JAN 12–16, 2022
11th NFF 2022
Venues NFF Bern 2022
Live Acts & Performances
Benedikt Sartorius, Charles, FOLD Club (Anabel, James Newmarch b2b Voicedrone), Giant Swan, Jack Dove, Julian Sartorius, Leah Walker, Luzius Schuler, Lyzz, Phrex, Princess P, Ruth & Res Margot, Sculpture
Guests
Johannes Binotto, Rana Eid, Ali Essafi, Svetlana Maraš, George Finlay Ramsay, Lucia Udvardyová, Karolina Emily Magnusson-Murray
Commissioned Works
Sandro Mussida
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Mark Fell, Rian Treanor
Live Acts & Performances
Benedikt Sartorius, Charles, FOLD Club (Anabel, James Newmarch b2b Voicedrone), Giant Swan, Jack Dove, Julian Sartorius, Leah Walker, Luzius Schuler, Lyzz, Phrex, Princess P, Ruth & Res Margot, Sculpture
Guests
Johannes Binotto, Rana Eid, Ali Essafi, Svetlana Maraš, George Finlay Ramsay, Lucia Udvardyová, Karolina Emily Magnusson-Murray
Commissioned Works
Sandro Mussida
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Mark Fell, Rian Treanor
Trailer
EDITING: Rebecca Salvadori (UK)
Films, Videos & Podcasts
A Punk Daydream (Jimmy Hendrickx & Kristian Van Der Heyden, IDN/BEL 2019, 65’) *
A Symphony of Noise: Matthew Herbert’s Revolution (Enrique Sánchez Lansch, DEU 2021, 96’) *
Altered States on the Dancefloor: Room 1 (Leila Ziu, UK 2021, 4’) *
Before the Dying of the Light (Ali Essafi, MAR/FRA 2019, 70’)
Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem (Rana Eid & Nadim Mishlawi, LBN/CH 2021, 24’) *
Brom (Julian Sartorius/Rou Puckt, CH 2015, 3’)
Burning Casablanca (Ismaël El Iraki, MAR/FRA/BEL 2020, 121’) *
Castorocene (George Finlay Ramsay & Alexander Hetherington, UK 2021, 11’) *
Cumbia Around the World (Pablo Coronel, ARG 2020, 87’) *
Davoria (Robert Gyökér, HUN 2021, 59’) *
Desert Lights (Félix Blume, MEX 2021, 30’)
The Devil’s Harmony (Dylan Holmes Williams, UK 2019, 15’) *
Eli (Nate Milton, USA 2019, 11’) *
Flight of the Giant Swan (Joe Hatt, UK 2020, 21’) *
Flow (Adriaan Lokman, NLD/FRA 2019, 14’)
For Lucio (Pietro Marcello, ITA 2021, 78’)
Hell (Sandra Tabet, LBN 2021, 11’) *
Here We Move Here We Groove (Sergej Kreso, NLD 2020, 91’) *
In Pursuit of Silence (Patrick Shen, USA 2016, 81’) *
Kheyal (Munem Wasif, BGD 2019, 24’) *
L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat (Auguste & Louis Lumière, FRA 1896)
Lima Screams (Dana Bonilla & Ximena Valdivia, PER 2018, 76’) *
Luminous (Niko Solorio, USA 2019, 3’)
Max Richter’s Sleep (Natalie Johns, USA 2019, 99’) *
Muted (Johannes Binotto, CH 2021, 9’) *
My Cousin (Edward José, USA 1918, 66’) (Restored by Cineteca di Bologna)
Neon Phantom (Leonardo Martinelli, BRA 2021, 20’)
The Odor of Elephants After the Rain (Omar Rajeh | Maqamat, FRA/LBN 2021, 38’) *
PICO: Un parlante de Africa en America (Invernomuto & Jim C. Nedd, COL 2017, 61’)
Rez Metal (Ashkan Soltani Stone, USA 2021, 75’) *
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs (Pushpendra Singh, IND 2020, 99’) *
Shut Up Sona (Deepti Gupta, IND 2019, 85’) *
Sink In (Leah Walker/Tirzah, UK 2021, 5’)
Sound of Metal (Darius Marder, USA 2019, 121’)
Speak So I Can See You ( Marija Stojnić, SRB/HRV/QAT 2019, 73’)
That Cloud Never Left (Yashaswini Raghunandan, IND 2019, 65) *
* Swiss Premiere
Norient Space Online Special «Politics of Curatorship»

Editors Publication: Monia Acciari, Philipp Rhensius | Authors Articles: Monia Acciari, Sulgi Lie, Radha Mahendru, Rebecca Salvadori, Basak Senova, Gisela Swaragita, Chafic Tabbara | Design Snaps: Elias Chen | Sound Snaps: Ailín Grad
Playlist 11th NFF 2022
Snaps
«Politics of Curatorship»
Crew
Artistic Co-Directors: Rebecca Salvadori, Chafic Tabbara | Program Group: Monia Acciari, Radha Mahendru, Tamara Milosevic, Claudia Popovici | Head of Production: Hannes Liechti | Strategic Director: Thomas Burkhalter | Assistance Program Group: Vinzent Preuß | Interns: Celeste Devrient, Val Kobi | Artwork Festival: Elias Chen | Additional Graphics: Annegreth Schärli (Gut und Schön) | Festival Trailer: Rebecca Salvadori | Screenings & Technics: Carlo Bischoff, Basil Oberli, Béla von Planta, Claudio Hofer (Neon Ray Films) | Videography/Photography: Claudia Popovici, Claudia Schurtenberger | PR International: Jessica Goodchild (Goodchild PR) | Streaming Partner: Christian Heiko Wüthrich, Urs Rihs (Radio Bollwerk)
Media Coverage
Al-Akhbar (LEB) | Audio Pervert (ESP) | Berner Kulturagenda | Der Bund | Burgergemeinde Bern | Crack Magazine (UK) | CzasKultury (POL) | Decoded Magazine (UK) | Deutschlandfunk (GER) | Deutschlandfunk Kultur (UK) | Gonzo Circus (NED) | Inverted Audio (UK/GER) | Jazzthing & Blue Rhythm (GER) | Journal B | Kulturtipp | Le Temps | Listen Up! Newsletter | Radio Bern RaBe | Radio SRF 3 | Radio X | Resident Advisor (UK) | Surprise | WDR (GER) | The Wire (UK) | WOZ
«Norient Film Festival – der State of the art der Film-Musik-Beziehungen»
— Hartwig Vens, Deutschlandfunk Kultur (GER)
Photos by Claudia-Andreea Popovici









































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