasp. This is a tale of endurance
told as an intimate conversation. Award-winning Inuit
director Zacharias Kunuk delivers a sharp insight into his
community using a visually tranquil approach to depict
how the vast glacial landscape is defrosting in front of
their eyes.
JUNI
GROSSER TIERGARTEN
José Miguel Álvarez Ibargüengoitia, Vincent Carelli,
Amalia Córdova, Darren Dale, Peter Domsch, Catherine
Fitzgerald, Katharina Fichtner, Cory Generoux, Erica
Glynn, Gabor Greiner, Thomas Hailer, Libby Hakaraia,
Kathrin Hanisch, David Alberto Hernández Palmar,
Owl Johnson, Lars-Christian Koch, Viola König, Ilja
Labischinski, Kelly Langgard, Anke Leweke, Steven Loft,
Matthijs Wouter Knol, Daniel Northway-Frank, Rachel
Perkins, Bettina Petry, Markus Prasse, Ian Reid, Bird
Runningwater, Jason Ryle, Åsa Simma, Tainui Stephens,
Warwick Thornton, Anne Lajla Utsi, Wanda vanderStoop,
Monika Zessnik.
Canada Council for the Arts, Embassy of Canada,
Films Boutique, Ethnologisches Museum / Humboldt Forum,
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival,
International Sámi Film Institute, Maoriland Film Festival,
MFA+ FilmDistribution e.K., Vtape, ZDF.
Thanks also to all the filmmakers, film-agencies, producers,
distribution companies and world sale agencies who
generously support this project.
IMPRINT
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Potsdamer Straße 5, 10785 Berlin
www.berlinale.de
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Karamakate used to be the most powerful Shaman in the
region, but years of voluntary isolation have drained all
memories and emotions from his soul. Evan, an American
botanist finds him while seeking the mysterious sacred
plant Yakruna. Karamakate gradually awakens as they
journey into the impenetrable Amazonian rainforest. Like
the converging river current, his forgotten past interweaves
with the present, revealing the ill fate of his people, the
Cohiuano, and his previous quest for the plant with Theo, a
German scientist. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon in the early 20th century
and their austere black & white anthropological photos, this
dreamlike pursuit of knowledge is illustrated through spectacular cinematography with the highest respect for the
spirit of the jungle and conveys a deeply emotional message.
POTSDAMER PLATZ
CineStar IMAX® im Sony Center
S / U “Potsdamer Platz“
R ASS
RAS
ZACHARIAS KUNUK, IAN MAURO · Canada 2010 · 54 Min. · Documentary · Inuktitut
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CIRO GUERRA · with: Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar Salvador (Tafillama),
Yauenkü Miguee · Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina 2015 · 125 Min. · Cubeo, Ocaina, Huitoto,
Tikuna, Guanano, Spanish, German, Catalan, Portuguese
HOW TO GET THERE
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QAPIRANGAJUQ: INUIT
KNOWLEDGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
SDA
Whether they’re at home in desserts or jungles, on mountains, the tundra or the perennial ice, Indigenous peoples
have a deep connection to nature and the environment.
Climate change has become a human rights issue for
Indigenous peoples worldwide, and it is disappointing
that at the recent climate change conference in Paris,
the final agreement includes recognition of Indigenous
ecological knowledge but no protection for such peoples
and their traditional land.
Many magic things happened at Berlinale NATIVe in 2015.
When the two directors Concepción Suarez Aguilar
and Raúl Tosso met she told him she decided to become
a filmmaker when she watched his film Gerónima in lousy
quality on-line. The film had inspired her to participate in
the Ambulante Mas Allá documentary production project
and to make her short film Kovaltanej. What was even more
incredible: the two films screened in one programme that
night in Berlin presented by both of them together. Could
it be any greater?
EL ABRAZO DE LA SERPIENTE
LEE
NATIVe proceeds to create space for the debate around
issues of ownership, intention and reception of cinematic
story-telling and to challenge dangerous and harmful
stereotypes of representation and transmission of
knowledge. Shared curation and collaboration with
knowledgeable NATIVe advisors have always been intrinsic
to the evolving methodology.
Some may remember Marlon Brando boycotting the 45th
Academy Awards Ceremony and sending Sacheen Littlefeather (Apache) in his place. In her speech she explained
that Brando refused the award as best actor for The Godfather
because of the treatment of American Indians by the
film industry and to raise awareness for the massacre at
Wounded Knee – one of the saddest chapters in North
American Indigenous history. Four decades later history
has once again been made in Germany. In 2013 the Berlinale
launched the special series, NATIVe – A Journey into
Indigenous Cinema: a space for Indigenous film-makers to
raise our voices, show our daily life, the everlasting struggles
and our ancient history.
HOFJÄGERAL
Berlinale NATIVe continues its bi-annual voyage of discovery
and perception. Bridging the gap in this edition, NATIVe
will be paying respect to the Latin American regional
spotlight of 2015, at the same time turning its gaze towards
Indigenous cinema from the far north. The circumpolar
region Arctic will be the major focus in 2017.
POT
MARYANNE REDPATH
NATIVe Curator
DAVID ALBERTO HERNÁNDEZ PALMAR
Photographer, Videomaker, Researcher,
independent Curator and NATIVe Advisor
MANY THANKS TO:
Festival Director Dieter Kosslick Curator Maryanne Redpath Project Coordination Anna Kalbhenn
Assistance Katharina Böndel Funding Acquisition Wolfgang Janßen Selection Committee
Marjorie Bendeck Regalado, Anna Kalbhenn, Maryanne Redpath Author Marjorie Bendeck Regalado
Editors Anna Kalbhenn, Maryanne Redpath Design KRAUT & KONFETTI GbR Print Coordination
Julia Rohrbeck Printed by Druckerei Conrad GmbH
Contact [email protected]
Infos www.berlinale.de