cinéma copains

Film-makers Arne Hector and Minze Tummescheit have worked together since 2000 as cinéma copains. Their long-term projects, which deal with social and economic questions, are based on several years' research. Their working method, "militant investigation", attempts to understand their subject from the inside.
In the film-essay "Jarmark Europa" Tummescheit and Hector describe the economic transformation of Eastern Europe, taking as an example the bazaar of that name in a converted sports stadium in Warsaw. "in arbeit" is a documentary series, a filmic examination of conditions, possibilities and boundaries of collective activity. The series creates direct links between collectives in various countries, thus becoming an experiment in authorship and co-operative practice. cinéma copains is currently working on a documentary film dealing with the colonisation of the future by means of complex financial instruments.

cinéma copains will direct a two-week course from 17 to 29 August 2015.