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Mittwoch Wednesday

Jan 10, 2024
Block 01
20:00 · 8pm CET
Sonic Futurists for Mother Earth: Decoding and Reimagining a Global Community
Screenings
Live
DJ-Sets
Indien, Indonesien, Schweiz, Ruanda, Demokratische Republik Kongo
 
Filmstill «We Are Not Your Monkeys» (Anand Patwardhan, IND 1997)
20:00 <em>We Are Not Your Monkeys</em> (Music Video · Anand Patwardhan · IND 1997 · 6')
Filmstill «Days of Being Lucid: Rully Shabara» (Kathleen Malay, IDN 2021)
<em>Days of Being Lucid: Rully Shabara</em> (Short · Kathleen Malay · IDN 2021 · 8')
<em>Terra Mater: Mother Land</em> (Short · Kantarama Gahigiri · CH/RWA 2023 · 10')
Filmstill «Zombies» (Baloji, COD 2019)
<em>Zombies</em> (Music Video · Baloji · COD 2019 · 15')
Jokkoo Collective AV show (photo: Sergio Albert)
21:00 <em>O.I. (Organic Intelligence)</em> – a piece by Jokkoo Collective & Marie Kamau (A/V Show · Barcelona/Nairobi)
Bushbby (photo: Bazuka Eiger)
22:00 Bushbby (DJ-Set · Latinx · London)
PROGR, Turnhalle

Donnerstag Thursday

Jan 11, 2024
Block 03
19:45 · 7.45pm CET
Landscapes of Belonging: Embracing the Spirit of Nature
Screenings
Philippinen, Indien, Indonesien, Laos, UK, Schweiz, Ruanda
TIMEZONES Mt Makiling Banner
19:45 <em>Ears on/of Makiling</em> (Podcast · meLê yamomo & Nono Pardalis · PHL 2022 · 9')
Filmstill «Kodi Bengre» (Krish Makhija, IND 2021)
<em>Kodi Bengre</em> (Short · Krish Makhija · IND 2021 · 6')
<em>Ghost Light</em> (Short · Timoteus Anggawan Kusno · IDN 2021 · 19')
Filmstill: «Birdsong» (Sparsh Ahuja & Omi Zola Gupta, UK/LAO 2022)
<em>Birdsong</em> (Short · Omi Zola Gupta & Sparsh Ahuja · LAO/UK 2022 · 18')
<em>Terra Mater: Mother Land</em> (Short · Kantarama Gahigiri · CH/RWA 2023 · 10')
Emma Nzioka in conversation w/ Kantarama Gahigiri
22:00 <em>Songs that Flood the River</em> (DOK · Germán Arango Rendón · COL 2021 · 72')
Kino in der Reitschule
Block 04
19:45 · 7.45 CET
Contrasting Narratives: Amplifying Silenced Voices
Screenings
Irland, Südafrika
19:45 <em>North Circular</em> (DOK · Luke McManus · IRL 2022 · 85')
Q&A w/ Gemma Dunleavy (artist/film protagonist)
22:15 <em>The Voice Behind the Wall</em> (DOK · Gideon Breytenbach & Riku Lätti · ZAF 2022 · 100')
Kino Rex
Hub Dive 01
23:00 · 11pm CET
Festival Hub / Emma Souharce
DJ-Sets
Live
Geneva
Radio Bollwerk at the Norient Festival Hub 2023 (photo: Karin Scheidegger)
23:00 Radio Bollwerk Residents (DJ-Sets)
00:15 Emma Souharce (Live)
PROGR, Stube (EG, West)

Freitag Friday

Jan 12, 2024
Block 05
20:00 · 8pm CET
Searching for Common Ground: Resilient Activists on Tour
Screenings
USA, Eswatini, Kenia, Japan, Griechenland
20:00 <em>Dusty & Stones</em> (DOK · Jesse Rudoy · USA/SWZ 2023 · 85')
<em>A Conversation Between Two Artists</em> (Short · Lydia Matata · KEN/JPN 2022 · 12')
Q&A w/ Lydia Matata (online)
23:00 <em>RadioSol: The Frequency Of Crisis</em> (DOK · RadioSol · GRC 2023 · 92')
Kino in der Reitschule
Block 06
20:30 · 8.30pm CET
Body of Fear
Theater-Sound-Performance
Les Mémoires d'Helène: «Body of Fear»
by Les Mémoires d'Helène (Claudia Popovici, Benjamin Spinnler, Martina Momo Kunz) in collaboration w/ Sofia Zambrano, Stefanie Steffen (Visual Artist), Nicolas Balmer alias Nico Sun (Live Music), Omar Ghayatt (Scenography), Roman Hartl (Video Editing), Carroll Omuom (Trailer)
Tojo Theater
Block 07
21:00 · 9pm CET
Messengers
Live
Screenings
London, Milano
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Filmstill «The Sun Has no Shadow» (Rebecca Salvadori, UK 2023)
21:00 <em>The Sun Has no Shadow</em> (moving image: Rebecca Salvadori · UK 2023)
Filmstill: «Messengers» (Rebecca Salvadori, UK 2024)
21:30 <em>Messengers</em> (moving image: Rebecca Salvadori · UK 2023 / live sonorization: Kenichi Iwasa & Maxwell Sterling)
Filmstill: «Portraits of Friends» (Rebecca Salvadori, UK 2023)
22:15 <em>Portraits of Friends</em> (moving image: Rebecca Salvadori · UK 2023 / live sonorization: Sandro Mussida)
Filmstill «All We Got Is Us in the Moment» (Rebecca Salvadori, UK 2023)
23:00 <em>All We Got Is Us in the Moment</em> (moving image: Rebecca Salvadori · UK 2023)
Lucia Udvardyová in conversation w/ Coby Sey
Olivia Salvadori
23:30 GAISTER live (Olivia Salvadori, Coby Sey, Akihide Monna)
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Samstag Saturday

Jan 13, 2024
Block 08
11:00 · 11am CET
Changing Flows: Sounds from Buenos Aires, Hamburg, and Assam
Screenings
Argentinien, Deutschland, Indien
11:00 <em>Buenos Aires: Relations Condensed in Practice</em> (Podcast · Ailín Grad · ARG 2022 · 23')
<em>Feed the River</em> (Short · Segundo Bercetche · ARG/DEU 2023 · 34')
Filmstill: «Like the Flowing River» (Neelansh Mittra, IND 2022)
<em>Like the Flowing River</em> (Short · Neelansh Mittra · IND 2022 · 30')
Kellerkino
Block 09
14:00 · 2pm CET
Challenging Appropriation: Do You Know My Story?
Screenings
USA, Eswatini, Südafrika
14:00 <em>Dusty & Stones</em> (DOK · Jesse Rudoy · USA/SWZ 2023 · 85')
16:00 <em>The Voice Behind the Wall</em> (DOK · Gideon Breytenbach & Riku Lätti · ZAF 2022 · 100')
Kino in der Reitschule
Bubble 03
16:30 · 4.30pm CET
Animal Farm: Who Has Got the Right to Move Freely
Panel Discussion
Nairobi, Malindi, Montreal, Berlin, Bern
Slow shutter image of moving car lights (photo: Emma Nzioka)
w/ Ogutu Muraya (online), Eric Sumba (online), Maguette Dieng
moderated by Emma Nzioka & Justin Doucet (online)
PROGR, kleine Bühne (1. OG, Ost)
Block 10
20:00 · 8pm CET
Beatmapping Worlds: The Cyborg’s Guide to Sonic Power
Screenings
Indonesien, Irland, USA
20:00 <em>Our Wisisi Music</em> (Short · Arief The Budiman, Harun Rumbarar & Bonny Lanny · IDN 2023 · 40')
Filmstill: «Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech 'n the Studio» (Eavan Aiken, IRL 2022)
<em>Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech ’n the Studio</em> (Short · Eavan Aiken · IRL 2022 · 10')
Filmstill «Echo» (Ross McClean, UK 2023)
<em>Echo</em> (Short · Ross McClean · UK 2023 · 13')
22:00 <em>Stand By for Failure: A Documentary About Negativland</em> (DOK · Ryan Worsley · USA 2022 · 100')
Q&A w/ Ryan Worsley & Negativland (online)
Kino in der Reitschule
Block 11
20:00 · 8pm CET
View With a Difference: Subverting the Western Gaze
Screenings
Uganda, Frankreich, Kanada, Senegal
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Surprise Film
20:00 Surprise Film (Short · UGA 2023 · 20')
Q&A/Talk «African Stories, Western Visions: Critiquing Cinematic Crossroads» w/ Noah Grothe & Thomas Burkhalter
21:30 <em>Mali Twist</em> (Feature · Robert Guédiguian · FRA/CAN/SEN 2022 · 130')
Kino Rex
Block 12
20:30 · 8.30pm CET
Body of Fear
Theater-Sound-Performance
Les Mémoires d'Helène: «Body of Fear»
by Les Mémoires d'Helène (Claudia Popovici, Benjamin Spinnler, Martina Momo Kunz) in collaboration w/ Sofia Zambrano, Aura Lazura, Stefanie Steffen (Visual Artist), Nicolas Balmer alias Nico Sun (Live Music), Omar Ghayatt (Scenography), Roman Hartl (Video Editing), Caroll Omuom (Trailer)
Tojo Theater
Norient Clubnight
23:00 · 11pm CET
Rolv.K & Pekodjinn / djrPH / Nsasi / Nesa Azadikhah
DJ-Sets
Geneva, Nairobi, Kampala, Paris/Tehran
Rolv.K + Pekodjinn (photo: artists)
23:00 Rolv.K + Pekodjinn (Nüfrika/Ozadya · Geneva)
00:30 djrPH (The Mist · Nairobi)
Nsasi
01:30 Nsasi (Nyege Nyege · Kampala)
03:30 Nesa Azadikhah (Apranik Records · Paris/Teheran)
ISC Club

Sonntag Sunday

Jan 14, 2024
Block 13
11:00 · 11am CET
Echoes of Identity: Deep Talks With the Creative Self
Screenings
Brasilien, Kuba
Timezones Rio
11:00 <em>Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro</em> (Podcast · Vivian Caccuri · BRA 2021 · 27')
<em>Mafifa</em> (DOK · Daniela Muõz Barroso · CUB 2021 · 77')
Kellerkino
Block 14
14:00 · 2pm CET
Resonant Energies: Struggling for Peace Across Continents
Screenings
Spanien, UK
Filmstill «Odd Songs» (Pol Penas, ESP 2022)
14:00 <em>Odd Songs (by Mark Cunningham)</em> (Short · Pol Penas · ESP 2022 · 6')
<em>Energy: A Documentary about Damo Suzuki</em> (DOK · Michelle Heighway · UK 2022 · 71')
Q&A w/ Michelle Heighway & Elke Morsbach (tbc) (online)
16:30 <em>Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande</em> (DOK · Tim Mackenzie-Smith · UK 2022 · 90')
Kino Rex
Festival Closing
14:00 · 2pm – 23:00 · 11pm CET
Festival Hub
DJ-Sets
Radio Bollwerk at the Norient Festival Hub 2023 (photo: Karin Scheidegger)
DJ Sets by Radio Bollwerk (Programm tba)
PROGR, Stube (EG, West)

Tagesübergreifend
Across All Days

Block 02
Do/Thu – So/Sun
Tracked: Daydreams of Freedom
Screenings
Schweiz, Ruanda, Palästina
<em>Terra Mater: Mother Land</em> (Short · Kantarama Gahigiri · CH/RWA 2023 · 10')
Filmstill «Wall Piano» (Asma Ghanem, Christopher Marianetti, Alexia Webster, PSE 2022)
<em>Wall Piano</em> (Short · Asma Ghanem, Christopher Marianetti, Alexia Webster · PSE 2022 · 3')
PROGR, Showroom videokunst.ch (EG, Ost)
Festival Hub
Do/Thu – So/Sun
Festivalzentrum
DJ-Sets
Radio Bollwerk at the Norient Festival Hub 2023 (photo: Karin Scheidegger)
Die Anlaufstelle am Norient Festival. Orientierung, Programm, Kaffee – oder Bierstube oder Diskussion. Tickets, Bücher und Vinyl, das Radio Bollwerk sendet live. Residents und Gäste spielen Musik.

<em>The meeting point at the Norient Festival. Orientation, program, coffee or beer bar or discussion. Tickets, books, and vinyl, Radio Bollwerk broadcasts live. Residents and guests play music.</em>
Logo Radio Bollwerk
PROGR, Stube (EG, West)

Norient Festival Specials

Feb 2/3, 2024
Norient Festival Special
20:30 · 8.30pm CET
Joy Anger Doubt
Concert
Two world premieres of the new show by Thomas Burkhalter (AV-artist and founder/director of Norient) and Daniel Jakob (music producer / Dubokaj, Dejot). Concerts with two dancers, singers, film, and anthropology. How can I talk about the world?
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