RPM Short Film Festival

Fourteen films in six and a half hours – RPM and the Goethe-Institut Boston present films in three different sections at this short film festival: at 2:00 PM, two films will transfer you to distant landscapes; at 4:00 PM, you can experience short films from Germany; and at 7:00 PM, you can encounter the work of Gunvor Nelson. <img src="https://www.goethe.de/resources/files/jpg1417/smallsong3-formatkey-jpg-w320r.jpg"> 2:00 PM: DOWSING Admission: FREE with RSVP: <a href="https://rpmfestival.ticketspice.com/dec-6-2pm-4pm-rpm-shorts-the-goethe-institut-boston">Dec. 6, 2PM &amp; 4PM, RPM Shorts, The Goethe Institut, Boston</a> Small Songs - Brian Rogers 39' | Digital | Color | 2025 Dowsing - Timothy Feeney 45' | Digital | Double Projector | color | 2025 Total: 84:00   <img src="https://www.goethe.de/resources/files/jpg1417/marcrichter-hugskisses1-formatkey-jpg-w320r.jpg"> 4:00 PM: Hide and Seek – Short Films from Germany Admission: FREE with RSVP: <a href="https://rpmfestival.ticketspice.com/dec-6-2pm-4pm-rpm-shorts-the-goethe-institut-boston">Dec. 6, 2PM &amp; 4PM, RPM Shorts, The Goethe Institut, Boston</a> Hugs &amp; Kisses - Marc Richter 10:48' | Digital | Color | 2025 | Germany Ecstasie - Lily Baldwin 13' | Digital | color | 2025 | Germany Sandia - Mélissa Faivre 7:52' | Digital | Color | 2024 Evening Rounds (Avondronde) - Laura Heinig 6' | Digital | color | 2025 | Germany &amp; Netherlands Trace of a Silent Tear - alive duo 15' | Digital | Color | 2024 | Germany &amp; Finland i.a. (inter alia) - Sidney Mandros 21' | Digital | color | 2025 | Germany Total: 75:00   <img src="https://www.goethe.de/resources/files/png195/gunvor_nelson-formatkey-png-w320r.png"> 7:00 PM: Gunvor Nelson – Call &amp; Response: Relay Admission: FREE with RSVP: <a href="https://rpmfestival.ticketspice.com/dec6-7pm-gunvor-nelson-call-and-response-relay--the-goethe-institut-boston">Dec.6 7PM, Gunvor Nelson - Call and Response: Relay , the Goethe Institut</a> RPM Festival and the Goethe-Institut Boston co-present a special screening program Gunvor Nelson – Call &amp; Response: Relay (The third part of this series), honoring one of the highly acclaimed Avard Garde filmmakers Gunvor Nelson. This program features a total of six films from different decades of her long lasting career. Curated by Sarah Keller, Sara Jordeno, Shira Segal and Wenhua Shi. Moon's Pool 15' | 1973 | Color | SOUND Fog Pumas with Dorothy Wiley | 25' | 1967-68 | B&amp;W | SOUND New Evidence 22' | 2006 | COLOR | SOUND Snowdrift 9' | 2001 | Color | SOUND Field study #2 8' | 1988 | COLOR | SOUND | 16mm Total: 83 mins Followed by a post-screening discussion by Sara Jordeno (Rhode Island School of Design), Sarah Keller (UMass-Boston), Shira Segal (MIT) and Wenhua Shi (RPM Festival).

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