LaborBerlin is a self-organized DIY analog film lab in Berlin.

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  • DIFFRAKTION 2012

    February 16th ‒ 18th 2012 Exhibition / Film Screening / Film Performances LaborBerlin celebrates the analogue hand-processed film in a three-day event that includes an exhibition, a film program, and live film performances. DIFFRAKTION is LaborBerlin’s very own annual event that showcases new works by its members and friends. After two successful editions in 2010…

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  • Cailleau and Russell at Berlinale

    LaborBerlin is very proud to announce that the latest collaborative film by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell will have its world premiere at this year’s Berlinale. The hand processed 16mm film was produced as part of LaborBerlin’s workshop in Athens last year, Hand Over Cinema, in which international fimmakers, cineastes, artists and students gathered to…

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  • Cinéma Copains at Berlinale

    Cinema Copains are Minze Tummescheit and Arne Hector, part of the group of founding members of LaborBerlin. We are excited that their latest film project, in arbeit / en construction / w toku / lavori in corso, about collaborative work processes and cooperative structures, will screen as part of this year’s Forum. IN ARBEIT relies…

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  • Director’s Lounge 2012

    February is the busiest month for experimental cineastes in Berlin, and not just because of the big festival that hits town! There are many satellite events that pilot great films such as the International Director’s Lounge, now in its 8th edition, and of course our very own film show case DIFFRAKTION. Stay tuned for news…

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  • A Night of Collaborations

    Sunday, January 29th: For the first time filmmaker Sylvia Schedelbauer and sound artist Jeff Surak (aka Violet) perform together live after six years of remote collaboration. Preslav Literary School and Rinus van Alebeek, two of the leading figures of the Berlin Cassette Underground, play as a duo, mingling melodies and tape narratives. RobinsonHotel at Bethanien,…

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