Program Highlights
Dear B3 community,
Only a few weeks left till October 14th!
The countdown is on: get ready for B3 Festival of the Moving Image 2023 in Frankfurt, a festival for moving image art in the digital age, and the only one of its kind in Germany.
Instead of taking a summer break, the B3 team have been busy inviting speakers and artists to present the most innovative trends in film, art, games VR/AR and AI. We're excited to announce the first highlights of our festival programme:
German hiphop pioneer Dennis "Denyo" Lisk (founder of the German hip-hop band "Beginner") will perform at the opening ceremony, hosted by filmmaker and author Julia Finkernagel.
AT B3 FILMFESTIVAL:
Lakota Nation (Lakota Nation vs. United States)
LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES chronicles the Lakota Indians’ quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was stolen in violation of treaty agreements. A searing, timely portrait of resistance, the film explores the ways America has ignored its debt to Indigenous communities, and ponders what might be done today to repair the wrongs of the past.
Molli and Max in the Future
A grounded romantic comedy set in an absurd world, MOLLI AND MAX takes the character-driven romance of a movie like "When Harry Met Sally" and combines it with an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink sci-fi universe found in shows like “Futurama or “Rick and Morty." Through a combination of old-school practical visual effects (hand-built models, miniatures, puppets, stop-motion animation, and rear-projection) and cutting edge technology (Unreal Engine and LED Volumes) the filmmakers have created a universe like no other. Tentacles! Robots! Glorp!
AUF DER B3 KONFERENZ:
Wolfgang M. Schmitt
Wolfgang M. Schmitt is a film critic and author. He runs the ideology-critical YouTube channel "Die Filmanalyse", and also co-hosts the zeitgeist podcast "Die Neuen Zwanziger" ("The New Twenties)" and the economics podcast "Wohlstand für Alle" ("Prosperity for All"). In spring 2021, together with Ole Nymoen, he published the non-fiction book " Influencer. Die Ideologie der Werbekörper" ("Influencers: The Ideology of Advertising Figures").
Marcus John Henry Brown
Marcus John Henry Brown is a performance artist based in Munich. He moved to Germany in 1993 having studied Art & Social context at Dartington College of Arts.
Marcus splits his time between performance art, mentoring young creatives, teaching business professionals the dark art of public speaking and creating exciting virtual event experiences for commercial clients and brands.
He has created a series of critically acclaimed performances examining the relationships between and impact of technology, culture and commerce on society. He calls them Presenterventions.
IM B3 FORUM BEWEGTES BILD:
Spring Odyssey
The augmented reality experience extends the virtual reality experience which lets the MPlant avatar blossom in a hypothetical digital forest. Spring Odyssey AR Project invites you to meet a mutant tobacco plant, the MPlant, an irradiated plant that spent time in the Red Forest, located 1 km from the Chernobyl power plant. Guided by the voice of the M_Plant – plant which makes the invisible radiations visible-, you'll discover the poetic Art&Science approach.
Spring Odyssey
DEAR BLACK CHILD is a story about the many ways Black people can individually and collectively develop practices to reconnect with joy. A fantasy piece expressed through movement and dance, the film explores the journey of returning to joy. The Seeker, arising from a meditation, enters an enchanted forest, using movement and breathwork to reconnect with the self, ultimately manifesting the energy of Wanderlust, to guide them through the forest.
B3 SPECIALS:
Julia Finkernagel
After a successful management career and a sabbatical she was offered her own TV travel show and now works as a host, writer, director, curator and coach. Julia has directed some award-winning films (fiction/non-fiction) and has been on stages since her childhood. She has hosted several film festivals and has been doing cultural or film-related interviews for sixteen years. Recently, she started coaching people to cope with stage fear.
Dennis Lisk "Denyo"
Dennis Lisk, also known as Denyo, is a gold/platinum award-winning musician, DJ, and entrepreneur. He started his career in 1991 as a founder of the German hip-hop band "Beginner" (formerly known as “Absolute Beginner”). Dennis has played a significant role in evolving hip-hop music with German lyrics from a niche subculture into a relevant and established part of the entertainment industry.
In 2018, after nearly 30 years in the music industry, he began researching Web3 and VR/XR technologies with regard to their future potential for the entire sector. His goal was to onboard the overall industry into the Web3 space. Since 2019, he has been an advisor at the LUKSO Network. In 2020, he founded Proof of Taste in collaboration with blockchain architect Fabian Vogelsteller (LUKSO) and VR content producers Ioulia Isserlis and Max Sacker (Anotherworld VR). Their objective is to create "The District VR," an immersive virtual entertainment and decentralized music distribution platform.
