+++ FEBRUARY 12 AND 13, 8:00 PM: The Goethe-Institute Lyon presents two Oberhausen Manifesto programmes +++
+++ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25: The Cineplex Paderborn shows "It must be a piece of Hitler" by Walter Krüttner, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto +++
"The old film is dead. We believe in the new one."
On 28 February 1962, at the 8th West German Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, 26 West German filmmakers proclaimed the Oberhausen Manifesto. This moment marked a milestone in the development of German cinema – never before, and never again, would a break with existing production conditions be demanded, and induced, with such vehemence.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Oberhausen Manifesto, the project "Provoking Reality – 50 Years of the Oberhausen Manifesto" provides a concrete basis for addressing this proclamation and related 1960s movements aiming at cinematic, cultural and political renewal in Germany.
Film extracts:
Interviewing contemporary witnesses and experts: