For the first time, the Zittau campus is one of the venues for the Neisse Film Festival.
On May 7, the 16th Neisse Film Festival kicks off with a festive opening in Zittau. In addition to a preview of the festival program, the opening film, the tragicomedy "Frau Stern" by Anatol Schuster from the festival's feature film competition, and a concert by the German-Czech quartet "UMFYR" will be shown at the Gerhard-Hauptmann-Theater.
Over the following five festival days, the audience can look forward to around 120 feature films, documentaries and short films in three competitions and various film series as well as an extensive supporting program with exhibitions, readings and discussions, concerts and parties at twenty venues along the Neisse, from Bautzen to Liberec, from Varnsdorf to Görlitz/Zgorzelec.
Highlights include the "70mm Film" series at the Centrum Panorama in Varnsdorf, the silent film concert for the classic "Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror" with the Polish band "Czerwie" on May 10 at the Schauburg Zittau and the traditional festival party with Sarah Olivier (France) on May 11 at the Kunstbauerkino Großhennersdorf. The award ceremony will also take place on May 11 at the Miejski Dom Kultury in Zgorzelec, Poland. Here, the prize for the best short film in the competition, endowed with 1,000 euros and donated by the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences student council, will be awarded.
Documentary film searches for the meaning of life
For the first time, the large lecture hall on the Zittau campus will also be one of the venues for the Neiße Film Festival. The documentary "The Symphony of Uncertainty" by Claudia Lehmann will be shown here on May 8 at 7 pm. The film is a documentary essay on the meaning of life. The setting is the German Electron Synchrotron, DESY for short - an international research center and a world of its own. This is where people try to understand what holds the world together at its core. Particles meet there. But it is also where emeritus physics professor Gerhard Mack meets a wide variety of people. With his theory of complex systems, he attempts to understand the world in an interdisciplinary way and to find a language that goes far beyond the boundaries of mathematics and physics. The composer Konrad Hempel and his ensemble are also looking for a language. He uses the sounds of the accelerators to create a harmony with the help of mathematical laws, which becomes the soundtrack to this small world in which everyone wants to find meaning in life...
School and student ticket for 20 euros
The Neiße Film Festival has a special offer for students: With the personalized pupil and student ticket, you can attend all film screenings for 20 euros on presentation of a valid ID. Tickets are available at all festival box offices.
Current information and the complete program are available online at www.neissefilmfestival.net.
