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Camera Threat

Forum Expanded 2017
© Bernd Lützeler
Set in the dreary nooks of Mumbai’s film industry, stuck between star-cult, superstition, and the daily gridlock, Camera Threat explores the ambivalent and sometimes paranoid relationship that this film city has with the moving image itself.
Seated on a casting couch, a director and an actress get trapped in their impromptu conversations on the unwanted side effects of a world that no longer bothers to tell facts from fiction. An expanded multi-genre film within the constraints of the so-called Masala Formul" popularly known from Indian cinema.
by Bernd Lützeler
with Mansi Multani, Pushpendra Singh, Girish Pardeshi, Harish Bhimani, Shai Heredia Germany 2017 Hindi, English 30’ Colour

With

  • Mansi Multani (actress)
  • Pushpendra Singh (director)
  • Girish Pardeshi (filmmaker)
  • Harish Bhimani (voice)
  • Shai Heredia (voice)

Crew

Written and Directed by Bernd Lützeler
Cinematography Bernd Lützeler
Editing Bernd Lützeler
Music Guido Möbius
Sound Design Bernd Lützeler
Sound Johannes Hampel
Casting Bernd Lützeler
Production Manager Philip Widmann
Producer Bernd Lützeler

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Bernd Lützeler

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Bernd Lützeler

Bernd Lützeler, born in 1967 in Dusseldorf, Germany, lives and works as an artist and filmmaker between Berlin and Mumbai. In his works he explores techniques of moving image production and presentation in relation with their form and perception. Loops, found footage, and jugaad (DIY) technologies are an integral part of his films and expanded cinema works. His travels to Mumbai have had a strong impact on his work, which often looks into the aesthetics of popular Indian cinema and television within the urban context. His films have been shown at venues and festivals worldwide. He is an active member of the artist-run analogue filmlab LaborBerlin.

Filmography

1993 Rauschlitanei; video installation, loop 1998 Eternal Showdown; film installation, loop · The Suspect Usual; 18 min. 2000 Loop-o-Rama; film installation 2003 True Love is Just Filmi; 15 min. 2005 Rapid Eye Love; 3 min. 2011 the Voice of God; 10 min. 2014 Traveling with Maxim Gorkiy; 10 min. · Nola's saloN; film installation 2016 Batagur Baska; 7 min. 2017 Fultu Faltu Filim; 2 min. · Ein Tonfilm; 5 min. · Camera Threat

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017