December 2017
Fri 29.12.  15:30
Revolution in Silent Film
Filmpodium, Zurich
Mother
Vsevolod Pudovkin, USSR, 1926, 73 min
The End of St. Petersburg
Vsevolod Pudovkin, USSR, 1927, 100 min
Potomok Chingiskhana (Storm Over Asia)
Vsevolod Pudovkin, USSR, 1928, 125 min
Live Music by…
Iokoi (Voice, Electronics), Bit-Tuner (Electronics), Dadaglobal (Electronics, Piano), Steve Buchanan (Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Live Electronics)
Wed 20.12.  21:00
The Interplanetary Revolution
Le Bourg, Lausanne
Aelita
Jakow Protasanow, USSR, 1924, 111 min
Live Music by…
Massicot (Voice, Guitar, Bass, Drums)
Sun 03.12.  14:00
Marathon of Animals
8th IOIC Silent Film Festival
Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
The Scarecrow
Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton, USA, 1920, 19 min
Go West
Buster Keaton, USA, 1925, 69 min
Métamorphoses du papillon
Gaston Velle, France, 1904, 2 min
La poule aux œufs d’or
Gaston Velle, France, 1905, 13 min
La peine du talion
Gaston Velle, France, 1906, 4 min
L'Oiseau bleu
Anonymus, France, 1908, 11 min
Le Faune
Gaston Velle, France, 1908, 4 min
Le scarabée d’or
Segundo de Chomón, France, 1907, 2 min
Le pied du mouton
Segundo de Chomón, France, 1907, 13 min
La grenouille
Segundo de Chomón, France, 1908, 3 min
Les papillons japonais
Segundo de Chomón, France, 1908, 5 min
L’araignée d’or
Segundo de Chomón, France, 1909, 9 min
La sirène
Georges Méliès, France, 1904, 4 min
Le royaume des fées
Georges Méliès, France, 1903, 13 min
Deux Cent Mille Lieues sous les Mers
Georges Méliès, France, 1907, 17 min
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Stuart Paton, USA, 1916, 100 min
Whaling afloat and ashore
Robert W. Paul, UK, 1908, 12 min
Whaling: British Columbia's Least Known and Most Romantic Industry
Arthur David Kean, Canada, 1919, 17 min
Nanook of the North
Robert J. Flaherty, USA, 1922, 79 min
Live Music by…
Galina Juritz (Violin), Beat Keller (Guitar), Kurt Human (Electronics)
Cristina de Simoni (Piano), Magda Vogel (Voice), Heini Andermatt (Double Bass, Flute)
Ikarus (Voice, Bass, Piano, Drums)
Judith Wegmann (Piano), Jeroen Visser (Electronics, Baritonsaxophon)
Mani Neumeier (Drums), Fredy Studer (Drums)
Lalibela Express (Trumpet, Saxophone, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Electronics)
Supermoon (Voice, Guitar, Electronics, Drums)
Crash Landing vs. Systems of Exploitations (Baritonsaxophon, Bass Clarinet, Bass, Electronics, Drums)
Sat 02.12.  14:00
Marathon of Animals
8th IOIC Silent Film Festival
Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
Dog Heaven
Robert A. McGowan & Charles Oelze, USA, 1927, 31 min
The Knockout
Len Powers, USA, 1923, 3 min
Go West
Len Powers, USA, 1923, 12 min
North of 50-50
Len Powers, USA, 1924, 14 min
The Blue Bird
Maurice Tourneur, USA, 1918, 75 min
Back to God’s Country
David Hartford, Canada, 1919, 73 min
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
J. P. McGowan, USA, 1927, 57 min
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA, 1925, 62 min
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA, 1927, 69 min
Gertie the Dinosaur
Winsor McCay, USA, 1914, 14 min
Bug Vaudeville
Winsor McCay, USA, 1921, 12 min
The Pet
Winsor McCay, USA, 1921, 12 min
The Private Life of a Cat
Alexander Hammid & Maya Deren, USA, 1947, 22 min
Live Music by…
Ester Poly (Bass, Drums, Electronics)
Los Dos (Drums, Guitar, Voice)
Alexander Schiwow (Piano), Dadaglobal (Electronics, Piano)
Nadja Zela & Band (Voice, Guitar, Bass, Wurlitzer, Drums)
The Pussywarmers & Réka (Drums, Trumpet, Double Bass, Banjo, Guitar, Voice, Keyboard)
Iokoi & Bit-Tuner (Live Electronics, Keyboard, Voice)
Repos (Synthesizer, Keyboard), Staubfänger (Keyboard, Piano)
Virlyn (Electronics)
Rakun (Electronics)
Fri 01.12.  18:00
Marathon of Animals
8th IOIC Silent Film Festival
Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link
Willis O’Brien, USA, 1917, 4 min
Prehistoric Poultry
Willis O’Brien, USA, 1917, 4 min
R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
Willis O’Brien, USA, 1917, 13 min
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
Willis H. O‘Brien, USA, 1918, 19 min
The Lost World
Harry O. Hoyt , USA, 1925, 102 min
Evolution
Dave Fleischer, USA, 1923, 41 min
Drifters
John Grierson, UK, 1929, 41 min
La pieuvre
Jean Painlevé, France, 1927, 13 min
Les oursins
Jean Painlevé, France, 1928, 10 min
L’Étoile de mer
Man Ray, France, 1928, 16 min
Troll-Elgen
Walter Fyrst, Norway, 1927, 98 min
Os Lobos
Rino Lupu, Portugal, 1923, 80 min
Live Music by…
The Few (Voice, Violin, Guitar, Double Bass)
Yumi Ito (Voice), Joachim Flüeler (Cello), Simon Berz (DIY Instruments, Drums)
Jaguar On The Moon (Electronics)
Papiro (Electronics)
Oblique Noir (Electronics)
Síd (Voice, Guitar, Piano, Electronics, Drums)
Big Bold Back Bone (Trumpet, Guitar, Drums, Electronics)
November 2017
Thu 30.11.  18:00
Marathon of Animals
8th IOIC Silent Film Festival
Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
Rescued by Rover
Lewin Fitzhamon & Cecil M. Hepworth, UK, 1905, 6 min
A Canine Sherlock Holmes
Stuart Kinder, UK, 1912, 15 min
A Dog's Love
Jack Harvey, USA, 1914, 11 min
A Dog’s Life
Charlie Chaplin, USA, 1918, 33 min
Clash of the Wolves
Noel M. Smith, USA, 1925, 74 min
Black Cyclone
Fred Jackman, USA, 1925, 67 min
The Cat and the Canary
Paul Leni, USA, 1927, 73 min
The Acrobatic Fly
F. Percy Smith, UK, 1910, 3 min
La mosca y sus peligros
Ernesto Gunche & Eduardo Martínez de la Pera, Argentina, 1920, 34 min
Mechanics of the Brain
Vsevolod Pudovkin, USSR, 1926, 72 min
Live Music by…
Luxus (Voice, Guitar, Bass, Drums)
Abstract. Syntax. Tree (Voice, Guitar, Electronics)
Acid Amazonians (Voice, Guitar, Keyboard)
Manuel Mengis (Trumpet, Electronics), Flo Stoffner (Guitar), Christian Wolfarth (Cymbals), Thomas Peter (Composition, Live Electronics)
XOL feat. Harri Sjöström (Trumpet, Double Bass, Drums, Soprano Saxophone)
Xaran (Alto Saxophone, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Electronics)
Olf & Olf (Guitar, Bass)
Fri 10.11.  20:45
Revolution in Silent Film
Filmpodium, Zurich
Strike
Sergei Eisenstein, USSR, 1925, 82 min
Live Music by…
Azeotrop (Organ, Drums, Percussion)
October 2017
Fri 13.10.  20:45
Revolution in Silent Film
Filmpodium, Zurich
Madame Dubarry
Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, 1919, 114 min
Live Music by…
District Five Quartet (Drums, Bass, Guitar, Alto Saxophone)
September 2017
Fri 22.09.  20:45
Revolution in Silent Film
Filmpodium, Zurich
Aelita
Jakow Protasanow, USSR, 1924, 111 min
Live Music by…
Massicot (Voice, Guitar, Bass, Drums)
Wed 20.09.  20:30
Revolution in Silent Film
Cinéma Spoutnik, Genève
Aelita
Jakow Protasanow, USSR, 1924, 111 min
Live Music by…
Massicot (Voice, Guitar, Bass, Drums)
Sat 02.09.  20:00
Lange Nacht der Museen - Inner Landscapes
Landesmuseum Zurich
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
Wallace McCutcheon & Edwin S. Porter , USA, 1906, 7 min
Le Rève d’un fumeur d’opium
Georges Méliès, France, 1908, 5 min
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
J. Stuart Blackton, USA, 1909, 5 min
La Folie du Docteur Tube
Abel Gance, France, 1915, 10 min
Balançoires
Noël Renard, France, 1928, 30 min
Meshes of the Afternoon
Maya Deren, USA, 1943, 14 min
At Land
Maya Deren, USA, 1944, 14 min
La Coquille et le clergyman
Germaine Dulac, France, 1928, 39 min
Monsieur Fantômas
Ernst Moerman, Belgium, 1937, 17 min
Live Music by…
Pierre Audétat (Live Electronics)
Bit-Tuner (Electronics)
REA (Toys, Electronics, Voice)
Fri 01.09.  20:00
One Thousand and One Nights at Hardturm
Stadionbrache Hardturm, Zurich
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
Lotte Reiniger, Germany, 1926, 67 min
Live Music by…
Cosili (Live Electronics)
July 2017
Thu 27.07.  19:30
Soirée Méliès
Kardamom & Koffee, Kampala
Le Voyage dans la Lune
Georges Méliès, France, 1902, 14 min
Le Voyage à travers l'impossible
Georges Méliès, France, 1904, 20 min
À la Conquête du Pôle
Georges Méliès, France, 1912, 30 min
Live Music by…
Fred Mbalu (African harp, Mira, Fiddle tube, Flute, Percussion), David Isanga (Fiddle tube, Percussion, Mira)
Wed 05.07.  20:00
Openair Literatur Festival
Alter Botanischer Garten, Zurich
Archaeology of Lust - Sex Flicks from the Silent Era (Part 1)
anonymous, USA/France, 1920ies, 30 min
Archaeology of Lust - Sex Flicks from the Silent Era (Part 2)
anonymous, USA/France, 1920ies, 30 min
Live Music by…
King Kazzo (Alto Saxophone), Katharina Kabel (Live Electronics)
June 2017
Fri 23.06.  20:00
Inscape Rooms
Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
Wallace McCutcheon & Edwin S. Porter , USA, 1906, 7 min
Le Rève d’un fumeur d’opium
Georges Méliès, France, 1908, 5 min
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
J. Stuart Blackton, USA, 1909, 5 min
La Folie du Docteur Tube
Abel Gance, France, 1915, 10 min
Balançoires
Noël Renard, France, 1928, 30 min
Meshes of the Afternoon
Maya Deren, USA, 1943, 14 min
At Land
Maya Deren, USA, 1944, 14 min
La Coquille et le clergyman
Germaine Dulac, France, 1928, 39 min
Live Music by…
toktek (DIY Instruments, Bass)
Bit-Tuner (Electronics)
REA (Toys, Electronics, Voice)
May 2017
Tue 23.05.  22:00
Misterioso Jazz Club @ Videoex Festival 2017
Videoex, Zurich
Man with a Movie Camera
Dziga Vertov, USSR, 1929, 68 min
Live Music by…
XOL feat. Harri Sjöström (Trumpet, Double Bass, Drums, Soprano Saxophone)
March 2017
Thu 30.03.  20:45
The Underworld in Silent Film
Filmpodium, Zurich
Der Geisterzug
Géza von Bolváry, Germany, 1927, 80 min
Live Music by…
Marena Whitcher’s Shady Midnight Orchestra (Voices, Toys, Guitar, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Piano, Double Bass, Drums)
Wed 01.03.  20:45
The Underworld in Silent Film
Filmpodium, Zurich
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Berthelet, USA, 1916, 116 min
Live Music by…
Elgar (Koch-Stoffner-Friedli) (Drums, Guitar, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet)
February 2017
Sun 12.02.  17:00
El tren fantasma
Gemeindesaal Männedorf
El tren fantasma
Gabriel García Moreno, Mexico, 1927, 71 min
Live Music by…
Filomena Felley (Viola), Stefanie Kunckler (Double Bass), Thomas Goralski (Piano), Singfrauen Männedorf (Voices)
January 2017
Thu 26.01.  20:45
The Underworld in Silent Film
Filmpodium, Zurich
El tren fantasma
Gabriel García Moreno, Mexico, 1927, 71 min
Live Music by…
Filomena Felley (Viola), Stefanie Kunckler (Double Bass), Thomas Goralski (Piano), Singfrauen Männedorf (Voices)