Monday, 02. December 2024, 7 pm

Blue Salon, Room 012, HfG Karlsruhe

Free admission, donation requested

Another exciting addition: Following the fantastic feedback from Open air screenings, we’re establishing the Cult Sneak as a recurring series this semester. After all, what could be better than the thrill of uncertainty? The Cult Sneak will surprise you with hidden cinematic treasures that remain a mystery until the curtain rises. These films are personal favorites of our members, possess cult status, are historically significant, often diverge from the mainstream, and are sometimes unique in their own right—or all of the above all together.

This year, we’re kicking off with a fantastic gem that didn’t make it into the regular program but would have been a perfect fit if there were a color called “Blurange.” Language barriers and age don’t matter—nobody plays a role, really—the only thing that could have stopped us from presenting this film was the Prague Spring. As always, if you can guess the film before the screening, you’ll be rewarded with unique prizes and a genuinely heartfelt pat on the shoulder.

Supporting film: Jüm-Jüm

Director: Werner Nekes, Dore O.

BRD 1967 | 9 minutes | 16mm | Original

The Kino im Blauen Salon, the student cinema of the Hochschule für Gestaltung, has been run by students since 2017 and has been a registered association since the beginning of 2024: https://kinoimblauensalon.de/de/news.

More about the film series in winter semester 2024/25:

Welcome to our new series CINEMA OF COLORS, in which we are dedicating ten films to the fascinating phenomenon of color in cinema: how does it come about, how does it work, what does it tell...? After all, apart from time, there is probably nothing more essential than light and color, which feed our lives and our projectors. While black and white dominated early cinema for decades, the introduction of Technicolor in the 1930s ushered in a new era for our viewing habits: Color sticks deep in our memory as an emotion. Who could forget the girl's coat in SCHINDLER'S LIST? Why can you immediately recognize a Wes Anderson film by its look, and what color is the MATRIX again?

Our program spans the entire winter semester like a rainbow and shows that the Blauer Salon is not resting on its monochrome reputation. Come along and immerse yourself in a colorful palette of classics and rarities from the international cinema landscape: 10 films of various genres from 10 different production countries and 10 decades will chase the grey season away from your eyes and hearts!

07.12.24 Nachtwache

16.12.24 Beau Travail (1999)

10.01.25 Giorgio Moroder’s Metropolis (1984)

15.01.25 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)

17.01.25 Double-Feature: Le monde du silence + The Life Aquatic

20.01.25 Lady Snowblood (1973)

25.01.25 Aktwechsel - 35mm Workshop

03.02.25 Fallen Angels (1995)

14.02.25 Jazz im Blauen Salon

17.02.25 Faust (1960)

22.02.25 Aktwechsel - 35mm Workshop

03.03.25 The Love Witch (2016)