Introduced by Matthias Mueller Alte Kinder ("old children"), a group of four young German artists, is one of the country's few film collectives. Founded in 1985, it focuses on experimental short films and runs the only distribution for such films, their's and others', in Germany. Alte Kinder-Christiane Heuwinker, Thomas Lauks, Matthias Mueller and Maija-Lene Rettig-pool resources and enlist each other's help in each step of the filmmaking process. They have accompanied their film shows around the world, introducing audiences to experimental film. At the forefront of innovative filmmaking in Germany, "Alte Kinder are known for producing very sophisticated films. Most of them test the limitations of super-8mm and also present personal images as only the super-8mm camera can" (Experimental Film Congress Newsletter, Chicago). The selection of contemporary German experimental films will be introduced by filmmaker Matthias Mueller whose Aus Der Ferne--The Memo Book was the co-winner of the Experimental Film Award at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, 1990. In an interview with Mueller in Independent Eye, Mike Hoolboom wrote, "The film is very sensual throughout, dealing with your body, the body of your lover, the body of the film...The AIDS plague has made the body suspicious again, as the house of this contagion, as the place where an illicit morality and a visible punishment meet. Aus Der Ferne turns from the other side of the covers...The body is never separate from the events that surround it."