{"id":31354,"date":"2026-03-05T14:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/?p=31354"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:59:10","slug":"gavagai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/en\/gavagai\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavagai"},"content":{"rendered":"

A film by Ulrich K\u00f6hler. In French, English, German and Wolof with German subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Credits<\/a>] [Tickets &<\/span> Termine<\/a>] [Trailer<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actors Maja and Nourou have an affair while shoo\u00adting a modern adapt\u00ada\u00adti\u00adon of Medea in Senegal, but things take a dark turn after the film\u2019s pre\u00admie\u00adre. An unflin\u00adchin\u00adgly com\u00adplex look at racial ten\u00adsi\u00adons, film\u00adma\u00adking and power dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Dakar, during the making of a moder\u00adnist take on the Medea myth, fel\u00adlow actors Maja and Nourou start an affair to ease the pres\u00adsu\u00adres on set and the pier\u00adcing fee\u00adlings of loneli\u00adne\u00adss. Once the shoot is over, they meet again only for the pre\u00admie\u00adre in Berlin \u2013 which turns into a dis\u00adas\u00adter when the press ques\u00adti\u00adons the film pro\u00adjec\u00adting a European nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve onto a for\u00admer colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word \u2018gava\u00adgai\u2019 ori\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adtes from a thought expe\u00adri\u00adment by phi\u00adlo\u00adso\u00adpher and logi\u00adci\u00adan W.V. Quine, who sug\u00adgested that trans\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon is inex\u00adtri\u00adca\u00adbly tied to con\u00adtext \u2013 wit\u00adhout it, ever\u00ady\u00adthing can theo\u00adre\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly mean ever\u00ady\u00adthing. Berlin School out\u00adlier Ulrich K\u00f6hler (In My Room, IFFR<\/span> 2019) turns this idea into an essay on our modern socie\u00adty in which appearance is ever\u00ady\u00adthing and all is ruled by the laws of click\u00adbait. K\u00f6hler refu\u00adses to give into the lazi\u00adness, frus\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon and anger that is so pre\u00adva\u00adlent in today\u2019s media and art dis\u00adcour\u00adse. One of the most poli\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly per\u00adti\u00adnent films of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 IFFR<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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