Programme

3rd AV El.

3rd AV El.

Carson Davidson // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1957 // 10:00 min

documentary experimental

A nostalgic 1957 film about the elevated railway, a noisy symbol of New York's gentle past.

Help! My snowman´s burning down

Help! My snowman´s burning down

Carson Davidson // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1964 // 10:00 min

short fiction experimental

An Academy Award nominee in 1964, this live, active short is a surrealistic and humorous satire on modern living.

Broadway by Light

Broadway by Light

William Klein // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1958 // 10:25 min

experimental

William Klein's 1958 work, arguably the first pop art film, captures the seamy, gritty side of New York via the blinking and flickering advertising billboards and neon signs of the Great White Way.

Daybreak Express

Daybreak Express

D. A. Pennebaker // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1958 // 05:30 min

Set to music by Duke Ellington, D.A. Pennebaker's 1958 classic short is a delightful journey through a day in the life of New York via a subway ride on the Third Avenue El.

In the Street

In the Street

Helen Levitt // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1952 // 14:00 min

Made in the mid-1940s in still photography style, "In the Street" has become widely recognized as a classic of cinematic art and a sociological treasure.

NY, NY: A Day in New York

NY, NY: A Day in New York

Francis Thompson // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1957 // 15:00 min

This 1957 color film turns everyday street life into a surreal kaleidoscope of distorting, fracturing, and multiplying familiar images into a truly original visual experience.

THE EXISTENTIALIST

THE EXISTENTIALIST

Leon Prochnik // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1966 // 08:00 min

Accompanied by jaunty music and decked out in a white suit, the protagonist hero proceeds along a New York City street. But everyone is moving backwards!

Hjemmekamp

Home Game

Martin Lund // Norwegen // 2004 // 09:50 min

Short Fiction

Two sports commentators on the hardest, most common fight of them all.