Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty, Senegal 1973, 91 minutes, 35mm, original version with German subtitles, original language: Wolof

Saturday, May 24, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Meadow in front of the HfG, Platz der Menschenrechte

Free admission, donation requested The young shepherd Mory has taken the cattle to the slaughterhouse, rides through Dakar on his motorcycle adorned with horns, meets the student Anna and wants to set off with her to Paris, to the “little angel of paradise”. In order to be able to afford the crossing, they try their hand at petty crime.

A crazy, rousing, bursting-at-the-seams plot about the African fascination with the promises of the Western world. This is also reflected in the whirling style of the self-taught Mambéty: Touki Bouki, Wolof for The Journey of the Hyena, combines film noir and nouvelle vague, comedy and social criticism and is an antithesis to the large-scale sell-out in the blaxploitation cinema that was thriving at the same time.

In the bright colors of the 70s, Touki Bouki impetuously defies all narrative conventions. Anything goes!

In the supporting program: Cassis Director: Jonas Mekas, USA 1966, 6 minutes, 16mm, Without dialog

An event in cooperation with the Science Office of the City of Karlsruhe as part of the Effects Festival 2025.

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 summer semester 2025:

Kino im Blauen Salon, the student cinema of the Hochschule für Gestaltung, invites you to the new program for the summer semester! Our film program, which was awarded 1st prize by the Deutsche Kinemathek, is now in its 18th semester! Time to take a brief look back... In our early days, cineastes were few and far between in the Blauer Salon, whereas today the room seems almost too small. But we have always remained true to our ideals: Analog film screenings in 35mm & 16mm, joint voluntary work with free admission and a relaxed HfG atmosphere. And the summer open-air cinema on the lawn in front of the HfG is already in its 6th round, this time at the end of May! So it's time not to look back, but to look forward: To another summer semester full of cinematic-poetic cinema highlights:
Our main interest this summer is poetry, because the nights are getting longer, the horizon endless and there's something in the air. But what does cinema have to do with poetry? Find out in our “Cinema Poetico” series, in which we set off on multiple narrative strands, meandering perspectives, visual detours and everything that lies between the lines. The series presents a hand-picked selection of classics and hidden gems that form the silent branches of cinema.
There are also nightly excursions with our “Midnight Movies”, the legendary Kult Sneak, experimental short film programs, workshops, specials, guests and, of course, the highlight of the cinema year, the open-air cinema in front of the HfG, under the motto “Freedom in Change”. See you soon at the movies!