The 7th Berlin International Directors Lounge
February 10 through 20, 2011
Meinblau, Pfefferberg, Berlin Mitte

This year's 7th Berlin International Directors Lounge has attracted an outstanding number of international artists and filmmakers to come to Berlin, to be personally present and to introduce their programme or show their art. The media art festival, organized by Berlin artists, will again present not just a selection of this year's best submissions, but exhibit a large number of curated programmes on specific topics selected by German and international guest curators. Directors Lounge features three main programmes every day, together with live music events, DJ's and a loop programme at the lounge bar. The lounge invites for meetings and discussions, or just a cool chill-out.

Directors Lounge as an initiative of artists encompasses monthly screenings, exhibitions and art events for several years now. And, the festival in February that features a wide and international spectrum of experimental works, documentary films and art works, mostly focussing on the short form. This all happens in a relaxed ambience, in the mode of an open house, a meeting-point during Berlinale and the idea of a lounge that has become much more than an insider's tip in the Berlin art scene.

Beginning with Febr. 10th over the period of ten days, and starting at 6 pm, Directors
Lounge features a daily programme of specials at Meinblau on Pfefferberg in Berlin-Mitte, the heart of Berlin. Highlights include composer Michael Nyman, who will personally present his film work; Jean-Gabriel Périot, one of the most important exponents of French experimental film; the Collectif Jeune Cinéma; Alexei Dmitriev (St. Petersburg), shooting star of the international curator scene; Berlin gallerist Fridey Mickel; Kika Nicolela (Brazil); Klaus W. Eisenlohr's "Urban Research"; the Zebra Poetry Film Festival and films by artists of the Myriam Blundell Project (London), to name only a few. Following a good old tradition of Directors Lounge's curators, the program will be out just shortly before the start of the festival. Check it out here: www.directorslounge.net