{"id":153206,"date":"2025-10-06T15:53:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event&p=153206"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T07:02:02","slug":"rivers-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/film-video-en\/rivers-film-festival-153206\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Rivers Film Festival<\/em> at Humboldt Labor is all about rivers. Three short films will be shown, each looking at the topic from a different angle. The focus is always on the relationship between humans and these waterways, which are sometimes free-flowing and sometimes heavily regulated.<\/p>\n

In film discussions, filmmakers explain their motivations for exploring this fluid element. The film festival is part of the Fluid Interdisciplinarities Festival.<\/p>\n

Meanders or the Invented River<\/h5>\n

In the middle of summer, a group of friends decide to descend a river in a raft. The obstacles, both physical and living, that they encounter bear witness to the transformations and alterations of waterways by men. Both road-trip and scientific talk, the film weaves links between the immersed and submerged worlds whose multiple prisms engage a restorative encounter between humans and non-humans.<\/p>\n

A film by: Marie Lusson (France), \u00c9milien De Bortoli (France)<\/em><\/p>\n

France | 2023 | 73 min | vostf<\/em><\/p>\n

S\u00e9lection officielle 2024: Cap sur l’environnement<\/a>
\n2024 \/ Prix Ga\u00efa<\/p>\n

Aquatopia on Tour \u2013 A performative journey into the world of water<\/h5>\n

Aquatopia on Tour<\/em> is an interactive art project that creates creative meeting places with mystical water creatures in public spaces. Fascinating water creatures came into contact with people in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Neustrelitz on World Water Day 2025 to raise awareness of the topic of water and emphasise the importance of this element as a source of life. With water sounds and performative play, they demonstrated the many facets of water \u2013 from gentle drops to stormy oceans. The message: water is not only a vital element, but also a symbol of change, power and connection. Together, we are setting an example for the conscious and sustainable use of water and for the protection of our precious elixir of life. Water is a being from which we can learn a great deal, including how to live in harmony with our planet. Reflection cards made from recycled material were distributed to encourage physical and inner reflection on changing water awareness.<\/p>\n

Bellerophontes Dream \u2013 Short film of a river journey<\/h5>\n

The film documents the two-day river trip undertaken by a ferryman, a filmmaker, an actor and a scientist in early October from the Spreewald to Berlin. The goal of the trip was to bring the research, the art works\u00a0 and a tank of water directly from the natural harbor Raddusch to the urban river side venue Holzmarkt 25, Berlin. And all this with the help of the actor which connects both places \u2013 the Spree.<\/p>\n

In text and image, the film reflects on the possibility of leaving one’s human point of view and taking non-human perspectives, a movement we know from myth. What happens when we question the centrality of the human and give space to the multiplicity of non-human actors? We enter the realm of metamorphosis\u2026<\/p>\n

More information<\/a><\/p>\n

A film by Oliver Rossoll (image) and Maximilian Gr\u00fcnewald (text). Featuring Steven Lehmann (barge ride), with support by Pauline M\u00fcnch (organization), Diane Barb\u00e9 and Jonas Dahm (audio).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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