Darat al Funun will be screening the secend part of short films of the theme “Critical Representations of Power” selected by film critic Yazan Ashqar next Tuesday 18 March at 6:30 pm. This selection of short animated films presents cinematic examples that deal with the concepts of power and authority in its social context, with representations of innovative cinematic narratives as a form of protest, and with direct criticism to historical sociopolitical problems.

Film selection:

Labyrinth
Jan Lenica
Poland 1963 - 15min

Made in 1963, Lenica created Labyrinth a self-consciously Kafka-esque tale of a winged lonely man literally devoured by totalitarian rule.

Balance
Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein
West Germany 1989
7 min
The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall.

Logorama
François Alauxherve de Crecyludovic Houplain
16 min
France 2009
In a world made up entirely of trademarks and brand names, Michelin Man cops pursue a criminal Ronald McDonald.

Drux Flux
Theodore Ushev
Canada 2008
Comprised of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry.
5min

The Hand
Ruka
Jiří Trnka
Czechoslovakia 1965
18 min
A tragicomic story of a little man who wishes to make a flower-pot for his beloved flower and an almighty and always present hand that forces the man to create a portrait celebrating it.