ABOUT GRRL HAUS:
GRRL HAUS CINEMA is an ongoing program of short films and video art made by women, non-binary, trans and genderqueer artists. A mix of local, national, and international artists present work from a variety of disciplines: narrative, documentary, experimental, and conceptual. With an emphasis on low budget and DIY, GRRL HAUS is a space for underrepresented voices in media arts.
GRRL HAUS is not your typical film festival, instead of having one big event - we have multiple events throughout the year. Our goal is to show as many quality short films made by women, non- binary, genderqueer, and trans people to an international audience.
We completely celebrate DIY culture and focus on sharing works to all different types of audiences. This can include audiences at international museums or to audiences at underground clubs. We believe that every audience deserves the chance to see these works, rather than just the typical film festival networking crowd. We want to reach all audiences and celebrate the inclusivity of creative and unique work in film.
GRRL HAUS CINEMA is an ongoing program of short films and video art made by women, non-binary, trans and genderqueer artists. A mix of local, national, and international artists present work from a variety of disciplines: narrative, documentary, experimental, and conceptual. With an emphasis on low budget and DIY, GRRL HAUS is a space for underrepresented voices in media arts.
GRRL HAUS is not your typical film festival, instead of having one big event - we have multiple events throughout the year. Our goal is to show as many quality short films made by women, non- binary, genderqueer, and trans people to an international audience.
We completely celebrate DIY culture and focus on sharing works to all different types of audiences. This can include audiences at international museums or to audiences at underground clubs. We believe that every audience deserves the chance to see these works, rather than just the typical film festival networking crowd. We want to reach all audiences and celebrate the inclusivity of creative and unique work in film.
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OUR HISTORY:
GRRL HAUS started in 2014 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA, USA. Since then the event has showcased over 400 filmmakers, including multiple musical performances, video art installations, exhibitions and local vendors. In 2016 GRRL HAUS relocated to Berlin Germany and started hosting small screenings of local films. As we established are identity in Berlin we began to include music and arts.
Within the past few years we have grown to not just showcase films, but also art, music, dance, photography, handmade crafts and clothing, and even tarot, astrology and spiritual meet ups. The idea of GRRL HAUS is constantly expanding. We believe in no boundaries for creativity and are constantly looking for new ways to celebrate the work of underrepresented people.
For our complete history of screenings, events, exhibitions, concerts and parties - you can view all our teasers and selected artists on our Media page
OUR PROJECTS:
Loophole Monthly Screenings:
Once a month GRRL HAUS hosts screenings at Loophole Berlin. These events focus on sharing local films by local filmmakers.
These events build up our sense of local community and follows through with one of our founding principles : sharing our excitement and love for low budget, DIY events and making them accessible to everyone.
Mobile Kino Screenings:
We hold 3-4 screenings through Mobile Kino Berlin a year. These screenings we curate around the best of our local short film submissions and a selection of international short films. We invite the filmmakers to Q&A’s following the screenings, where they discus their works.
International Screenings:
Our international screenings are curated from our over 200 yearly submissions. Through these submissions we select our favorite short films. This includes our end of the year festival screening at the Brattle Theatre and museum screenings at the prestigious Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
Screen Your Film Seminar
In the summer of 2019 we began the Berlin filmmaker 2 week-long intensive Screen Your Film Seminar. This is an opportunity for artists to have two public screenings of their films and lead
an artist talk as well as answering public Q and A’s regarding their practices. During this time artists have time to develop new projects and explore Berlin and discover it’s film and art scene.
This opportunity is well suited for emerging (female identified, non-binary, genderqueer, and trans) filmmakers and video artists who already have completed works to be shown, and have a desire to work in and explore Berlin.
Online Screenings / Gimme 5:
At GRRL HAUS CINEMA we were forced to cancel all our events during this Corona season, and every artist on our program list was left without a show venue. Energized and in defiance of the virus, we wanted now more than ever to keep going. We want the artists to keep going. We want to encourage them to stay active, to create, and most importantly to show their work. We want to reverse the status quo of art being left behind in times of crisis when it is needed most.
For past year (and into the future) we have been running online screenings, which we have been curating and presenting live on our online platform. We have been hosting these themed screenings on our website and Vimeo, as well as promoting all the films on our social media platforms. We host 10-15 short films on our site for a week. And then we remove them and continue hosting other themed sets.
Through these screenings our audiences are able to watch amazing short films in the comfort and safety of their home. All of the online screenings are free to watch, so they are accessible to anyone in these uncertain times.
GRRL Telephone:GRRL TELEPHONE is a project we started during a time when events, exhibitions and screenings were paused due to the spread of COVID-19. We began it as a way to keep artists inspired to create new works and to stay connected with other artists during uncertain times.
Based on the childhood game of “Telephone” where one participant starts with a sentence and then whispers that sentence to the next participant.
Our interpretation of this popular game is an “ongoing visual conversation”.
We start with one player who makes a short video (under 2 minutes) and then that player sends that work to the next participant. The next participant makes a piece in response to the work that they have received and so on.
The “conversation” has now been going on since 2020, with over 80 artists responding to each other’s work.
The rules of the game:
• An artist receives an image / or micro short from us and then they have a week to make an image or micro short in response.
• We then send that piece to the next artist in line, and they respond.
It’s now become a project that consists of over 100 works by an international group of artists, and it is constantly expanding.
Check out the project on our Telephone page : https://www.grrlhauscinema.com/telephone.html
GRRL HAUS started in 2014 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA, USA. Since then the event has showcased over 400 filmmakers, including multiple musical performances, video art installations, exhibitions and local vendors. In 2016 GRRL HAUS relocated to Berlin Germany and started hosting small screenings of local films. As we established are identity in Berlin we began to include music and arts.
Within the past few years we have grown to not just showcase films, but also art, music, dance, photography, handmade crafts and clothing, and even tarot, astrology and spiritual meet ups. The idea of GRRL HAUS is constantly expanding. We believe in no boundaries for creativity and are constantly looking for new ways to celebrate the work of underrepresented people.
For our complete history of screenings, events, exhibitions, concerts and parties - you can view all our teasers and selected artists on our Media page
OUR PROJECTS:
Loophole Monthly Screenings:
Once a month GRRL HAUS hosts screenings at Loophole Berlin. These events focus on sharing local films by local filmmakers.
These events build up our sense of local community and follows through with one of our founding principles : sharing our excitement and love for low budget, DIY events and making them accessible to everyone.
Mobile Kino Screenings:
We hold 3-4 screenings through Mobile Kino Berlin a year. These screenings we curate around the best of our local short film submissions and a selection of international short films. We invite the filmmakers to Q&A’s following the screenings, where they discus their works.
International Screenings:
Our international screenings are curated from our over 200 yearly submissions. Through these submissions we select our favorite short films. This includes our end of the year festival screening at the Brattle Theatre and museum screenings at the prestigious Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
Screen Your Film Seminar
In the summer of 2019 we began the Berlin filmmaker 2 week-long intensive Screen Your Film Seminar. This is an opportunity for artists to have two public screenings of their films and lead
an artist talk as well as answering public Q and A’s regarding their practices. During this time artists have time to develop new projects and explore Berlin and discover it’s film and art scene.
This opportunity is well suited for emerging (female identified, non-binary, genderqueer, and trans) filmmakers and video artists who already have completed works to be shown, and have a desire to work in and explore Berlin.
Online Screenings / Gimme 5:
At GRRL HAUS CINEMA we were forced to cancel all our events during this Corona season, and every artist on our program list was left without a show venue. Energized and in defiance of the virus, we wanted now more than ever to keep going. We want the artists to keep going. We want to encourage them to stay active, to create, and most importantly to show their work. We want to reverse the status quo of art being left behind in times of crisis when it is needed most.
For past year (and into the future) we have been running online screenings, which we have been curating and presenting live on our online platform. We have been hosting these themed screenings on our website and Vimeo, as well as promoting all the films on our social media platforms. We host 10-15 short films on our site for a week. And then we remove them and continue hosting other themed sets.
Through these screenings our audiences are able to watch amazing short films in the comfort and safety of their home. All of the online screenings are free to watch, so they are accessible to anyone in these uncertain times.
GRRL Telephone:GRRL TELEPHONE is a project we started during a time when events, exhibitions and screenings were paused due to the spread of COVID-19. We began it as a way to keep artists inspired to create new works and to stay connected with other artists during uncertain times.
Based on the childhood game of “Telephone” where one participant starts with a sentence and then whispers that sentence to the next participant.
Our interpretation of this popular game is an “ongoing visual conversation”.
We start with one player who makes a short video (under 2 minutes) and then that player sends that work to the next participant. The next participant makes a piece in response to the work that they have received and so on.
The “conversation” has now been going on since 2020, with over 80 artists responding to each other’s work.
The rules of the game:
• An artist receives an image / or micro short from us and then they have a week to make an image or micro short in response.
• We then send that piece to the next artist in line, and they respond.
It’s now become a project that consists of over 100 works by an international group of artists, and it is constantly expanding.
Check out the project on our Telephone page : https://www.grrlhauscinema.com/telephone.html
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Past and Current partners, venues, curation teams and organizations:
Alamo Drafthouse Brain Arts Boston Hassle Brattle Theatre Casual Collision Das Giftraum Dorchester Art Project DMP Sci-Fi Sleepover at Babylon Kino Feminist Film Festival (FeFi) GIF - Girls in Film Institute of Contemporary Art Boston IL KINO Ilali Studios Lakeside Film Festival Lesben- und Schwulenverband : LSVD Loophole Love Hotel Mobile Kino Oblomov PodfestBerlin RAW Berlin Worm Rotterdam Verge Under the Underground |