Jay Leyda: Witnessed Years 1–30 November, 2024

Name: Jay Leyda: Witnessed Years 1–30 November, 2024
Start: 2024-11-19T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-19T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Schedule

Tue Nov 19 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin, Germany | Berlin, BE

Jay Leyda (1910-1988) was a filmmaker, film historian, translator and author of definitive works on, among others, the compilation film, Chinese cinema and Sergei Eisenstein with whom he studied in Moscow from 1933 to 1936. In a world marked by ideological fronts, he followed his passion for everything to do with the creation of films and their archival survival – writing, researching, traveling, living in New York, Moscow, Los Angeles, London, Beijing, and East Berlin. Our program pays tribute to a key figure of an "international film history following ideas instead of geographic boundaries." (Jay Leyda).
Program
FRI November 1, 7pm, Introduction: Tobias Hering, Keynote: Masha Salazkina (Concordia University, Montreal, online), real-time composition: Satch Hoyt
A BRONX MORNING Jay Leyda USA 1931 35mm silent 14’
VESNOJ In Spring Mikhail Kaufman UdSSR 1929 35mm silent 66’
SAT November 2, 6pm
AEROGRAD Oleksandr Dovzhenko USSR 1935 35mm Russian OV with German subtitles 81‘
SAT November 2, 8pm, with an introduction by Tobias Hering
PESN O GEROJACH Song of Heroes (Komsomol) Joris Ivens USSR 1932 35mm Russian OV with English subtitles 50’
CHINA STRIKES BACK Paul Strand, Leo Hurwitz, Harry Dunham, Irving Lerner USA 1937 16mm Engl. OV 37’
THE PEOPLE OF THE CUMBERLAND Sidney Meyers, Jay Leyda USA 1937 16mm Engl. OV 18’
SUN November 3, 4pm, with introductions and interludes by Elena Vogman, Oksana Bulgakowa & Tobias Hering, on the grand piano: Eunice Martins, percussion: Simon Berz
EISENSTEIN’S MEXICAN FILM – EPISODES FOR STUDY Jay Leyda, Sergei M. Eisenstein USA 1957 35mm silent with Engl. Intertitles 230‘ with a break
TUE November 5, 6:30pm, with an introduction by David Stirk
ROMANCE SENTIMENTALE Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrow F 1930 16mm Engl. Intertitles 20‘
BESCHIN LUG Bezhin Meadow Sergei M. Eisenstein, Sergei Jutkewitsch, Naum Kleiman USSR 1935-37/1968 35mm Russian OV with Engl. subtitles 31’
TUE November 5., 8pm, introduction: Tom Gunning (online), on the grand piano: Eunice Martins
Early Griffith I
THE SONG OF THE SHIRT D.W. Griffith USA 1908 35mm silent 8‘
THE LONELY VILLA D.W. Griffith USA 1909 16mm silent 12’
LINES OF WHITE ON A SULLEN SEA D.W. Griffith USA 1909 16mm silent 19’
A CORNER IN WHEAT D.W. Griffith USA 1909 35mm silent 14’
THE USURER D.W. Griffith USA 1910 16mm silent 12’
THE LONEDALE OPERATOR D.W. Griffith USA 1911 16mm silent 15’
WED November 6, 7pm, guest: Chris Wahl (Konrad Wolf Film University, Babelsberg)
HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT INCONNU Henri Storck Belgium 1932 16mm French OV with German subtitles 10‘
ISPANIJA Spain Esfir Shub Spain 1939 35mm Russian OV with Engl. subtitles 88’
THU November 7, 8pm
POLIZEIBERICHT ÜBERFALL Ernö Metzner GER 1928 35mm 20‘
DIE AUSTERNPRINZESSIN The Oyster Princess Ernst Lubitsch GER 1919 57‘
FRI November 8, 6pm, guest: Heide Schlüpmann, on the grand piano: Eunice Martins
DIE FÄCHERMALERIN Rudolf Meinert GER 1913 35mm silent 39‘
HILDE WARREN UND DER TOD Joe May GER 1917 51‘
FRI November 8, 9pm
ALGOL – TRAGÖDIE DER MACHT Hans Werckmeister GER 1920 78‘
SAT November 9, 6pm, guest: Heide Schlüpmann, on the grand piano: Eunice Martins, followed by a conversation with Heide Schlüpmann and Eunice Martins
Films from the „Jean Desmet“ collection of the Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
CONCORSO DI BELLEZZA FRA BAMBINI A TORINO I 1909 35mm silent 3‘
LE MYSTÈRE DES ROCHES DE KADOR Léonce Perret F 1912 35mm silent 37’
UNA TRAGEDIA AL CINEMATOGRAFO Enrico Guazzoni I 1912 35mm silent 9‘
THE PICTURE IDOL James Young USA 1912 35mm silent 14’
HYDRAULIC LIFT LOCK AT PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, CANADA UK 1911 35mm silent 5’
KASPER-LOTTE Emil Albes GER 1913 35mm silent 12’
KRI KRI DOMESTICO Raymond Frau I 1913 35mm silent 5’
SAT November 9, 9pm, with an introduction by Tom Gunning (online), on the grand piano: Eunice Martins
Early Griffith II
THE GIRL AND HER TRUST D.W. Griffith USA 1912 16mm silent 16’
THE MUSKETEERS OF PIG ALLEY D.W. Griffith USA 1912 16mm silent 17’
THE MOTHERING HEART D.W. Griffith USA 1913 35mm silent 23’
THE BATTLE OF ELDERBUSH GULCH D.W. Griffith USA 1913 16mm silent 28’
SUN November 10, 5pm, guest: Florian Wüst
„Hans-Loch-Straße“: Jay Leyda in East Berlin (1964–69)
ZWISCHEN ANKUNFT UND ABFAHRT Emile Itolo GDR 1964 8‘
Clippings from: JAHRGANG 45 Jürgen Böttcher GDR 1966
Clippings from: MEIN LIEBER ROBINSON Roland Gräf GDR 1970
Clips from productions of the State Film Documentation of the GDR and the Deutsche Fernsehfunk/Television of the GDR
RUNAWAY Standish Lawder USA 1966 16mm without dialogue 6‘
SUN November 10, 8pm, guest: Günter Jordan
LIED DER STRÖME Joris Ivens GDR 1954 German OV 111‘
TUE November 19, 7pm, with an introduction by Ralf Sotscheck
MISE ÉIRE I am Ireland George Morrison Ireland 1959 Irish Gaelic OV with Engl. subtitles 88’
THU November 21, 6:30pm, with an introduction by Fabian Tietke
FENG BAO The Storm Jin Shan China 1959 Mandarin OV with Engl. subtitles 103’
THU November 21, 9pm, with an introduction by Fabian Tietke
NONGNU Serfs Li Jun China 1963 16mm Mandarin, Tibetan OV with Engl. subtitles 91‘
THU November 28, 7pm, Online-Introduction: Charles Musser, followed by a film talk
A Decade of Left-leaning Non-Fiction, 1938–1948
THE PEOPLE OF THE CUMBERLAND Sidney Meyers, Jay Leyda USA 1937 16mm Engl. OV 18’
UNITED ACTION MEANS VICTORY Michael Martini USA 1939 Engl. OV 36’
OUR UNION Union Films, Carl Aldo Marzani USA 1949 16 mm Engl. OV 21’
THE PEOPLE’S CONGRESSMAN Union Films, Carl Aldo Marzani USA 1948 Engl. OV 12’
FRI November 29, 6pm, guest: Henning Engelke
H2O Ralph Steiner USA 1929 16mm silent 14’
PIE IN THE SKY Nykino (Ralph Steiner, Irving Lerner & Group Theatre Members Elia Kazan, Ellman Koolish, Molly Day, Russell Collins) USA 1935 Engl. OV 16’
SYNCHROMY NO. 4 (ESCAPE) Mary Ellen Bute USA 1937 without dialogue 4’
THE WORLD TODAY (BLACK LEGION) Nykino USA 1936/37 Engl. OV 6’
FIVE FILM EXCERCISES James Whitney, John Whitney USA 1945 16mm without dialogue 20’
INTROSPECTION Sarah Kathryn Arledge USA 1947 without dialogue 6’
FRI November 29, 8pm, guests: Henning Engelke & Kazembe Balagun (Maysles Documentary Center, NYC, online), on the grand piano: Eunice Martins
A BRONX MORNING Jay Leyda USA 1931 35mm silent 14’
THE QUIET ONE Sidney Meyers et al. USA 1948 35mm Engl. OV 64‘
SAT November 30, 7pm, with an introduction by Thomas Tode
BRONENOSEZ POTEMKIN Battleship Potemkin Sergei M. Eisenstein USSR 1925 „Nadelton“ version German sound version 50‘
SAT November 30, 9pm, with an introduction by Thomas Tode
BRONENOSEZ POTEMKIN Battleship Potemkin Sergei M. Eisenstein USSR 1925 Edmund Meisel/Arthur Kleiner version 16mm Engl. Intertitles 66‘