INTERFILM 40 International Short Film Festival Berlin
5 - 10 November 2024

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FORUM 01 Conversation: Between Diversity and Staging – Portrayals of the Body in the Works of Pola Beck and Gabriel B. Arrahnio

Directors and scriptwriters Pola Beck and Gabriel B. Arrahnio will be discussing their approaches to portraying human bodies in films and series. Gabriel will provide insights into how he stages queer and Black bodies, offering excerpts from his work to illustrate his methods. Meanwhile, Pola will explore her considerations of different body shapes and inclusion in her projects, including how to overcome the challenges of depicting sex scenes. Both directors will reflect on how portrayals of the human body have consciously and unconsciously evolved over the years, engaging in a critical examination of their own work.

Admission to the event is free of charge. A registration via our ticket portal is still necessary.

[Content Note - The conversations or excerpts shown may explicitly or implicitly address the following content: Ableism, Homophobia and Heterosexism, Mental illness, Nudity, Sexism and Misogyny, Transphobia and Transmisogyny, Mental Violence]

06.11.24, 15:00h, Pfefferberg Haus 13

Gespräch: Zwischen Vielfalt und Inszenierung – Körperdarstellungen im Werk von Pola Beck und Gabriel B. Arrahnio
Gespräch: Zwischen Vielfalt und Inszenierung – Körperdarstellungen im Werk von Pola Beck und Gabriel B. Arrahnio

Gabriel B. Arrahnio

Gabriel lives and works in Berlin and is dedicated to writing and directing fictional formats, documentaries and commercials. He strives to tell stories about minorities that are often overlooked in world cinema.

Gespräch: Zwischen Vielfalt und Inszenierung – Körperdarstellungen im Werk von Pola Beck und Gabriel B. Arrahnio

Pola Beck

Pola was born in Berlin in 1982. Raised by a theatre and film family, she developed an early interest in art, photography, and the moving image. After various directing internships she spent a year at the European Film College in Denmark in 2003, where she shot her first shortfilm: an erotic fairy tale. From 2005-2011, she studied directing at the filmuniversity Babelsberg. Her first feature film "Am Himmel der Tag" (2012) won several awards. With the TV-series hit "Druck", she began to focus on series work, followed by "Das letzte Wort" (Netflix), "Liebe.Jetzt!" (ZDFneo), the sci-fi series "Tender Hearts" (Sky) and the feature film "Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt".