Northern Malady is a memory of lost things: of a last vacation together, of the wind and the water, of dreams and silence.

In October 2017, Gerrit Kuge went to Scotland with a team of three to find images for a film idea that began there a few years ago. The team found what they were looking for on a small Scottish island, far out on the Atlantic Ocean. The raw landscape of the Scottish Hebrides provided images that propelled Kuge's story of tumbling memories in the film.

Legend has it that the most blatant HfG party of all time was accidentally captured for posterity in a 40-minute home video made by an unknown amateur filmmaker in 1996. However, the VHS was forgotten in a VHS player and when it went into the attic, all hope of ever finding it again was lost and gradually the video was forgotten. Almost 30 years later, media art student Pavel Pudnik stumbled across a box of discarded technology and found a VHS player inside. When he plugged it in, he couldn't believe his eyes, what he saw was the lost video, what he saw there was probably the most awesome party ever!

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.

A view of a building site in Karlsruhe, the city of building sites. The so-called "observations" have been produced at the HfG since 2009. Professor Thomas Heise introduced this exercise, in which two formal requirements shaped the films: everyone 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.

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.

A music video for the Karlsruhe band Kammerflimmer Kollektief: a nocturnal ramble through the city and a look into the windows of others. It's no secret that Kammerflimmer Kollektief and Bernd Schoch are close: they contributed the music to some of his films, most recently to Olanda, which won the dokKa Prize of the City of Karlsruhe in 2019. In return, Bernd Schoch gave them this music video, which, after a long drive through the dark night, finally discovers the band in one of the many windows and sits down in front of it.

In 2008 - at the height of the financial crisis - the then Federal President Horst Köhler visits the HfG. There he was given an exclusive guided tour by Peter Weibel and Peter Sloterdijk...
A guided tour could hardly be more educational, as you have the opportunity to look over the shoulders of intellectual greats such as Peter Sloterdijk and Peter Weibel. The then Federal President visits the HfG; its student René Frölke captured in concentrated black and white how the improvised media art discourse of the aforementioned gentlemen is colored by the longing for reflection on the real economy.

Sometime in the future: Humanity is at an end, the damned drag their dying bodies to the seas in the hope of finding healing there. The beaches have become cemeteries. Androids are blamed for the downfall of humanity, and hunters are sent out to destroy them. On one of the cemetery beaches, a huntress and a gravedigger fight over an android boy.

The short film is set in a bleak future: Humanity is at an end, the damned drag their dying bodies to the seas in the hope of finding healing there. The beaches have become graveyards. Androids are blamed for the downfall of humanity, and hunters are sent out to destroy them. On one of the graveyard beaches, a huntress and a gravedigger fight over an android boy.

What can I say… It’s the Techno Viking! But what does he have to do with the HfG, some of you are probably wondering. Come on by and find out.

The two-dimensional ball from Pong - the mother of all video games - steals into the three-dimensional space of the HfG and wreaks all kinds of havoc there - an animated snapshot of the HfG from 2005.

In their stop-motion film, Annabel Angus, Jens Gerstenecker, Patrick Hilss and Katrin Uecker capture a piece of the HfG, probably without knowing it. The white ball leads us through the HfG, we see people that most people will no longer know. Some of them are probably already dead, but on this beautiful summer's day in 2005 they were probably glad that the dull university job was once again being disturbed by the cheeky jokes of the students!

A movie about spontaneous decisions in everyday life. The structure of the film, which consists of two versions shot in one go, is interesting.

An unconventional piece of HfG film history. According to the blurb, the structure of the film, which consists of two versions shot in one go, is interesting. One "normal" and one "nonsense". At times, however, the suspicion arises that there was a general desire to shoot the latter, regardless of the version. This movie is highly recommended for all those who like to eat cat food, love mopeds and drink washing-up liquid.

The Karlsruhe University of Arts opened in Grünwinkel in 1992. The later HfG professor Stephan Krass was there for SWR.
When Krass filmed a short report on the opening of the HfG for the culture magazine Bizz in 1992, he probably had no idea that a few years later he would be teaching at the same university himself - which had since moved to the former IWKA factory building.

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him.

An engine moves from the roundhouse to a track where it couples with several passenger cars. At 2:10 in the afternoon, it starts a trip out of the station through the countryside to its destination. The film consists of a montage of shots, some close up, of the engine and its gears and wheels. With the accompanying ambient sounds and an orchestral score, the emphasis is on the engine's power and speed. Parallel lines of multiple tracks, telephone wires, and trees confirm a careful composition.

Mickey buys a boat kit, and enlists Goofy and Donald to help assemble it. The plans say, "so simple a child could do it", so of course, they have their share of troubles. But before long, they're ready to launch the Queen Minnie, with appropriate fanfare, at which time, all the collapsible parts collapse.

Travis Bickle is an outsider. Not least because of his job as a cab driver, the Vietnam veteran learns to hate society. The emptiness and coldness that seems to emanate from the people around him leads him to get himself weapons and arm himself for the fight against the rest of the world. Almost by chance, he chooses a young prostitute and takes her on. His goal is to free her from her suffering. When he finally realizes that she doesn't even seem to realize the circumstances under which she lives, he runs amok...

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.