We celebrate the publication of the collected writings by and on the legendary artist filmmaker Paul Sharits with a screening of his films and conversation with the book’s editor Sarah Markgraf.

‘I Was a Flawed Modernist’: Collected Writings of and Stories about Paul Sharits, published by the New York Film Makers Co-operative collects all of Sharits’ published writings plus personal correspondence and reminiscences from colleagues, friends and family including Carolee Schneemann, Robert Longo and Tony Conrad (much previously unpublished) in one definitive volume.

Directors Lounge Screening
Dagie Brundert: Ode an Sommer

Berlin's cultural scene would not be the same, if filmmaker Dagie Brundert was not there. The artist started off in the 90's with some female colleagues as FBI, Freie Berliner Ischen. With ironic and unconventional films they challenged established and artsy art forms, skewed films spiced up with resonances of Camp and Beat, as it reverberated in some young circles in the first decade after the breakdown of the wall. Since then, Brundert stuck to her guns of Super-8 filmmaking with admirable creative productivity. She records everyday occurrences, the obvious things on sight and the things offside, however always dispersing a positive message.