Pilvi Takala’s The Stroker (2019), Azar Saiyar’s Monument of Distance (2018), and Jaakko Pallasvuo’s Heterosexual Love Story (2018) will be shown at the 36th Kasseler Dokfest held from 12-17 November in Kassel, Germany.
Pilvi Takala‘s The Stroker will be screened as part of the programme ‘Touch Points’ on Thursday, November 14, at 22:15 in KulturBahnhof Kassel: BALi Kinos.
The Stroker is based on Takala’s two week-long intervention at Second Home, a trendy East London coworking space for young entrepreneurs and startups. During the intervention Takala posed as a wellness consultant named Nina Nieminen, the founder of cutting-edge company Personnel Touch who were allegedly employed by Second Home to provide touching services in the workplace.
Azar Saiyar‘s Monument of Distance is part of the selection for ‘Bubble Trouble’ and will be shown on Saturday, November 16, at 11:15 in KulturBahnhof Kassel: BALi Kinos.
In Monument of Distance, Googoosh, a popular and loved iranian-azerbaijani singer, performs a version of the song Ayrılıq – Separation. The performance is from 1970s television show and it has been copied several times from one videotape to another. Ayrılıq could be a love song but it is told that composer Ali Salimi (who had migrated from Soviet Azerbaijan to Iran and left behind his home and loved ones) wanted to make music about his sense of longing.
Jaakko Pallasvuo‘s Heterosexual Love Story is screened as part of the selection for ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ on Saturday, November 16, at 00:00 in KulturBahnhof Kassel: BALi Kinos.
In Heterosexual Love Story, the filmmaker tiredly narrates a stereotypical, imagined encounter between a man and woman, abroad two different ships passing each other in the night.
The 36th Kasseler Dokfest, November 12-17, Kassel, Germany
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