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Romuald Karmakar "Der unsichtbare Zoo"
Date details
- Date Wednesday, 10/June/2026 19:00 bis 22:00
- Venue Akademie der Künste - Hanseatenweg
- Address Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin-Tiergarten
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S Bellevue
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S Tiergarten
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S Bellevue
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U Hansaplatz
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U Hansaplatz
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Bus
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U Hansaplatz
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- N26
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Großer Stern
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Bachstr. (U Hansaplatz)
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Schloss Bellevue
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Berlin, Paulstr.
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Kirchstr./Alt-Moabit
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Solinger Str.
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Kleiner Tiergarten
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Spenerstr.
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U Hansaplatz
Romuald Karmakar "The Invisible Zoo"
Film | Talk
Westlicher Flachlandgorilla (weiblich) im Zoo Zürich 2024
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“There is a deep, one might almost say existential, connection between cinema and animals. Historically, the emergence of cinema coincided with the establishment of zoos in the cities of industrialised nations.”
Cord Riechelmann, Im Auge des Tieres. Eine kurze Geschichte des Tierfilms (Through the Eyes of the Animal: A Brief History of Animal Films)
The Invisible Zoo is a film about those creatures that have become alien to us, that we now only know from cartoons or as soft toys – yet we no longer encounter them in the wild. Whilst their habitats are shrinking, zoos are competing to design impressive ‘wilderness settings’ for them, partly so that visitors can find some comfort in them. At the same time, today's zoos are something of a modern ark, housing, among other things, animal species that may now only exist here.
In his film, Romuald Karmakar observes everyday life behind the scenes and the relationship between humans and animals. His perspective on the animals is a special one, a cinematic one. He seems to ask: who is looking at whom? Do the animals gaze back with pity? Do we not also live in a staged world? And how much could we learn from them about camouflage, survival, play, sex, tenderness and community?
Our guests are director Romuald Karmakar and Cord Riechelmann, a philosopher and biologist who has published numerous books on animals in urban spaces and portraits of individual species. Peter Körte, author and film critic, will moderate the talk.
Director Romuald Karmakar, known for his documentaries and feature films, spent eight years working on The Invisible Zoo – 6,500 shots over 50 days of filming, shot during different seasons at Zurich Zoo, which ranks among Europe’s leading zoological gardens.
With Romuald Karmakar, Cord Riechelmann and Peter Körte
The Invisible Zoo
Documentary film, D 2024, Original in Swiss German with German subtitles, 178 min
Direction, screenplay, production: Romuald Karmakar
Camera: Frank Griebe, Ian Oggenfuss, Romuald Karmakar
Cord Riechelmann, Im Auge des Tieres. Eine kurze Geschichte des Tierfilms (Through the Eyes of the Animal: A Brief History of Animal Films)
The Invisible Zoo is a film about those creatures that have become alien to us, that we now only know from cartoons or as soft toys – yet we no longer encounter them in the wild. Whilst their habitats are shrinking, zoos are competing to design impressive ‘wilderness settings’ for them, partly so that visitors can find some comfort in them. At the same time, today's zoos are something of a modern ark, housing, among other things, animal species that may now only exist here.
In his film, Romuald Karmakar observes everyday life behind the scenes and the relationship between humans and animals. His perspective on the animals is a special one, a cinematic one. He seems to ask: who is looking at whom? Do the animals gaze back with pity? Do we not also live in a staged world? And how much could we learn from them about camouflage, survival, play, sex, tenderness and community?
Our guests are director Romuald Karmakar and Cord Riechelmann, a philosopher and biologist who has published numerous books on animals in urban spaces and portraits of individual species. Peter Körte, author and film critic, will moderate the talk.
Director Romuald Karmakar, known for his documentaries and feature films, spent eight years working on The Invisible Zoo – 6,500 shots over 50 days of filming, shot during different seasons at Zurich Zoo, which ranks among Europe’s leading zoological gardens.
With Romuald Karmakar, Cord Riechelmann and Peter Körte
The Invisible Zoo
Documentary film, D 2024, Original in Swiss German with German subtitles, 178 min
Direction, screenplay, production: Romuald Karmakar
Camera: Frank Griebe, Ian Oggenfuss, Romuald Karmakar
Price: €7.00
Reduced price: €5.00
Reduced price: €5.00
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