INTERFILM 40: IC 05: Creatures of Love

Life is full of surprises: speed dating takes an unexpected turn, while an exhausted robo-vacuum unit goes on strike (and in search of meaning). There're more than just vegetables sprouting in a convent garden. A leaky faucet leads to a visit from an attractive plumber, a Japanese woman orders oysters, and a long-term relationship is put to the test by an MS diagnosis. This eclectic program is defined by comical, touching and absurd moments drawn from everyday existence.

Welcome to the 40th INTERFILM Festival!

Four decades of DIY, punk and absolute madness – INTERFILM is back and celebrating: Bodies! In a world that unceasingly subjects bodies to norms and treats them like commodities, we are reclaiming them. Every wrinkle, every gesture, every imperfection is unique and writes its own (hi)stories. Like bodies, our festival has also gone through transformations of its own – it's grown, stretched, regrouped, while remaining fluid and hungry for the new. To you, our cells as it were, we provide handpicked films – vibrant, diverse and the furthest thing from monotonous.

For our 40th anniversary we are not only putting a focus on Embodiment but are also looking back at our beginnings: Berlin in the 1980s - a city full of anger, thirst for action and resistances. Rebellious bodies on Super 8 film had become beloved among DIY artist, who told their stories in clubs, cafés and upon the Wall. »We were all dilettants, they called us ingenious.« Born out of street fights, wild fashion shows and rebellious projections, INTERFILM became a platform for everything that dares to resist.

Come and experience the energy! Our screens will turn to skin, upon which all that is raw, imperfect and alive can be seen!

Information about the festival and the whole program: www.interfilm.de

PHOTO: © Film »Falling for Greta« by Gustavo Arteaga