Film recommendations for April

Editor Nora Kehli

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This month, we can look forward to a dialogue between film and theatre, short films by photographers, contemporary compositions set to early silent films, and queer cinema.

The Leopard: A New Take

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel Il Gattopardo (1958) has taken on various forms over the years. Luchino Visconti adapted the story for the big screen in 1963 and was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes for his efforts. With her stage adaptation, Pınar Karabulut has recently brought the novel into the contemporary theatre world – with great success; audiences and critics alike are delighted. At the Filmpodium, Karabulut talks to filmmaker Andrea Štaka about her multi-layered creative process and the role Visconti’s film played in the conception of the play.

9 April | Filmpodium

From a still image to a sequence

As part of Photographic Encounters, the pool collective brings together 14 artistic projects that broaden our perspective on photography through the audiovisual medium. The collective, comprising artists from the field of photography, invites visitors to the Fotomuseum Winterthur for a programme of short films. The screening offers insights into different artistic working methods and contemporary trends in photography.

11 April | Fotomuseum Winterthur

Between film history and contemporary music

The close connection between film and music dates back to the early days of cinema, when moving images on the screen were accompanied by live music. The Collegium Novum Zürich continues this tradition: In April, early, experimental silent films will be paired with specially composed pieces by students from the composition classes at ZHdK. The evening will be complemented by works by Jannik Giger, Liza Lim and Monster Chetwynd, each of whom explores the relationship between sound and image in their own unique way.

16 April | Brunnenhof, Studio 1

A Focus on Queer Filmmaking

As the month draws to a close, attention finally turns to queer cinema. Over the course of eleven days, the Pink Apple Film Festival presents a selection of international productions that reflect the diversity of queer realities. The Honorary Award for Monika Treut also brings the spotlight to a pioneer whose work had a decisive influence on the New Queer Cinema of the 1990s. Selected films by the award winner can be seen in an accompanying retrospective at the Filmpodium.

from 28 April | various venues in Zurich