JAN 11–15, 2023
12th Norient Festival 2023
Artwork by Sergio Salazar (La Paz, Bolivia)
Venues Norient Festival Bern 2023
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Live Acts & Performances
ASHA, Lucia Margarita Bauer, Coco Em, David Alexander Currie, Francesco Fabris, HHY & The Kampala Unit (Jonathan Saldanha, Florence Lugemwa), Ina Valeska, Janice Iche, Sandro Mussida, Maarja Nuut, Mika Oki, PÖ, Olivia Salvadori, Nicolas Stocker, Turkana, André Vida
Guests
Basil Anliker aka Baze, Gilles Aubry, Rayya Badran, Wendy Bashi (online), Zeynep Bulut, Lea Heimann, Cem Kaya (online), Nico Manzano (online), Jan Moszumański
Live Acts & Performances
ASHA, Lucia Margarita Bauer, Coco Em, David Alexander Currie, Francesco Fabris, HHY & The Kampala Unit (Jonathan Saldanha, Florence Lugemwa), Ina Valeska, Janice Iche, Sandro Mussida, Maarja Nuut, Mika Oki, PÖ, Olivia Salvadori, Nicolas Stocker, Turkana, André Vida
Guests
Basil Anliker aka Baze, Gilles Aubry, Rayya Badran, Wendy Bashi (online), Zeynep Bulut, Lea Heimann, Cem Kaya (online), Nico Manzano (online), Jan Moszumański
Trailer
TRAILER CREDITS
Soundtrack: HHY & The Kampala Unit, Album Lithium Blast, Track «Bursting Thru The Gates», 2020 on Nyege Nyege Tapes
Videodesign: Daniel Mugo Munyi, Nairobi © Norient
Films, (Music) Videos & Video Installations
A Question of Time, Resilience, Beauty & Love – Video Installation (Janice Iche, KEN 2018, 37') *
A Sound of My Own (Rebecca Zehr, DEU 2021, 52’)
Atlantic Ragagar (Gilles Aubry, CHE/MAR 2022, 32’) **
Isn't It a Beautiful World (Joseph Wilson, UK 2021, 13’) *
Kwetu Kwanza (Noah Grothe & Devis Ahimbisibwe, UGA 2022, 14’) *
Leave the Door Open (Ümran Safter, TUR/USA 2021, 64’) *
Libende Boyz (Wendy Bashi, BEL/COD 2021, 46’)
Love, Deutschmarks and Death (Cem Kaya, DEU 2022, 98’)
Me & The Beasts (Nico Manzano, VEN 2021, 78’) *
Meet Doug (Théo Jollet, FRA 2020, 26’) *
Mutant (Lebogang Rasethaba & Nthato Mokgata, ZAF 2020, 66’) *
Neptune Frost (Anisia Uzeyman & Saul Williams, RWA/USA 2021, 105’)
Oh, It Hertz! (Gunnar Hall Jensen, NOR 2021, 87’) *
Overheim (Jouri Hoepfner, DEU 2022, 23’) *
Singeli Movement: Greed for Speed (Jan Moszumański, POL/TZA 2022, 60’) *** | Article
Sirens (Rita Baghdadi, USA/LBN 2022, 78’)
Sometimes It Was Beautiful (Christian Nyampeta, SWE/COD 2018 , 37’) *
SPAWN – Music Video by Isaac Mutant & Baze (Basil Anliker & Yannick Mosimann, CHE/ZAF 2022, 4')
Techno, Mama (Saulius Baradinskas, LTU 2021, 18’)
The Grief Interval (Aura Satz, GBR 2021, 19’)
The Sound of Friendship: Warm Wavelengths in a Cold, Cold War (Anandita Bajpai, DEU/IND 2022, 63’) *
* Swiss Premiere | ** European Premiere | *** World Premiere
Spotify Playlist
YouTube Playlist
Crew
Artistic Director: Claudia Popovici | Curatorial Group: Emma Nzioka, Luisa Fernanda Uribe, Philipp Rhensius, Radha Mahendru, Rebecca Salvadori, Vinzent Preuß | Curation Academic Bubble: Carla J. Maier | Head of Production: Hannes Liechti | Strategic Director: Thomas Burkhalter | Assistance: Erna Kuduzovic | Artwork Festival: Sergio Salazar | Festival Trailers: Daniel Mugo Munyi, Emma Nzioka, Carroll Omuom | Screenings & Technics: Carlo Bischoff, Basil Oberli, Jasper Ter Mors (Neon Ray Films) | Photography: Karin Scheidegger | Radio Bollwerk: Christian Heiko Wüthrich, Urs Rihs
Media Coverage
Asian Film Festivals (ARG) | Berner Kulturagenda | Berner Zeitung · Der Bund · Berner Oberländer I (CH) | Berner Zeitung · Der Bund · Berner Oberländer II | Deutschlandfunk Kultur (DEU) | Filmexplorer (CH) | globalsounds (CH) | Hauptstadt.be (CH) | Jazzthing & blue rhythm (DEU) | KSB Kulturbeutel #183 | Kulturtipp (CH) | Le Temps (CH) | Listen Up! (CH) | Radio Bern (RaBe) (CH) | Radio X (CH) | Resident Advisor (UK) | RTS (CH) | Schweizer Musikzeitung (CH) | SRF 2, Jazz und World (CH) | SRF 2, Kontext (CH) | SRF 2, Kultur kompakt | SRF 3, Sounds! (CH) | Unsere Beweggründe (CH)
«Das Norient Festival will weg vom eurozentrischen Blick auf Musik»
— Tonart am Vormittag, Deutschlandfunk Kultur (DEU)
Photos by Karin Scheidegger
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