Kafka goes to the Movies
Schedule
Tue Oct 01 2024 at 06:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
100 University Avenue North Tower Suite 201, mailbox # 136, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M5J 1V6 | Toronto, ON
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Film & PerformancePresented by the Goethe-Institut & the Czech Centres
Activated by theatre maker Alon Nashman
“It is a longing that has lived in me since the advent of cinematography: I would like to turn into a street where such a staged cinematographic scene is taking place. What could one improvise there?” – Kafka's diary, September 10, 1911
While working on a television project about Kafka, German actor Hanns Zischler (Babylon Berlin) discovered a series of passionate writings in Kafka’s journals about his avid moviegoing. Zischler spent the next 25 years combing through archives and libraries to locate many of the films mentioned by Kafka.
Join us for an evening of performance, Kafka’s letters and journals, moving image and conversation around the acclaimed writer and the revolutionary new medium of film he adored, revealing his boundless curiosity, active social life and sense of humour.
Alon Nashman is a Dora-winning theatre creator. Trained at the National Theatre School of Canada, one of his biggest successes is Kafka and Son, based on Kafka’s Letter to His Father. The production has toured across Canada, the National Theatre of Iceland, Edinburgh Fringe, The Hague, Budapest, London, Prague (Outstanding Performance Award), Germany’s Thespis Festival (Jury Prize), Ankara International Theatre Festival, and to South Africa’s National Arts Festival.
The films:
“A Tram Ride through Prague” (“Jízda Prahou otevřenou tramvají”) Czech 1908. Directed, written, photographed, produced by Jan Kříenecký. Restored by Národní Filmový Archiv, Prague
“First International Competition for Airplanes in Brescia” (“Primo Circuito Aereo Internazionale di Aeroplane in Brescia”), Italy 1909. Produced by Manifatture Cinematografiche Adolfo Croce, Milano. Restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
“Nick Winter and the Theft of the Mona Lisa” (“Nick Winter et le vol de la joconde”), France 1911. Directed by Paul Garbagni. Produced by Pathé Frères, Paris.
In English. Silent films (with English surtitles/intertitles).
Part of the fall cluster Playing Kafka, including a VR and graphic novel exhibition, a media salon and the online game.
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Where is it happening?
100 University Avenue North Tower Suite 201, mailbox # 136, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M5J 1V6Event Location & Nearby Stays:
