A Wall is a Screen

Germany

festival

A Wall is a Screen is a combination of short film open air and city tour, and a one time experience.

With their site-specific screenings, the artist group from Hamburg creates a new context for the moving image. Using mobile projection equipment, they transform the public space into a pop up open air cinema.

During the nightly downtime in in the city, the audience and projection team explore different locations where short films of various genres are shown. After the end of each film, the group continues on to the next spot and film.

This combination of guided city tour and a film night creates a new symbioses between architecture and film, where the audience experiences totally new perspectives. They explore the city and the public space in a new and different way. At the same time the projected short film itself is highlighted by giving each film is its unique location, where it resonates with the surrounding.

A Wall is a screen exists since 2003 and has curated and presented more than 300 programs worldwide, collaborating with many international film festivals, institutions and local partners.

Admin Address
A Wall is a Screen e.V.
Leonore Mau Weg 2, 22763 Hamburg, Germany

Sarah Adam

Curator

Sarah Adam is a curator, programmer, film mediator and adviser for moving image related projects. Her focus is on documentary and experimental forms, short films and moving images in the public space.
She work for cinemas, festivals and cultural institutions, is on the board of directors of the Hauptverband Cinephilie, founder of the Arab Filmclub Hamburg, member of the B-Movie cinema collective in Hamburg, and part of A Wall is a Screen.