Final Cut: A Beautiful Living Thing [Part 2]: Improvisation #1
by Ross Birrell

SEP
14
Film screening
8:30 pm
Filmladen Kassel e. V., Goethestraße 31, Kassel

Ross Birrell, A Beautiful Living Thing [Part 2]: Improvisation #1, 2016, Scotland, UK, film still

A Beautiful Living Thing [Part 2]: Improvisation #1, Ross Birrell, Scotland, UK, 2016, 56 min., English

A Beautiful Living Thing [Part 2]: Improvisation #1 features performances by members of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra filmed inside the Mackintosh building of the Glasgow School of Art, in the aftermath of the devastating fire on May 23, 2014.


Final Cut is a documenta 14 film program that takes place at Filmladen Kassel, a small arthouse cinema, during the final week of the exhibition. Daily from September 11–17, beginning at 8:30 pm, it presents a selection of riveting yet seldom-seen films compiled by Artistic Director Adam Szymczyk.

If not stated otherwise, all screenings show original versions with English subtitles.

Entrance fee: 7.50 € / reduced 7 €. On September 14 you can watch all three films that are presented in the context of Final Cut with a single ticket. Tickets for the screenings can be purchased from September 7 or on the day of the screenings, daily from 5 pm at Filmladen Kassel. Reservations are not possible.

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