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AVA präsentiert die "Chaplin Kollektion" - eine Sammlung von 9 frühen Filmen des einzigartigen Charlie Chaplin:

In der Slapstick-Komödie "One A.M." kommt Chaplin spät und nicht ganz nüchtern nach Hause und stolpert durch sein Schicksal. Die herzliche Erzählung von "The Immigrant" erfasst die Essenz von Menschlichkeit mit unvergleichlichem Witz und Charme. In Klassikern wie "The Vagabond" und "The Floorwalker" spielt Chaplin mit vollem Körpereinsatz, während “The Fireman" und "The Adventurer" Chaplin vollends zur Legende machten.

Streame die Filme von Charlie Chaplin auf der AVA-Plattform für den Verbund der Öffentlichen Bibliotheken Berlins (VÖBB) https://voebb.ava.watch/selection/chaplin-collection/

Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
VÖBB - Verbund der Öffentlichen Bibliotheken Berlins

AVA Highlights. From our Horror and Fantasy collection. Multiple award winning film “Good Manners” brought to you by two Brazilian filmmakers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra.

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny of her unborn child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night changes their plans.

Watch on AVA Platforms:
- for the Association of Public Libraries in Berlin (VÖBB) https://voebb.ava.watch/film/good-manners/
- for the University Library Center of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (hbz) https://hbz.ava.watch/film/good-manners/
- for the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL)
https://csal.ava.watch/film/good-manners/

If AVA is not available in your region, ask your local library to get one of our platforms

Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
VÖBB - Verbund der Öffentlichen Bibliotheken Berlins

AVA highlights: “The Invisible Frame” directed by Cynthia Beatt.

In 1988, the British director Cynthia Beatt, who is based in Berlin, conceived a special cinematic bike tour. She selected a number of places along the 160 km long border where the young Tilda Swinton cycled along. In June 2009, Cynthia Beatt and Tilda Swinton re-traced the line of the Wall that once isolated Berlin from East and West Germany.

“The Invisible Frame" describes the journey 21 yeast after the fall of the Wall through varied landscapes, this time on both sides of the former border. Tilda Swinton’s personal reflections are integrated as inner monologues and complete the film’s soundscape composed by Simon Fisher Turner, who collaborated with Derek Jarman and Tilda Swinton in the 80’s.

Watch on AVA Platforms:

for the Association of Public Libraries in Berlin (VÖBB) https://voebb.ava.watch/film/the-invisible-frame/

for the University Library Center of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (hbz) https://hbz.ava.watch/film/the-invisible-frame/

If AVA is not available in your region, ask your local library to get one of our platforms.

VÖBB - Verbund der Öffentlichen Bibliotheken Berlins
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

AVA pick of the week: The African Cypher. Film by Bryan Little.

“When we dance, we find purpose with our bodies.” (Tom London, Soweto's Finest).

Street dance in South Africa is a complex, convoluted underworld. Like most subcultures, it exists as a sum of its participants. In townships, ghettos and suburbs exist a group of individuals who form partially a dance crew - partially a group therapy. Whether it is Isipantsula, B-boying, Krump or Sbhujwa - for many of the dancers the situation in their communities is a struggle for purpose, identity and the confidence. Whatever this dance thing is. It is beautiful, part circus / part soul. No matter the context or style. We all ultimately dance for an audience of one.

Presented by Norient Film Festival – The World Through Music and Sound.

Watch on AVA Platforms:

for the Association of Public Libraries in Berlin (VÖBB) https://voebb.ava.watch/
for the University Library Center of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (hbz) https://hbz.ava.watch/
for the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries https://csal.ava.watch/
for Belgrade City Library https://bgb.ava.watch/

If AVA is not available in your region, ask your local library to get one of our platforms.