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FILM - SELECTION 2002 - 2012

INDESTRUCTIBLE - THE TALE OF THE ART HOUSE  TACHELES
(documentary; 2012; 97  min; HD)

Documentary about the famous art centre in the middle of Berlin which was squatted by artists in 1990 and achieved worldwide famousness during the following years. The film looks at the past 18 months and the fight of the artists against the eviction of the house.
It also shows a portrait of the house itself and its changeful history that started with a huge shopping centre in 1909. The history of the house is very connected to German history and the history of a divided city.

(concept, camera, editing: Falko Seidel; second camera: Daniel Goede; music: Leo Kondeyne)




nine eleven - Performance by Miriam Wuttke
(2011; 14.21 min; HD)

The paintress and performer Miriam Wuttke does a mummi - like girl at the Arthouse Tacheles in Berlin. At the 9th anniversary of the terror attack in New York, Miriam, who used to live there a couple of years, does this performance together with the paintress Sabia Khan and the singer Helena Kolb. Blind and lonely they walk through floors of the house, to  reunifi  at the end.
(Camera:  Ton Belowsky,  Falko Seidel, Herbert Holzmann, Editing: Falko Seidel)




Interference
(feature; 2010; 4.30 min; HD)                                                     excerpt

Short about a young man, who gets a new     acoustic hearing apparatus. But the device doesn't only  receive, what it's supposed to. The film reflects the madness of modern communication.
(with Tankred Walz, Lissy Pernthaler, Jean-Denis Roemer, Ana Kavalis)



Tacheles Trailer
(2010; 2.45 min; HD)                             play

Trailer about the international known arthouse Tacheles in Berlin and peoples fight for the preservation of it.





Robolus(feature; 2010; 1.39 min; HD)                                    play

Short, wich was made for the german film festival "99firefilms". 99 seconds about the issue of galvanization, made in 99 hours.
(Assistance: Frederike  Schirdewan; Camera/Editing: Thomas Macholz, Camera-assistance: Karl Weiland,  Actors: Michael Mill, Ana Kavalis, Daniel Faust, Music: Diktator ohne Land)




slow motion
(documentary; 2009; 7.56 min; HD)

Documentary about the network "Slow Motion", that works for new concepts of mobility and employment. The general thesis is about the ongoing acceleration of society and the exclusion of people from it.





Fighting the Dragon
(silent movie; 2008; 9.22 min)                                                          play

In the second part of the intended series Don Quichotte encounters a powerful opposer. - (Berlin 2007/2008, Super 8, 9.22 min;  Acting: Francisco Jerez, Sébastien Laloux, Eva Schönherr, Jean Denis Roemer, Michael Kruppa, Falko Seidel; Photography: Konstanze Flamme; Set-PA: Jasper Beutin; Catering: Alexander Walz;  Music: Wolfgang Zamastil and Continuum; Gerhard Gundermann /not at online version/; A film by Falko Seidel)



What about Don Quichotte               
 
(silent movie; 2006; 8.30 min)                                                           play

                         
The hero from Cervantes famous novel is "riding" through the city of Brussels with his knave Sancho to find a missing princess. When they encounter this lady in the park, Don believes that he has found her, but Sancho has his doubts about the identity of this woman. This film is a silent movie featuring the great music of composer Wolfgang Zamstil and his ensemble "Continuum". It is winner of the second price at the Open-Eyes-Filmfestival in Marburg 2006 and the My-Way- Award at the Luksuz-Filmfestival in Krsko/Slovenia (Brussels/Berlin 2005/2006, Super8, 8.30 min; Acting: Francisco Jerez, Marie-Eve Hubermont, Sébastien Laloux, Gregory Ghyoot; Music Wolfgang Zamstil & Continuum, Louisa Barry; A film by Falko Seidel) 
        

       







Aguacil - AUDIOVISUAL CONCERTS   
(Berlin 2007, Mini DV, 10 min)                                                           play

A fragment of a concert by the ensembel Continuum surrounding the composer and cellist Wolfgang Zamastil. New Music is performed at the Tesla-Club in Berlin and combined with a visual interpretation by Patrick Mueller. - 
 









Robocup - FOOTBALL PLAYING  ROBOTS
(Berlin 2006; Mini DV; 6 min)

Portrait of the FU-Fighters, team of the Freie Universität Berlin and repeated robot-football-champions, it particularly focuses on the people behind the machines.  (Jannis Taylor and Falko Seidel  for the FU-Berlin)
    



East German Nostalgia         
(Berlin 2006; Mini-DV; 30 sec)
                                              play

A book is traveling back in time - an experimental picture, produced for a 30-sec-Festival. Screened as 1-minute-version at the Prix-Europa-Festival in Berlin and at the One-Minute-Festival in Aarau/Switzerland. 
(Acting: Alex Walz, Ygal Gleim, Susanne Menner; Photography: Steffen Zeugner; Digi-FX: Peter Benedix; Make Up: Stefanie Lewandowski; Driver: Jasper Beutin; A film by Falko Seidel) 




Balla Balla                                                         
 
(Berlin 2006; Mini-DV; 1min)                                                play
                           
It's the good old story of men balls and tv. The spot was made for the World Cup 2006 in Germany.  Acting: Alex Walz; Photography: Darioush Zandy, Slavo Mirus; Direction/ Production: Falko Seidel, Alex Walz; Editing: Falko Seidel)





Art and Sustainability
(Rotterdam 2003, Mini-DV, 20 min)   

A documentary about problems of migration and environmental damage  in Rotterdam, showing people who search for creative solutions. Students work as gardeners and a former medical doctor and painter is now organising a range of different art and integration projects.   in colaboration with Rini Biemans' "Exposure Rotterdam")


Escape Valve
(Rotterdam 2002; analog-video; 23 min)  
  
                                               
A drugdealer intends to pull off a big deal with a new synthetic drug in a students' hostel, but becomes a victim himself. A terrible trip begins.  Acting: Francisco Jerez, Isaac Naval, Rafael Konrad...) 
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