The program Spring Portraits groups together filmmakers who at times deal loosely with the theme of portraits - either of people, places, atmospheres, and who mostly also have, in some way, a connection to the city of Berlin. Some are long established names, others are making their first film - what is important is that they share some sensibility - and a belief in films power as a medium to transcend mere representation whilst simultaneously capturing something of life's fleeting moments.

*all films will be shown on film

First painter, then sculptor, urban planner, architect, art theorist, musician, Nicolas Schöffer was one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. This visionary, creator of cybernetic art, was one of the pioneers of kinetic art and the first to create interactive sculptures in the mid-1950s.

"VARIETY, EXCHANGE, CRAZY ZEAL, ENERGY, NONSTOP ENTHUSIASM, and a COMMITMENT TO EXPERIMENTATION IN ART, LIFE, AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA," reads Barbara Hammer’s formula for a radical cinema of love against the American Dream. Hammer (*1939) is one of the most important representatives of American independent cinema. Her experimental documentary works present the most extensive avant-garde body of work on lesbian love, relationships and the expressive power of sexuality.

To celebrate the US launch of their first print edition, Another Gaze: A Feminist Film Journal are hosting an afternoon of film screenings and talks in collaboration with the Colloquium for Unpopular Culture at New York University. The event will take place at the Renee Chaim and Gross Foundation at 526 LaGuardia Pl.

The events are free and open to the public. Exact times and speaker additions TBA.