POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ
US 2021, 89 min (OV), directors: Paul Sng, Celeste Bell
Poly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful rock band. She introduced the world to a new sound of rebellion, using her unconventional voice to sing about identity, consumerism, postmodernism, and everything she saw unfolding in late 1970s Britain, with a rare prescience. As the frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, the Anglo-Somali punk musician was also a key inspiration for the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements.
Lost In The City
Germany 2022, 90 min (english), director: Lara Celenza, with: Marc Adams, Simone Antonioni, India Antony
Eric Telton is a drunken but resourceful homeless man who lives under a railway bridge in Berlin with his faithful companion, Jimmy, a wooden mannequin with whom he engages in deep conversations about the meaning of life.
DIMA Punk
France 2019, 63 min (OV with english subs), director: Dominique Caubet
Once a Punk, always a Punk? This is the story of Stof whom we followed since 2010 – from age 17 to 26- through the popular districts of Casablanca. Once a Punk… recounts the difficulty of remaining a Punk in Morocco. Between irony and selfmockery, Stof guides us through his quirky universe: from punk concerts to the tedium of his daily life, through his happy reunion with long lost friends. (Tipp vom Festivaldirektor)
Lesung: Die Ärzte – 40 Jahre Punk
Germany 2022, 60 min (OV), autor: Paul Christoph Gäbler
Wie schafften es die Ärzte 2001 ins Guinness-Buch der Rekorde? Warum wachte Farin Urlaub 1988 nach dem Abschiedskonzert in einem Strandkorb auf? Und wieso erfüllte sich für Bela B. ein großer Traum, als er Kinokarten abreißen durfte? Seit 1982 haben die Ärzte mit ihren spaßig-provokanten Songs, ihren pointiert-bissigen Texten und ihrem sozialen Engagement, z. B. gegen Fremdenhass und für die Umwelt, Generationen von Punkrockfans geprägt und seitdem allerhand Spannendes erlebt. Das Beste hat Paul Christoph Gäbler zum 40. Jubiläum in unterhaltsamen Anekdoten festgehalten, er nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise durch 40 Jahre Ärzte-Kult.
Wake up Punk
US 2022, 83 min (OV), director: Nigel Askew
The process behind destroying the memorabilia and the condemnation Corré received for setting irreplaceable objects from music history alight; activism is the new punk, and that punk has been appropriated by the establishment.
Zurda: eine Geschichte von Escorbuto Crónico und Guerrilla Urbana (Q+A with director)
Spain 2018, 89 min (OV with german subs), director: José María de Páiz
Seit über 40 Jahren hält Miguel Diaz „Zurda“ die Fahne des Punkrock auf dem kanarischen Archipel hoch – sei es mit seiner legendären Band Escorbuto Crónico oder der aktuellen Band Guerrilla Urbana. Sein Beitrag für den Punkrock in La Laguna (Teneriffa) macht ihn zu der Schlüsselfigur des Punkrunks für alle weiteren kanarischen Inseln und zum Auslöser der Explosion des Punkrocks auf den Kanaren in den 1970zigern Jahren. (Special Thanks to Cine Club Lanzarote)
Expurgo: Deforming Europe
Brazil 2021, 83 min (OV with english subs), directors: Lucas Hell, Pedro Vasseur
In 2018, Brazilian band Expurgo was invited to play in the Obscene Extreme Festival, in Czech Republic, and went on a tour through the interior of Europe. In their luggage, the group took 15 years of stories, friendship and extreme music. The documentary gathers testimonies, behind-the-scenes footage and the concerts of the Minas Gerais band on their first tour of Europe.
Kleinod vor dem Umbruch – Das Dragonerareal in Kreuzberg (Q+A mit Regisseuren)
Deutschland 2022, 111 min (OV), Regie: Ulrike Hartwig, Sebastian Nagel
Das Dragonerareal in Kreuzberg von 2020-2022. Eine der letzten großen Flächen in Berlin-Kreuzberg mit 170 Jahren Geschichte steht vor seiner massiven Umgestaltung.
Punk The Capital: Building a Sound Movement
US 2019, 90 min (OV), directors: Paul Bishow, James June Schneider
Explore why the sounds and ideas from this influential music continue to inspire around the world. Featuring bands such as Bad Brains, it creates a movement that redefined a genre and became a model for social and political engagement.
Venezuelan Punk Rock History. Is not Fad
US 2022, 98 min (OV with english subs), director: Ismael Torrealba
This documentary is about the history of the emergence of punk rock in Venezuela in the 80s through interviews with its main protagonists. Throughout the interviews, the protagonists from different parts of Venezuela give their opinion about the punk movement, the main bands that emerged, and the characteristics of their songs.
In a Venezuela marked by 20 years of political conflict, this documentary takes on special relevance because it shows how part of the punk movement aligned itself with the ideals of the Chavez process while other punks continued in their struggle and protest, which in many cases led to exile outside Venezuela, including its own director Ismael Torrealba and his executive producer Roger Nunez.
No Spicy No Fun – The Rebel Riot in the UK
UK 2022, 59 min (OV), directors: Roberta Bononi, Kim Ford
No Spicy No Fun follows The Rebel Riot, a punk band from Myanmar formed under the military dictatorship, on their 2017 tour of the UK where they unleash their own blend of Buddhism and anarchy on the birthplace of punk rock. (a recommendation of Paul and Dorothea)
Kevin Walter’s Tower Rats!
US 2020, 70 min (OV), director: Kevin Walter
Tower Rats is an outrageous mixtape of grotesque flamboyance and ludicrous behavior that features the beloved superheroes of Tromaville, New Jersey! A trash film spectacle that has absolutely no plot! This endeavor of love was crafted by using Lloyd Kaufman’s “Make Your Own Damn Movie” and John Waters’ low budget filmmaking as its guide. This is an ASSault on traditional filmmaking. Many called it Punk.
A Punk Called Ribas
Portugal 2019, 107 min (OV with english subs), director: Paulo Antunes
In Portugal, João Ribas is synonymous with punk music. He propelled many important Portuguese bands and influenced many young musicians. This is a portrait of a man made by those who worked with him and who were his friends and family.
I’m Full Of It!
Portugal 2021, 68 min (OV with english subs), director: Paulo Miguel Antunes
The Portuguese punk scene portrayed in a documentary focused on João Pedro Almendra, former vocalist of the band Peste & Sida.
Short Movies
Not All Men (director: Tosh Leykum), Das Volk Ist Ein Fressender Kadaver (Regie: Pascal Plantinga), Reunion (Regie: Fränzi Heinrich), Kabul Deutschland (Regie: Linda Verweyen), What‘s In My Bag (director: Louis Judkins), Lucifer, I Wanna Everything (director: Pauline Flory, Kerstin Gramberg), Fire-Man‘s Fetish (director: John Slover), Binge And Purgatory (director: Becca Kozal), Lisa Suckdoll (director: Becca Kozak), Matapacos (Regie: Karla Rebartsch, Lion Durst), Uprooted (director: Andzej Gavriss), Endzeit Berlin (Regie: Toni Karat), You Touch Me (director: Rafael Castro Lopes), MensPlaining (director: Ann Antidote, Notorische Ruhestörung), Actionfilm (director: Nico Dörle), Drunk Together (director: Martin Fischer), High Road No. 6 (director: Shawna Virago), Whence Come Brussels Sprouts (director: Mark Reynolds), Tr4p (director: Lina Westphal), Le Couloir Du Soir (director: Charlotte Mermoud, Celine Ducret), Existing Violence Do Not Exist (director: Matthieu Ponchel), Total Disaster (director: Keil Orion Troisi, Molly Gore), Sane Is Plain (director: Gemma Rigg), There Is Nothing Called Home (director: Nur Özkaya), That Sucks (director: Dominic Del Bene, Craig Billmeier),