If I Fall, Don’t Pick Me Up, the new film from Irish filmmaker Declan Clarke, commissioned by the Embassy of Ireland in German in the framework of Zeitgeist Irland 24, will have its German premier at UNDERDOX film festival in Munich. The feature length art-documentary, shot entirely on 16mm film, explores the relationship between iconic Irish author Samuel Beckett and renowned German theatre director Walter D. Asmus, and considers a legacy built on interpretation and performance: when the original actors have departed the stage, what remains?
If I Fall, Don’t Pick Me Up highlights Beckett’s work in Germany, including his residencies at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin and his ground-breaking works for television at the Süddeutscher Rundfunk, assisted by Asmus. The film was commissioned by the Embassy of Ireland in Germany to explore this link between Germany and Ireland, and received a Special Mention in the International Competition at the renowned film festival FID Marseille in June.
Screening
11.10., 18:30 – Werkstattkino
Declan Clarke is an artist and film maker based in Berlin, Germany. His films have shown internationally and been screened at film festivals such as FID Marseille, Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway, and the New York Underground Film Festival. His film Saturn and Beyond was in the official selection of the International Competition of the 32nd Festival International de Cinéma FID Marseille where it went on to win the Georges de Beauregard International Award. His film project All the Renaults in the World was announced at Cannes Film Festival and won the Kodak Prize at FID Lab, 2022.