AT THE SECRET SKY Part 1 and 2

Filme by and talk with AVA Irandoost

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  Sing With Me

• Sing With Me

• NEDA – NEDA

(In German with English subtitles, or in English and Polish with English subtitles)

The environment through which filmmaker AVA Irandoost sends her protagonists is inhospitable. In NEDA, the first short film in the series AT THE SECRET SKY, we see the protagonist of the same name wandering through Berlin on a quest. She is searching for her identity in a fractured society. SING WITH ME, the second film in the short series, shows the Polish actress Melania roaming through Los Angeles. She, too, is searching: for a way to stay in the country that rejects her, and for stability in a relationship for which she once left her homeland.

Berlin and Los Angeles are places of longing, whose reputations promise self-determination and the freedom to create one’s own identity. But for whom? The protagonists make their way through an unwelcoming world. With her short film series AT THE SECRET SKY, AVA Irandoost creates compelling portraits of her protagonists and the cities they traverse – portraits of longing and self-assertion.

AVA Irandoost is a musician and filmmaker; her films are marked by a rhythm that is uniquely hers, blending poetry and political clarity. NEDA was invited to numerous film festivals, such as the Sose International Film Festival in 2018, and received the Special Mention Award at the Aegean Film Festival that same year. SING WITH ME was made during AVA’s residency at CalArts in Los Angeles and was shown at the Aegean Film Festival and the 3in1 Film Fest, among others.

Following the film screenings, there will be a discussion with AVA Irandoost, moderated by Viviana M. Medina.

Artists/Collaborators: Leonard Beck (Produktionsleitung), Viviana M. Medina (Moderation), AVA Irandoost (Autor/in)

NEDA:

Script/direction/editing: AVA Irandoost

Cinematography: Mikko Gaestel

Sound: Jakob Brenk, Johannes Borda Aquino

Sound design: Christian Obermaier

Color Grading: Mikko Gaestel

Assistant cinematography: Eszter Galambos

Music: Mohsen Namjoo, Miriam Iannone

Cast: Katharina Bellena, Jan Robert Blumenroth, Güldeniz Demirbolat, Saro Emirze, Miriam Iannone, Ben Roth
Seyneb Saleh, Armin Schlagwein, Johannes Schumacher, Murat Seven, Marta Trigoudis

SING WITH ME:

Script/direction/editing/producer: AVA Irandoost

Cinematography: Jessica Steiner

Sound: Victor Alarcon

Sound design: Jochen Jezussek

Light design: Albert Ochoa

Color Grading: Mikko Gaestel

Make-up: Phillip Bernier

Costume design: Sam Salman

Music: AFSHeeN, Tunnel

PLAYMODUL: Lupita

Cast: Andrew Bliek, Aleksandra Cwen, Grazyna Dylag, Erica Gimpel, Sydney Jay, Francisco J. Rodriguez, Seyneb Saleh, Roger Guenveur Smith, Johnny Steiner, Henita Telo

A production by Kultursprünge im Ballhaus Naunynstraße gemeinnützige GmbH.

Next date: AT THE SECRET SKY - Film und Gespräch mit AVA Irandoost

• Date Tuesday, 19/November/2024 20:00
• Venue Ballhaus Naunynstraße
• Address Naunynstraße 27, 10997 Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Price from €7.70

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