[Frameworks] -°*°- Directors Lounge Screening - Txema Novelo - Double Program -°*°-

[Klaus W. Eisenlohr]

Directors Lounge Screening
Txema Novelo
Double Program
Thursday, 22 February 2018
21:00
Z-Bar
Bergstraße 2
10115 Berlin-Mitte

Double Feature
*Déjalo Ser*
+ *Tercer Ojo, Tercer Mente, Tercer Mundo*

Txema Novelo from Mexico City is joining us for a 
Berlinale special to present a double feature of 
his new film "Déjalo Ser" together with 
compilation of music videos that he created for 
alternative rock musicians in Mexico. Since 
Novelo started creating super-8 films for a punk 
music label he has managed in Mexico City, he 
expanded his creative production in an 
exponential curve; with making his own films, and 
with exhibitions of drawings and installations. 
Novelo's production at the same time stays 
faithful to his own spirit, and you could 
truthfully say, spiritual search for life, art, 
music and an alternative way to look at the 
world, which at the same time is mixed with irony 
and a good portion of humor.

"Déjalo Ser" (Let it be!) is the story of a Rock 
Mexican band, who's lead singer is suffering from 
a lack of inspiration. After a mysterious meeting 
with a foreign singer, the band embarks with her 
on a journey to Oaxaca in search of a mysterious 
psychoactive medicine. A trip inspired by Antonin 
Artaud exile into Mexico, a search for a 
primitive, deeper and purer reality.

Shot on Super 8mm with sync dialogues, this 
guerrilla style road movie, plays homage to 
George Kuchar's films and transgression cinema in 
a unique Mexican way. Produced by LE FRESNOY 
under the tutelage of invited artist and film 
legend Bela Tarr, 'Let it be' has accomplished in 
the first six months of its completion a special 
mention at the Morelia International Film 
Festival, and a selection for international 
competition at Clermont Ferrand 2018 in France.

"Tercer Ojo, Tercer Mente, Tercer Mundo" (Spanish 
for: Third Eye, Third Mind, Third World) is a 
selection of recent videos for musician, Novelo 
has supported for many years. They are shot in 
different formats of super-8, 16mm, 35mm film and 
digital video. The films, and the music, are 
inspired by a desire for life and identity in a 
world of media domination, capital and crime, 
without ever taking things too seriously. They 
are full of iconographical quotes to rock and pop 
of the era that rock music still had a promise, 
and if it was the three minute fame promoted by 
Velvet Underground (or Andy Warhol), or when 
music was "my religion". On the other hand, to 
the German audience and between the lines, they 
also show, a great deal of Mexican life and urban 
culture from the perspective of contemporary 
youth. Their relation to nature and Mexican 
popular culture, and the reality of urban live 
become the backdraft for audiovisual imaginations.

Txema Novelo will be present and will be available for Q&A after the show.

Artist Link:
http://www.txemanovelo.com/
https://issuu.com/txemanovelo

Links:
Directors Lounge  http://www.directorslounge.net
Richfilm  http://www.richfilm.de/currentUpload/
Z-Bar  http://www.z-bar.de

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Klaus W. Eisenlohr, Osnabrücker Str. 25, D-10589 Berlin, Germany



email:			klaus at richfilm.de
and film production:		http://www.richfilm.de


phone:			int.- 49 - 30 - 3409 5343 (BERLIN)
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