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ReCoder of Life, ReCoder of Art, ReCoding Everything
28 May 2026, 7 pm

PremiereFilmTalkBerlin Carousel

Preview screening of ReCoding Everything with a performative introduction by the director followed by a Q&A

  • Location:Hanseatenweg, Hall 3
  • ElevatorWheelchair accessible
  • Date:28 May 2026
  • Time:7 pm
  • Price:EUR 7.50 (Reduced: EUR 5)
  • Languages: German
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  • An event as part of Berlin Carousel

    A three-part experimental ReCoder short film series by Stefan Römer:

    ReCoder of Life, 2019, 14 min. 
    ReCoder of Art, 2023, 18 min.
    ReCoding Everything, 2026, 15:33 min. (world premiere)
    Concept, direction, cinematography, sound, texts, production: Stefan Römer
    Editing and sound mix: Florian Duffe
    Featuring Valérie Renay, FM Einheit, Isabella Pedersen, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in the role of Reco

    Followed by a special feature:
    Decoder, 1984, 87 min.
    Directed by Muscha
    Featuring Christiane F, FM Einheit, Genesis P-Orridge, William Burroughs and others

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© Stefan Römer, VG Bild Kunst 2019–26

ReCoding Everything, 2026, 15:33 min

ReCoder is a science fiction film set in the present day. In the third instalment of the ReCoder film series, the female prosumer Reco (derived from “recoding”) engages in a non-linear discussion about (film) editing. Reco is played by the “Decoder” actors FM Einheit and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, as well as the artists Valérie Renay and Isabella Pedersen.

Reco speaks in the words of Godard, Hitchcock, Vertov, Farocki, Diederichsen, Pantenburg, and others, staged in Godard’s Studio d'Orphée and against a backdrop of brutalist architecture in Berlin, Manila and Singapore. Reco seeks a contemporary cinematic ethic: is generative AI a new form of the collage/montage principle? What has become of the tradition of collage/montage?

The soundtrack by Stefan Römer was also released as ReCoder SOUND (Corvo records, Berlin 2022)

Decoder, 1984, 87 min

Armed with a cassette recorder, the Decoder (FM Einheit) roams urban areas, collecting and cutting up sounds in his studio. Muscha’s 1984 cult film is an early cyberpunk fantasy inspired by William S. Burroughs, who appears briefly. Its score and dark style made it a counterculture classic.