Smartphones, social Networks and private videos are part of today’s everyday culture. However, this phenomenon is not new. It builds on a tradition that began 150 years ago with optical toys and lantern magica shows for home.

HOME MOVIE COME BACK builds bridges from the past to the present – with an exhibition, a film series and the first HOME MOVIE DAY in Brandenburg.

The exhibition takes a foray through the cross-media history of home cinema: from its pre-cinematographic roots to classical forms and current home movie cultures. In a living room modelled on the 1960s, visitors can immerse themselves in the world of hobby filming and admire exhibited film technology from a total of six decades. Another chapter is dedicated to the ambitious amateur filmmakers and politically committed video collectives of the post-war period.

Admission to the exhibition opening is free.

ORGANISATION
The exhibition HOME MOVIE COME BACK was developed in cooperation with the Filmmuseum Potsdam and the study programme Filmkulturerbe from the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.

SCREENING
Following the exhibition opening “Der Filmamateur” from Krzysztof Kieślowski will be shown in the cinema of the Filmmuseum Potsdam at 8:30 pm