9. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2019

January 10–13, 2019

Trailer

Films

The African Cypher (Bryan Little, RSA 2012, 99’) * · Article
Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (Jung Yoon-suk, KOR 2017, 120’) · Article
Being Blacker (Molly Dineen, UK 2018, 90’) * ·Article
The Goodiepal Equation (Sami Sänpäkkilä, FIN 2017, 70’) * · Article
Liberation Day (Ugis Olte & Morten Traavik, LAT/NOR/SLO 2016, 97’) · Article
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Steve Loveridge, SRI/UK/USA 2018, 97’) · Article
Oulaya's Wedding (Hisham Mayet, Cyrus Moussavi & Brittany Nugent, USA 2017, 58’) * · Article
Sevdah (Marina Andree Skop, CRO/BIH 2009, 66’)
Silvana (Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Christina Tsiobanelis, SWE 2017; 91’) · Article
Sinofuturism (1839–2046 AD) (Lawrence Lek, UK 2016, 60’) * · Article
Syrian Metal Is War (Monzer Darwish, SYR/LEB 2018, 87’) * · Article I & II
This is Bate Bola (Ben Holman & Neirin Jones, BRA/USA/UK 2018, 16’) * · Article
Tokyo Idols (Kyoko Miyake, UK/CAN/JAP 2017, 88’) * · Article
Where You’re Meant to Be (Paul Fegan, UK 2017, 76’) * · Article

* Swiss Premiere

Live

Bamz (UK) · Article
Clara! (BEL/ESP) · Article
Dim Grimm (SUI)
Goodiepal & Pals (DEN/SRB) · Article
Kries (CRO)

Guests

Paul Fegan, Neirin Jones, Olivia Kastebring, Bryan Little, Ivan Novak, Brittany Nugent, Jung Yoon-suk

Playlist

Crew

Artistic Director: Thomas Burkhalter
Production Manager: Hannes Liechti
Assistance Film Selection: Manuela Barone, Peter Lell, Vinzent Preuß, Patric Schatzmann, Anna Trechsel
Documentation: Theresa Beyer, Philipp Rhensius, Karin Sheidegger
Fundraising: Theresa Beyer
Collaboration: Michè Calandra Achode (Crudo Volta)
Mario Peric (Kultur Shock), Urs Rihs (Rössli Bar)
Technics: Basil Oberli, (Neon Ray Films)
Catering: Nicole Breitenstein (Naschmarkt), Urslé von Mathilde
Festival Crew Bern: Anna Hänni, Sandra Passaro, Anna Trechsel, Team Kino der Reitschule Bern
Production St. Gallen: Damian Hohl, Fabian Mösch, Johannes Rickli
Production Lausanne: Aloys Christinat, Laure Anne Cossu, Dimitri Meier
Art Design: Guilermo González Bravo, Annegreth Schärli (Gut und Schön)

Media Coverage

Berner Kulturagenda BKA (CH)
Berner Zeitung BZ (CH)
Der Bund (CH)
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (Kompressor · Tonart) (DEU)
Globalsounds.info (CH)
JazzThing & blue rhythm (DEU)
Kanal K (CH)
KulturStattBern (CH)
kulturtipp (Weltmusik im Film) (CH)
Radio Bern RaBe (CH)
Radio RTS 1 (CH)
Radio Rts 2 (CH)
Radio RTS 3/Couleur 3 (CH)
Radio SRF 2 (CH)
Radio SRF 3 (CH)
Saiten (CH)
WDR (DEU)
WoZ (CH)

Festival Reviews by Philipp Rhensius (Norient)

«Das Norient in der Schweiz ist eines der wichtigsten Doku-Festivals der Welt.» — Marc Mühlenbrock, WDR

Venues

Partners

Funding Partners / Sponsors

Further Partners

www.druck-atelier.ch

Photo Gallery

9. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2019 (photo: Karin Scheidegger).

Poster 10. Norient Film Festival 2021, Design: Šejma Fere (Belgrade, Serbia) & Annegreth Schärli (Zurich, Switzerland)

January 27–31 · February 18–20, 2021

online only edition (COVID-19)

Trailer

Q&A Sessions NFF 2021

Films

A Girl’s Band (Marilina Giménez, ARG 2018, 83’) · Article · Q&A
A Protest, A Celebration, A Mixed Message (Rhea Storr, UK 2018, 12’) * · Article
Contradict: Ideas for a New World (Thomas Burkhalter, Peter Guyer, SUI/GHA 2020, 88’) · Articles · Q&A
Crestone (Marnie Ellen Hertzler, USA 2020, 72’) * · Article
culture leap (non-linear) (Roger Horn, RSA 2020, 3’) *
Curupira, Creature of the Woods (Félix Blume, MEX/FRA/BRA 2018, 35’) · Article · Q&A
Dark City Beneath the Beat (Tedra Wilson aka TT The Artist, USA 2020, 65’) * · Article
Dazzle Lights (Alejandro Gallo Bermúdez, ARG 2018, 80’) * · Article · Q&A
Don’t Rush (Elise Florenty, Marcel Türkowsky, GRL/BEL/FRA/DEU 2020, 54’) * ·Article
existence. (Adythia Utama, IDN 2017, 7’) ** · Article
Her Bijî Granî (George Mürer, USA/KUR/TUR 2020, 86’) * · Article · Q&A
Horse Rider (Anna Gawlita, POL 2018, 19’) * · Article
In Your Eyes, I See My Country (Kamal Hachkar, MOR/FRA 2019, 75’) * · Article · Q&A
It Must Make Peace (Paul Chandler, MLI 2017, 83’) · Article · Q&A
Journey Through a Body (Camille Degeye, FRA 2019, 32’) * · Article
Les Contes de Cockatoo (Varnish la Piscine, Rhony Sutriesno, SUI 2020, 44’) · Article
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (Midge Costin, USA 2019, 94’) * · Article · Q&A
Mimaroğlu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island (Serdar Kökçeoğlu, TUR/UK/USA 2020, 76’) · Article · Q&A
None of Your Business (Kamran Heidari, IRN/CZE 2019, 63’) * · Article
Other Music (Puloma Basu, Rob Hatch-Miller, USA 2019, 85’) * · Article
Panoptic (Rana Eid, LEB 2017, 79’) · Article · Q&A
SIKSA: Stabat Mater Dolorosa (Piotr Macha, SIKSA, POL 2019, 61’) * · Article
Silêncio: Voices of Lisbon (Judit Kalmár, Céline Coste Carlisle, POR/HUN 2020, 86’) * Article · Q&A
Soa (Raquel Castro, POR 2020, 71’) * · Article
Solo (Artemio Benki, CZE/FRA/ARG/AUT 2019, 84’) · Article
Tapi! (The Nest Collective, Jim Chuchu, KEN 2020, 26’) * Article · Q&A
The Albatross Around My Neck: Retracing Echoes of Loss Between Lucknow and Berlin (Markus Schlaffke, IND/GER 2019, 63’) * · Article
The Long River Slides (Sanne Rovers, NED 2019, 53’) * · Article
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo (Javier Polo Gandía, ESP/USA 2020, 90’) * · Article
The Sound Man Mangesh Desai (Subash Sahoo, IND 2017, 113’) * · Article · Q&A

* Swiss Premiere
** European Premiere

Specials & Commissioned Pieces

Adythia Utama/Riar Rizaldi: 2021: Pixel Doom (IDN, 7’)
Agostino Quaranta, Francesco Fusaro: Video Traces from Italy
Eden Tinto Collins, Gystère: The F.r.iction Show · Article
Emma NZioka: Iche ‘21 (KEN, 7’)
Gabber Modus Operandi: 2021: Malam Berkah (IDN, 7’)
Kamran Heidari: 2021: Osa Ebrahim (IRN, 7’)
Lechuga Zafiro/Jusomor: 2021: Dejame Vivir un Día (URY/ARG, 7’)
Monofee: 2021: Beautiful Life (TWN, 7’)
Poetra Asantewa: 2021: Future Tense (GHA, 7’)
Roy Dipankar: 2021: Welcome to Wherever You Are (IND, 7’)
Umlilo: 2021: A Tarotscope Reading (RSA, 7’)
Vanja Kovačević: 2021: Duality (SRB, 7’)

Guests (online)

Monia Acciari, Dilek Aydın, Raquel Castro, Céline Coste Carlisle, Jim Chuchu, Clive Bell, Félix Blume, Alejandro Bermúdez, Paul Chandler, Midge Costin, Rana Eid, Elise Florenty, Marilina Giménez, Peter Guyer, Kamal Hachkar, Nana Akosua Hanson, Roger Horn, Judit Kalmár, Serdar Kökçeoğlu, Marta Miranda, Georg Mürer, Miriam de Rosa, Sanne Rovers, Jay Rutledge, Subash Sahoo, André Santos, Ksenija Stevanovic, Martin Stokes, Anna Trechsel, Marcel Türkowsky, Luisa Fernanda Uribe, Tedra Wilson (TT The Artist)

Playlists

Crew

Artistic Director: Thomas Burkhalter
Production Manager: Hannes Liechti
Organizational Team: Thomas Burkhalter, Hannes Liechti, Patric Schatzmann
Assistance Production: Mira Kahn
Assistance Film Research: Vinzent Preuß
Coordination Q&A Sessions: Christopher Blatter
Production Lausanne: Indra Berger
Support Fundraising: Anna Bürgi
Research Group: Félix Blume, Miriam de Rosa, Kantarama Gahigiri, Luis Sanz, Marouan Omara
Program Group: Nimal Bourloud, Peter Lell, Patric Schatzmann, Valentina Shashivari, Anna Trechsel
Editors Publication: Lisa Blanning, Philipp Rhensius
Copy Editing: Angus Finlayson
Sound Loops Snaps: Raphael Kariuki
Artwork Festival: Šejma Fere
Art Design and Layout: Annegreth Schärli (Gut und Schön)
Cut Video: Mr. Lu
Video Content: Carlo Bischoff, Basil Oberli, Leonie Wohlgemuth (Neon Ray Films)
Communication/Website: Laura Balsiger, Arci Friede, Denise Häberli, Stefan Spieler (INTR)
Collaboration: Paula Sansano (AffSpace Bern)

Media Coverage

Artlog (CH)
Artnoir Musik Magazin (CH)
arttv.ch (CH)
Berner Kulturagenda BKA (CH)
Berner Zeitung BZ (CH)
Der Bund (CH)
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (DEU)
Glissando (POL)
Globalsounds.info (CH)
GRIOT Mag (CH)
KSB Kulturmagazin (CH)
Kulturtipp (CH)
Le Courrier (CH)
Le Temps (CH)
La Liberté (CH)
Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ (CH)
Radio RaBe (CH)
Radio RTS 2 (CH)
Radio RTS 3 (CH)
Radio SRF 1 (CH)
Radio SRF 2 (Kompakt / Kontext / Jazz und World aktuell) (CH)
Radio SRF 3 (CH)
Radio WDR1 (Global Pop News / Cosmo Soundcheck) (DEU)
Republik (CH)
SRF 2 (CH)
taz (DEU)
The Wire (UK)
Die Wochenzeitung WoZ (CH)
24 heures (CH)

«With Norient’s core focus being on sound and contemporary music cultures, it perhaps goes without saying that the films’ sound design, editing and mixing is on point.» — Ben Verghese, The Wire (UK)

Partners

Funding Partners / Sponsors

Spendenstiftung Bank Vontobel

Further Partners

www.druck-atelier.ch

Poster 8. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2017, Design: Chino Amobi (Richmond, USA) & Annegreth Schärli (Zürich, Switzerland)

January 12–15, 2017

Trailer

Films

A Story of Sahel Sounds (Neopan Kollektiv, GER/NIG/USA 2016, 82’) ** · Article (German)
Bonfire and Stars (Sasha Voronov 2016, RUS, 57’) · Article (German)
Cooltúra (Miro Remo 2016, SVK, 67’) ***
Hot Sugar’s Cold World (Adam Bhala Lough 2015, USA, 87’) *
Inside the Mind of Favela Funk (Fleur Beemster & Elise Roodenburg 2015, NED, 68’) * · Article (German)
Lo Sound Desert (Jörg Steineck, USA 2015, 94’) * · Article (German)
Los Punks: We Are All We Have (Angela Boatwright 2016, USA, 79’) * · Article (German)
Songs of Redemption (Amanda Sans & Miquel Galofré 2013, JAM/ESP, 79’) * · Article
Tunisia Clash (Hind Meddeb 2015, TUN, 65’) * · Article

* Swiss Premiere
** European Premiere
*** World Premiere

Live

Dis Fig (USA/GER)
Dissent Dawn (SUI)
Dope Saint Jude (RSA) ·Article
Elektrobopacek (SUI)
Jean-Claude (SUI)
J.G. Biberkopf: Ecosystems of Excess (LTU/GER) | Article

Microscope Underground Bazar Vol. 2
Sub Fm, bons vivants, Midilux, Tiefgang, Hot Jam, Stride, Brain & Device, re:st, Everest, Dub Topia

Specials

Eastern Europe Special – Video Clips Presented by Easterndaze · Article
In the Circle: Footwork in Chicago. Short Films by and with Wills Glasspiegel
Seismographic Sounds – the Norient Exhibition

Guests

Tobias Adam, Fleur Beemster, Wills Glasspiegel, Florian Kläger, Hind Meddeb, Markus Milcke, Miro Remo, Amanda Sans, Ward Trommelen, Lucia Udvardyová

Playlist

Crew

Artistic Director: Thomas Burkhalter
Artistic Collaboration: Urs Rihs, Patric Schatzmann, Anna Trechsel
Production Bern: Thomas Burkhalter, Manuela Barone, Theresa Beyer, Hannes Liechti, Regina Liechti, Urslé von Mathilde, Sandro Pischedda
Production St. Gallen: Damian Hohl
Production Lausanne: Dimitri Meier
Web: Sandra Passaro, Hannes Liechti, Philipp Rhensius
Art Design: Chino Amobi, Annegreth Schärli
Technics: Basil Oberli
Documentation: Karin Scheidegger, Philipp Rhensius
Trailer: Valentin Mettler

Media Coverage

Berner Kulturagenda BKA (CH)
Berner Zeitung BZ (CH)
Der Bund (CH)
Easterndaze (CZ)
Globalsounds.info (CH)
Jazzthing & blue Rhythm (DEU)
KulturStattBern (CH)
Le Courier (CH)
Orange Peel (CH)
Popletter Listen Up! (CH)
Radio SRF 1 Regionaljournal BE FR VS (CH)
Radio SRF 2 Kultur Kompakt · Jazz und World Aktuell (CH)
Radio SRF 3 World Music Special (CH)
Ron Orp Bern (CH)
Saiten (CH)
The Wire (UK)
WDR Funkhaus Europa (DEU)

«Die Kontinuität, mit der die Festivalmacher seit Jahren Musikszenen dieser Welt abbilden, ermöglicht es dem Publikum auch, Entwicklungen mitzuverfolgen. Dabei interessieren nicht nur exotische Nischen, sondern auch Biotope an den Rändern des westlichen Mainstream.» — Tina Uhlmann, Berner Zeitung BZ

Venues

Partners

Funding Partners / Sponsors

Further Partners

www.druck-atelier.ch

Photo Gallery