Max Lange as the likeable Dr. Braunhardt Werner, narrator of an outdated advertising film promoting a cryogenic sleep chamber. With it, you can finally live for 1,000 years and launch into outer space!

We appreciate all kinds of trash! Why? That's a question that can't be answered here. For egalitarian reasons alone, it's important to mention it here. Max Lange's film is part of his diploma project, the radio play “Die Sternensaat” (The Star Seed), in which different forms of utopian promises of salvation from the 19th and 20th centuries come together, with an emphasis on the motif of outer space. Here it is again in the form of a fictional advertising video and trailer.

Antarctica. Three characters have killed a rhinoceros and are loading it onto their ship. The ship is too heavy and breaks through the ice. A Roman comes by. An airplane begins a nosedive. The tension is almost unbearable...

In just two minutes, Jules Wüest builds suspense that rivals any Hitchcock thriller. A classic old-school animated film—individual drawings come together on the animation table and are brought to life. What the film's message ultimately is remains unclear. And whether there will be a part II also remains unclear...

A desperate young woman in a photo booth ruins one picture after another.

Look at the little bird by Anna Kalus deals with its own production process in an absurdly comical way, constantly reinventing itself. The montage is negated by the dismantling of its idea.

A unique historical document – the trailer for the films of the 2013 annual exhibition of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design! A list of well-known and lesser-known names and a helicopter – that's all a good trailer needs!

The Filmforum met regularly in the Blue Salon to show each other their own films – film as a meeting place, as an opportunity for exchange and interaction. This trailer still bears witness to that, but it's not completely over yet. In March 2021, there was the Film.Forum Festival, where four films from the past were presented and discussed once again, and in 2022 there will be another edition to mark the university's 30th anniversary – so we can look forward to more!

On Sundays in church, communion is distributed, the organ is played, and hymns are sung. A classic Heise observation.

Since 2009, the so-called “observations” have been created at the HfG. Professor Thomas Heise introduced this exercise, in which two formal guidelines shaped the films: each participant was assigned a roll of 16mm film (approx. 11 minutes) and had to observe something. No sound was recorded, and the films were developed by hand in a chemistry bucket. This film comes from the third series of observations.

Here is a very successful music video from HfG history. Rotated on VIVA, MTV, etc. According to the professors' verdict (see trailer), the industry is being fought with its own weapons. Consumer criticism as a Trojan horse with a six-pack – but it works surprisingly well...

How do you make someone realize that what they are watching is bullshit? According to the verdict of our panel of experts (see trailer) in the film review, we are witnessing social criticism in which the industry is being beaten with its own weapons. Or perhaps this production was successful because it shows what we all want to see when we watch MTV. Spookily contrasting claims – as always, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

The poet, sitting on the highest treetop, reflects on the unaccomplished tasks of the day on September 27...

HfG alumnus David Loscher recites Thomas Brasch's poem Der schöne 27. September (The Beautiful September 27) while sitting in a tree. In a single 4-minute long take, a person, the artist, emerges from the gnarled silhouettes. He looks through the treetops into the cool Karlsruhe evening, recites his poem, and climbs back down to earth.

This camera exercise captures a portrait of the south exit of Karlsruhe Central Station. Almost 20 years later, it is all the more valuable, as all that can be seen there now are the glass facades of 1&1.

A small piece of city history: in Eva Hartmann's observation of the south exit of the main station, we see the now completely built-up rear exit of Karlsruhe's main station and follow the street sweepers at the old bus station. The film was part of a camera exercise with cinematographer Jutta Tränkle, who was invited by Thomas Heise. All films were shot in color and 16mm at the time, and the sound was added in a sound editing seminar.

In Constantin Nestor's observation, everything is colored and cut to the max. Wash, lay out—and hopefully it will be pleasing in the end.

Since 2009, the so-called “observations” have been created at the HfG. Professor Thomas Heise introduced this exercise, in which two formal requirements shaped the films: each participant was assigned a roll of 16mm film (approx. 11 minutes) and had to observe something. No sound was recorded and the films were developed by hand in a chemical bucket. This film comes from the third series of observations.

A man sits at a long table and waits. We would like to know what he is waiting for. But something is happening. Something is coming towards him, getting closer and closer, giggling and squeaking, wiggling, becoming more and more numerous, turning the corner, dragging passers-by with them, and then: “FLATSCH”!

Probably the biggest “FLATSCH” in HfG film history, and probably the only one. This film was also on the DVD “HfG Trash Filme” and, in our editorial opinion, was rightly included in this collection. In the acknowledgments at the end of his film, as well as the note “a Polish-German production,” Karl Oliver Boeg gives us clues as to how the film can be classified historically: Created in 2000 in Legnica, Poland, during an animation workshop, perhaps in collaboration with a Polish art college, or something like that....

Lost and rediscovered Super 8 footage from the World Trade Center. A cautious approach to appropriation.

Eva Teppe's Untitled was released on the DVD series “HfG-Filme 2001-2003,” edited by Didi Danquart and Boris Michalski. In addition to the collected films, there was also a short discussion between Boris Michalski, Didi Danquart, Bernd Schoch, and Nico Hain (then students) about each of the films. Over wine and candlelight. A format that definitely needs to be revived!

An audiovisual experience – actually an audio piece. A poetry film without poetry – is that possible?

What is poetic? What is poetry? – A question that played an important role for Hendrick Vogel during his exploration and work on the film. Does it have to be a poem? Which images are poetic? In this film, Lyrics, a film quote from the film Ghosts, discovered in the music of a Swiss artist (Kalabrese – Cityblues), served as a poetic element.

A person experiences changes in their environment that become part of an alternative reality.

The descriptive text is short and concise, just like the video. As always in the poetry film category, this film is also based on a poem: “Translation” by Conor O'Callaghan. On the other hand, the film is based on the fact that Valentin Pfister can make cool videos and two of his friends (Grischa Erbe, Lukas Hager) can make music that is no less cool. Together, this results in what we think is a very cool poetry film or a cool video.

Till zeigt uns was er bei seinem Praktikum bei der Tagesschau so alles getan hat: die Sportnachrichten anmoderiert! Nur einen Satz, da kann ja zum Glück nicht so viel schief gehen… War schon mal sehr schlecht, ja.

Man kann diesen Film nicht wirklich erklären, man kann ihn deuten, man kann ihn als Fan von Till Gombert (wie wir es von der Redaktion sind) genießen, man kann die Augen verdrehen. Und genau darin liegt die Stärke dieser kleinen Exkursion: Sie bringt uns alle zusammen in unserer Kraft hinzunehmen. Aber mal im Ernst: Es ist doch einfach wirklich witzig!

An elderly lady undergoes an eye test. But conventional visual aids no longer help; Grandma needs 3D glasses. And so do you, to see this masterpiece as it should be seen.

3D – a technology that generations of film students have worked on. This independent project – the name given to projects that are not part of a seminar – was created as a collaboration in the field of media art and takes a critical and in-depth look at the technology of stereoscopy and our society. Or is it just an independent project that was done for fun? If you don't have 3D glasses, take a look on the 3rd floor of the HfG, there should still be some lying around...

A person converses with themselves, with their self, three times. I, yes, I, no, myself, I, yes, self, no, I yes, no, I, self, yes, no, yes, we, yes, we, no, self, we... Pure meditation!

In Prof. Stephan Krass's poetry film seminar in 2008, Elmar Farchmin's funny adaptation of Peter Straßberger's poem was created along with many other films of the genre. The name Elmar Farchmin sounds very funny, and his film is no less so. Hats off, one of our favorites from the poetry catalog!

“We are millions of particles,” sings the singer of newmixage: The video for the song picks up on this and deals with the millions of color particles of a big city.

Be careful, the editing here is fast. The clearly structured rock of the band newmixage (Berlin) gets another big boost of media art in this music video from 2006. The colors of the big city are pretty bright and the tempo is faster than the biggest city. Somehow, you feel like you're right there in the club at a crazy live concert. Someone might dance too fast – all the better – as long as the mood is right; and it definitely is here.

Breakfast. A nice cup of coffee and fresh fruit. But then a phone call interrupts the scene, and while Jens Willms isn't looking, the following scenes unfold. In short: the yellow dishwashing glove goes completely crazy—by the time Jens returns, it's too late...

The usual humorous quality from old master Jens Willms. We didn't expect too little, and we weren't disappointed. Short and sweet, the title says just the right amount about what happens in this short animated film. Nonsense, someone says? Well, no one can prove what things do when you're not looking. At least as long as it's not filmed. Or did it all never happen?

Dance until you drop! Caution: the boxes are heavy.

Short and sweet, right on the money: the music video for Qwiqwi's Kittikitti! The band Qwqwi has just awakened from its five-year hibernation and is rocking Karlsruhe, a good reason to dig up this gem again.

The Stone Age is over. Modern technology enables pain-free and discreet teeth straightening. Even in Weinstadt near Stuttgart.

Orthodontists have a lot of money, or so they say. Dr. Konik from Stuttgart has enough to spend €18,000 on a commercial. Luckily, because that's how we got this masterpiece, which took nine months to make, at least according to what people say. Let's hope it helped and brought the doctor lots of new patients. Maybe there'll be another €18,000 left over, for a new website, for example? Or a logo? There are lots of possibilities...