{"id":659,"date":"2025-08-15T00:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T22:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/?page_id=659"},"modified":"2025-08-23T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:11:40","slug":"direct-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/en\/programm\/direct-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"659\" class=\"elementor elementor-659\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-689adfc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"689adfc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f13446 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f13446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202403630_2_RWD_1380-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202403630_2_RWD_1380-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202403630_2_RWD_1380-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202403630_2_RWD_1380-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202403630_2_RWD_1380-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202403630_2_RWD_1380-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4cede9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4cede9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">France, 2024, 216 min, Guillaume Cailleau &amp; Ben Russell, French, NRW Premiere<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Direct Action\u00a0<\/strong>captures resistance in real time, unfolding within the ZAD near Notre-Dame-des-Landes,\u00a0a long-standing anti-capitalist occupation against airport construction. Rather than dramatizing protest, the film immerses us in daily acts of care and survival: digging trenches, cooking, planting and repairing. Moments of joy,\u00a0a piano recital, a birthday, a party &#8211;\u00a0remind us that resistance is also lived in community.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Echoing <strong>Chantal Akerman,<\/strong> directors Cailleau and Russell focus on duration, silence, and gesture. <strong>Direct Action<\/strong> is not just about protest,\u00a0it performs it. A quiet, persistent refusal. A cinema of presence. A radical act of staying.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Direct Action<\/strong>\u00a0zeigt Widerstand im Jetzt \u2013 in der ZAD bei Notre-Dame-des-Landes, einer antikapitalistischen Besetzung gegen den Flughafenbau. Statt Konfrontation inszeniert der Film allt\u00e4gliche Praktiken: Gr\u00e4ben graben, kochen, pflanzen, reparieren. Momente der Freude \u2013 ein Klavierst\u00fcck, ein Geburtstag, eine Party \u2013 machen deutlich: Widerstand lebt auch in Gemeinschaft.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In der Tradition von\u00a0<strong>Chantal Akerman<\/strong>\u00a0setzen Cailleau und Russell auf Dauer, Stille und Geste. Direct Action ist kein Film \u00fcber Protest \u2013 er vollzieht ihn. Eine stille, beharrliche Verweigerung. Ein Kino der Pr\u00e4senz. 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