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Let the Summer Never Come AgainOn February 15, the 3rd Woche der Kritik (Berlin Critics' Week) presented the world premiere of the first feature-length work by Alexandre Koberidze, a student at the German film and television school Berlin (dffb), whose highly original short films, among others Looking Back Is Grace (Der Fall, 2014) and Colophon (2015), have earned him recognition and mentions at festivals like Oberhausen. His new film Let the Summer Never Come Again bends notions of visuality and storytelling in a hyper-present re-interpretation of silent cinema. As is the custom of the Critics’ Week, we asked two guests to share their thoughts with the audience after the screening: Pip Chodorov and Ruth Anderwald. But to get the debate started, we invited them to a little exchange before the projection took place. Pip Chodorov studied film semiotics and cognitive science. He has been working with film, in particular experimental film, on many different levels: as a filmmaker,...