Graining Pixels

In this course I introduced the students to specific fields
of expanded cinema to further create an amalgamate of
classical and contemporary techniques. Experimenting
with 16mm film material right down to the chemistry of
film developing, legendary film alchemist Jürgen Reble
got invited for a light and darkroom workshop. Finally
Students were asked to produce individual poetry
related clips, mostly using high resolution video scans
right off the16mm editing table as a basis.
-Joachim Hofmann
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Memoirs
Olta Kacaj
2’16’’ - English poem by Khaled Mattawa
This film reminisces on the glorifying times of the
Harbour of Bremen, Germany. The poem ties together
perfectly the two extremes; how full of life and action
the harbour used to be and how lonely and quiet it is
nowadays.
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When You Are Old
Thomas Frank
2’46’’ - English poem by William Butler Yeats
In the poetry film “When You Are Old”, sequences
from various 16mm film reels were brought together
and rearranged. Thereby 2 characters were brought
in relation to each other, whereby a deep seeming
connection of the two develops. The short story is
accompanied by William Butler Yeats’ poem “When
You Are Old” and composed music by the filmmaker

The Beret
Yvonne Jenniges
1’48’’ - English original poem
The manually manipulated 16mm-film
deals with a man at the bottom of his life.
The depressed mood finds a turning point
towards the end, when the man slowly
starts to see hope in the dark again.
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Untitled
Xuyan Weng
3’32’’ - Mandarin poem by Gao Xiaosong
This is my desultory life and my distant land
in my mind. In this film, there is nothing
but my mood and wonderful fantasy.

The Complaint
Farhana Tabassum
3’34’’ - Urdu poem by Allama Iqbal
The film is based on some parts of the Poem
‘ The Complaint ‘ from Allama Iqbal, who
staggered the struggle of independence in
south Asia and talked about the need to
change the state of people.
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My: Why Always
Farin Kulapichitr
2’08’’ - Japanese poem by Mado Michio
A chaotic yet innocent poetry film which
was made by and underwent analog
scratching on a combination of several
16mm films that might unexpectedly reflect
“something” that is hidden in your mind.

Herr3000
Gulia Valenti
3’08’’ - Italian original poem
Herr3000 is the story of a man. Herr3000
is a man with a story.
Truly yours,
hfk
Highway
Lennard Schmitt
3’15’’ - German lyrics by Joey Bargeld
In meinem Film „Highway“ geht es um das
gleichnamige Lied des Hamburger Musikers
Joey Bargeld. Die repetetive Melodie des Liedes
erinnerte mich an die gleichförmige Bewegung
des Filmprojektors und die unkontrollierte
Bearbeitung/Zerstörung der Filmstreifen verband
ich mit dem Text, der trotz wenig Inhalt dennoch

Feverdream
Falk Heimbold
2’09’’’ - English original poem
“You are lost in another dimension. You are dreaming.
A fever dream can turn dreams into reality and reality
into dreams. When you were running in your dream
you are running in real life now. There is no control
over your body or soul.”
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The Generation
Xuyan Weng
0’37’’ - Mandarin poem by Gu Cheng
In the age of reversing white to black, I still
believe in truth.

Agneepath (Path Of Fire)
Umesh Sevra & Tushar Garg
1’20’’ - Hindi poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan
This poetic film is based on the poem “Agneepath.” It
is an experimental film created using 16mm footage as
a basis, manipulating it using scratching and painting on
the film and digitizing it to use it in combination with
stock footage.
Exceptions
Marike Plöger
1’56’’ - English poem by Edgar Allen Poe
This 16mm film deals with the pressure of the
social expectations of human society. If one
can’t fulfil these standards, it could lead to a
catastrophic ending.

Life
Zahra Fadavi
1’30’’ - English original poem
I try to define the passing of life with the rain.
It is a simple film for simple meaning.
Imagine
Pascal Wehling
1’55’’ - English poem by Tim Kahn
“Imagine” is a 16mm found footage short film which
deals with the theme of depression. The ultimate battle
for anybody facing these dark thoughts, is to find a
way out of their negative state of mind or they could
consume you.

Karim Fuad
Project tutor
Interdisciplinary artist and Egyptologist. His work
addresses the topics of identity, social anthropology
and selfhood often with film, photography and 3D
animation.
Participating with:
Vent
1’31’’ - Visual poem
Vent is a visual poem that attempts to document
a single day spent in Cairo, Egypt.
Joachim Hofmann
Project lecturer
Since 1980 Joachim Hofmann works as a freelance
filmmaker/director, cameraman and producer. The
filmography includes about 80 short films and
documentaries, receiving awards at national and
international festivals. The founding of “Fehrfeld
Studios” for the creation of cinematographic
energy, the Very fast Film Festival, X.screen,
and the Perforated Particle Projection Project
are among the projects that Hofmann created.
Jury work at national and international short film
festivals. Since 1985 teacher at the University of
the Arts Bremen, the International Academy of
Arts, the University of Bremen and the Wilhelm
Wagenfeld School of Design Bremen.
Participating with:
Praise of Idleness
2’10’’ - German poem by Stefan Heyer
All through the times, it has always been a great
thrill to find things at the beach: leisure, expanse,
and a poem by Stefan Heyer.

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Poetry clips from the
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Zebra Poetry Film Festival
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