Welcome back to No Home Movies. Before diving into the upcoming program let’s get some practical info out of the way. As usual all screenings will take place at Bubblan, Fiskhamnsgatan 41B Kajskjul 46, Göteborg.
Our work and ambition to find suitable solution for the screenings is an ongoing process.
For now we will keep working with an entrance fee of 60 SEK per screening for all film club members. This means that we would love to have you join the film club in order to come and watch all these gems we have selected for you.
To become a memeber is just a simple as leaving your name and E-mail at your first visit. That’s it.
Start booking your seat for the first screening by mailing at kuf.kontakt@gmail.com. Let’s now take a look at what is coming.
As always, don’t forget to like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also, the culture association Kuf has a You Tube Channel where you can find concerts and live performances from our lovely venue. And you are welcome to subscribe to the newsletter to get all updates directly in your inbox.
18th September: Kinuyo Tanaka's Forever a Woman (1955), aka The Eternal Breasts
The renowned Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka had worked with directors such as Ozu, Mizoguchi and Naruse (among others) when she decided, in 1952, to start directing her own features. Thus, becoming the second woman trying this endeavour in Japanese film industry at the time. As a director, Tanaka made 6 features, but her career behind the camera has been criminally overlooked and forgotten. Now, thanks to the diligent and committed work of film curators and historians, she has been finally rediscovered. Retrospectives around the world have highlighted her films and we are proud to participate into this crucial mission! In the next newsletter we are going to take a more in-depth look at Tanaka’s career and this forgotten masterpiece.
Start booking your seat for the first screening by mailing at kuf.kontakt@gmail.com
9th October, Chantal Akerman’s No Home Movie (2015)
We want to celebrate the great Belgian director Chantal Akerman by showing her last film, the masterpiece No Home Movie. As you might have noticed the title has inspired this very film club to humbly borrow it and readapt it according to our vision. Mostly known for the epic Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Akerman has confidently explored all sorts of film genres and forms. Her influence on feminist and avant-garde cinema has been substantial and inspired many filmmakers around the world.
29th October, Halloween Special: David Lynch’s Inland Empire (2006)
Be ready for a midnight-ish screening of David Lynch’s Inland Empire (2006). A terrifying experience not for the fainthearted! Bearing many of the Lynchian qualities you would aspect from the American director, it is also one of the first attempt to explore the possibilities of digital technology in filmmaking. In 2017 Lynch managed to bring experimental cinema to mainstream television with the third season of Twin Peaks. But already in 2006 he was pushing the boundaries of what was possible to bring to the big screen and large(er) distribution with this 3 hours-long nightmarish exploration of the mind. With Laura Dern occupying almost every frame of the film, it is an absolute sight to behold, and fear. Do you dare to miss it?
20th November, Kumar Shahani’s The Khayal Saga (1989)
For the November screening we are focusing on one of the films that emerged from the movement known as Indian Parallel Cinema. Even though the term movement is not exactly appropriated since it implies a shared aim and aesthetic, it helps us understand the will that these filmmakers had to expand what cinema could do and achieve. The debate around what Parallel Cinema was is still ongoing. What we can say with certainty is that from the late 60s to the 80s this movement contributed greatly to global film culture with its aesthetic inventiveness. Rooted in the ground-breaking work of directors such as the Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, Parallel Cinema deserves a place in film history alongside other better-known currents such as the French New Wave and Italian Neorealism among others.
Shahani was one of the more pronouncedly formalist directors from that generation and it shows in this feature of absolute beauty, where classic Indian music merges with awe-inspiring locations, mise-en-scène and camerawork. A feast for your senses. A unique selection that you are most likely not going to see anywhere else!
18th December
Our last screening for this season is going to be a special one and we are going to unveil it later down the line. Remember to subscribe to the newsletter to receive our updates first, directly in your inbox!
Let’s finish this newsletter with No Home Movies film club’s own trailer! Still a valid outline of some of our favorite films, a manifest of our vision.
No Home Movies is part of the Cultural Association KUF and takes place at Bubblan, Fiskhamnsgatan 41B Kajskjul 46, Göteborg.
Don’t forget to like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also, the culture association Kuf has a You Tube Channel where you can find concerts and live performances from our lovely venue. And you are welcome to subscribe to the newsletter to get all updates directly in your inbox.