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curator statement:
We, the migrants, are not wanderers in foreign lands; we are the living archives of erased histories. Our presence disrupts the carefully constructed illusion that these lands were ever made for just one kind of person. In Germany, where the far right rises and hate speech poisons the air, we, the migrants, emphasize the urgency of delving into the colonial past to understand its present relevance so that we can weave alternative futures.
“With whose blood were my eyes crafted?” This question by Donna Haraway guides us to reflect on the implicit (and explicit) violences in our own practices of visualization, questioning the myth of objective, neutral knowledge built on silenced voices. Our eyes may be heirs to a colonial gaze, yet they hold the potential to carry disobedient perspectives – ones that transcend the dichotomies designed to subordinate our bodies.
The selected short films explore the colonial past and present to unveil the roots of racist, discriminatory, and anti-gender discourses still alive today. They reflect on how these narratives shape us as migrants in this city, and how we can rise against them.
Florencia Bellone
Germany/Vietnam, 34 min, director: Thúy Trang Nguyen
Germany, 2 min, director: Popo Fan
Germany/Peru, 22:20 min, director: Kervin Saint Pere
Germany, 3:45 min, director: Hana Khalil
Germany, 7 min, director: Nina Cavalcanti
Welcome to the Vierte Welle Film Festival, an event dedicated to celebrating and promoting diversity, inclusion and gender equality in the film industry. In its 5th edition, our festival continues to be a vital space for showcasing the talent of filmmakers from around the world who challenge established norms and explore new narratives that reflect their vision of feminism.
On 15 and 16 March 2025, attendees will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a captivating selection of short films that address a wide range of topics, such as Berlin from a migrant perspective, various feminist Activisms around the world, the ongoing fight against violence towards women in Me Too, and reflections on the different ways of experiencing sexuality and engaging with the world in Queer.
We hope you enjoy the diversity of stories our festival has to offer and join us in celebrating the power of cinema to inspire, educate, and drive change.
Thank you for joining us for this new edition of the festival.
Anahi Mou & Gabriela Gioia
Co-directors of the Vierte Welle Film Festival
Vierte Welle Film Festival is based in Berlin, and since 2019 aims to give visibility to FLINTA+ and Queer artists to raise awareness about gender inequality, the fight against discrimination and the prevention of prejudices through citizen participation. Through fiction, documentary and experimental audiovisual projects in short format.
The work team consists of FLINTA+ people with a migrant background and feminist activists from various organizations residing in Berlin. “Fourth wave” is created as a safe space for the projection, viewing, and discussion of audiovisual content of a philosophical, political, economic, social, ecological and cultural nature, whether academic or not.
