24.–26.06.2022
SYMPOSIUM IN BERLIN

FROM 31.03.2022
SCREENINGS IN BANGKOK, BERLIN, CLUJ, DUBAI, JAKARTA, LUANDA, ISTANBUL, SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Cinema of Commoning, a project by bi’bak and various international partners, aims to bring together a network and gather knowledge of cinemas and cinema initiatives around the world. Through hybrid conversations, it hopes to create a statement that proposes a future model of an alternative cinema which is oriented towards the “commons” with regards to accessibility, artistic freedom and financial sustainability. The project takes place in two steps: From March on, a collectively curated film programme will be shown at partner cinemas in Bangkok, Jakarta, Istanbul, Dubai, Santiago de Chile, Cluj and Luanda. In June, a three day symposium will bring together partner initiatives, film professionals and cinephiles in Berlin in order to develop further concepts and strategies for sustainable spaces dedicated to film culture. By doing so, Cinema of Commoning argues for cinema as a transnational space for artistic and social practice, as a place of public discourse, as an agent of cultural memory and urban heritage, and as a site to preserve and distribute film and video formats that are rarely accessible.

Funded by Kulturstiftung des Bundes and the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe

A project initiated by bi’bak and Sinema Transtopia (Berlin,Germany) in collaboration with Cine CCC (Santiago, Chile), Cinema Akil (Dubai, UAE), Kundura Sinema (Istanbul, Turkey), Cinema Arta (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Forum Lenteng (Jakarta, Indonesia), DocClub (Bangkok, Thailand), Cinema Geração (Luanda, Angola)

Location

SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA
Haus der Statistik – Haus B
Otto-Braun-Str. 72
10178 Berlin

Directions:
U2, U5, U8 Alexanderplatz
S3, S5, S7, S9
M1, M4, M5, M6

Team

Artistic Direction
Malve Lippmann, Can Sungu

Project Coordination
Borjana Gaković, Sarnt Utamachote

Editing, Coordination Film Copies
Kaspar Aebi

Editorial – cinemaofcommoning.com
Eirini Fountedaki, Rachel Pronger

Communications
Duygu Atçeken

Translation
Beth Hughes

Project Assistant
Anna Krauss

Team Sinema Transtopia
Anand Angarag, Golriz Behgoo, Aghyad Abou Koura, Ecem Karadeniz, Thaís Omine, Arjin Civan Şahin, Anna Simbeck

Graphic Design
Jan Grygoriew / jangry.com

Web Programming
Manuel Wisniewski / datensalon.de