Self-Delusion and Other Obstacles

Subterranean A video diptych by Ali Kazma made in a steel pipe factory. The work refers to the global, underground activity of pipelines and their function of transmitting energy and fluids.

Safe A film from Ali Kazma's Resistance series, which focuses on the human body as the central figure in artistic, scientific and intellectual creativity and invention.

Lettre Roberto... Rooms must be vacated before noon on the day of departure. An extra night will be charged for all late departures." Jean-Claude Rousseau has used this banal, well-known notice as a synopsis for his film. Taken out of context, thereby rendering it mysterious, it is an ideal introduction to this letter, which consists of two shots – the front and behind of a window in a hotel in Turin – and an insert. Here, Rousseau continues to explore "basic film techniques" but in this case, he abandons super eight to film in DV, a new technique and a new quest for harmony between visuals and sounds. Jean-Pierre Rehm.

Clerk Clerk records the movements of a clerk's figure as he stamps stacks of papers in the manner of an automaton. Seemingly a perfect stamper, he regularly slows down and makes mistakes but carries on with maddening calmness. The video shows the alienating but also humane aspects of labor in post-industrial societies.

Studio Ceramist A film from Ali Kazma's Obstructions series, which portrays particular attempts and activities that help maintain and restore life.

Clock Master A film from Ali Kazma's Obstructions series, which portrays particular attempts and activities that help maintain and restore life.

Calligraphy A film from Ali Kazma's Resistance series, which focuses on the human body as the central figure in artistic, scientific and intellectual creativity and invention.

Tattoo A film from Ali Kazma's Resistance series, which focuses on the human body as the central figure in artistic, scientific and intellectual creativity and invention.

Electric A video triptych of electrical cables in a factory.

Where Do You Stand Today... "Où en êtes-vous ?" (Where do you stand today?) is a project initiated by the Centre Pompidou, which commissions its guest filmmakers to make a free-form film in response to a question simultaneously retrospective, introspective and focused on their future ideas and projects. Here Christian Petzold is joined by Christoph Hochhäusler as they analyze a sequence from Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956) through a series of photograms. With this tribute to Harun Farocki, who died in 2014, Christian Petzold endeavors to revive and perpetuate the spirit, taste and methods of his former teacher and friend.