This programme features home movies, a genre that was very often cultivated in families, and especially by fathers. Yet the cine film camera also came into its own in the departures from the family idyll that had been restored after 1945.

The recordings on view here convey a feeling of freedom and liberation, as in Oliver Friedmann's AUSFLUG (“Outing”, 1970s, exact year of origin unknown, 7 min., Super 8) and Edith Marcello's URLAUBSFILM (“Holiday Film”, 1962, 3 min., Standard 8). These and other titles in the programme can mostly not be found on the films themselves. They demonstrate a contemplation of new commonalities that gave rise to political activities such as the women's movement. In the 1970s, Karola Gramann took a camera to her LESBENSELBSTERFAHRUNGSGRUPPE (“Lesbian Self-awareness Group”, ca. 1973, 3 min., Super 8) and to the FRAUENHAUS LIVERPOOL (“Liverpool Women’s House”, ca. 1977, 3 min., Super 8). In the 1980s, on the other hand, the Super 8 film format was in its prime in subcultures and the film underground: Regina Ulwer documents a FREUNDINNENFEST (“Girlfriends’ Festival”, 1982, 18 min., Super 8, digitised) at Berlin's Hotel Esplanade. This film originated in the context of the famous Pelze, an autonomous space used by the Berlin lesbian movement that was dedicated to the oppositional possibilities of art and culture. With her camera, Angelika Levi took part in a SEXPARTY among women (1987, 10 min., Super 8). The camera is there too when the queer community takes to the streets: the programme ends with an excerpt from the HOMOLULU demonstration (14 min., Super 8, digitised), the first international homosexual meeting in Frankfurt am Main, in 1979; Madeleine Bernstorff's and Elke aus dem Moore’s CANDAN (1998/2005, 3 min., Super 8) provides a wonderful impression of a Berlin Christopher Street Day festival.

The use of cine film, unlike videos or even today's mobile phones, required brevity; one roll of film lasted 3 minutes before the next one had to be inserted. The result could only be viewed days or weeks later since the developed films came by post from the lab.
– The Kinothek collects amateur films and organises the International Home Movie Day in Frankfurt am Main every year.

Total running time of the films approximately 60 minutes

Followed by a conversation between Madeleine Bernstorff, Karola Gramann, Angelika Levi and Regina Ulwer

Introduced and moderated by Nadine Aldag