FOCUS ON Ella Raidel – Programm 1

In her works, Ella Raidel primarily examines the socio-cultural aspects of globalization and urbanization in Asia, as well as the logic of image production itself. In doing so, she has developed an individual documentary form at the interface between research and practice. Since 2019, she has been Assistant Professor of Documentary Film at NTU Nanyang Technological University Singapore's School of Art, Design and Media.

7 pm | PROGRAM 1

Play Life Series (2012, 11 min)

The award-winning short film takes us to different locations of Chinese soap opera productions.

Family Affairs (2020, 2 min)

Captivating study of the boundary between play and fight, between tenderness and violence.

A Pile of Ghosts (2021, 64 min)

A ghost story between documentary and fiction, in which vacant ruins of new buildings become the backdrop for construction workers, real estate agents and actors* at work, showing us the consequences of capital-driven urban development in China.

Audience discussion with the director after each program.

From 17:00

The Seven Step Verse (2022, 9 min) | VR film

In seven scenarios, Raidel explores the relationship between space and body in Singapore's iconic modernist shopping malls.

Film still from: A Pile of Ghosts (2021)