FRACTO is an annual Experimental Film Encounter inviting artists and filmmakers to present works that explore today's perceptual landscape and interrogate its set of technological configurations. The second edition will be held at ACUD MACHT NEU Cinema & Studio in Berlin from the 24th to the 27th of May 2018, with four days of screenings, artist talks and workshops. The official selection curated by Giuseppe Boccassini and Tommaso Isabella will be presented in a series of 15 programmes presenting 70 international titles of recent artist moving image works and experimental films, including 11 World premières, 17 European premières and 30 German premières.
Cristina Baldacci, Federico Rossin, Karianne Fiorini and Gianmarco Torri are the guest curators of this second edition contributing three special programmes.
ICI Berlin fellow Cristina Baldacci invites artists Maria Iorio and Raphaël Cuomo to discuss their practice and present their film APPUNTI DEL PASSAGGIO (2014-16). Reconstructing forgotten episodes related to migration from Italy to Switzerland in the 1960s, the film introduces a minor perspective into the ways in which the historical phenomenon of migration from southern to northern Europe is represented today, testing the validity of History and exposing it to the first-hand accounts of those who actually made the passage.
Independent film curator Federico Rossin selects titles from Paris distributor Light Cone for a programme dedicated to analogue and digital DISSOLUTION(S) with works by Tomonari Nishikawa, Paul Sharits, Kirk Tougas and Jacques Perconte: "Disintegrations and repetitions in search of a possible incarnation of the cinematic (glorious) body. A program of four films as a ritual sacrifice of the photochemical matter and a cupio dissolvi of the digital palette."
Karianne Fiorini and Gianmarco Torri present RE-FRAMING THE HOME MOVIE, a workshop that will introduce the audience to home movies and amateur films as both specific archival documents in the field of film heritage and creative source material for filmmakers and artists. The workshop will examine their peculiar characteristics (in terms of history, film formats and aesthetics) and address specific issues related to their preservation and use in new works of art.
Programme:
Thursday May 24th, ACUD Studio
19:00 H - Special pogramme #1
- Appunti del passaggio - Maria Iorio/Raphael Cuomo (2014-16, 40’)
Screening + artist talk with Maria Iorio, Raphael Cuomo & guest curator Cristina Baldacci (ICI Beriln)
21:00 H - Selection #1
- Shape of a Surface - Nazli Dincel, 9’, 2017, Turkey, German Premiere
- El Meraya - Melissa Dullius & Gustavo Jahn, 19', 2018, Egypt/Germany/Brazil, German première
- Ab Ovo - Luca Ferri, 24', 2017, Italy, European première
Friday May 25th, ACUD Kino
19:00 H - Selection #2
- Mountain View - Markus Maicher, 3', 2018, Austria, International première
- ÉLÉMENTS 1, 2, 3 - Tomaž Burlin, 7' 30''. 2017, France, Berlin première
- Buried in Light - Gautam Valluri, 8', 2016, India/France, Berlin première
- Grabados del Ojo Nocturno - Jean-Jacques Martinod, 7', 2016, Ecuador/Morocco, Berlin première
- Rodez - Stefano Miraglia, 3', 2017, France, World première
- The Open Window - Lynne Siefert, 7', 2017, USA, German première
19:50 H - Selection #3
- What Is Beyond the Hellraiser - Guillaume Vallée, 2' 38'', 2017, Canada, European première
- Quiet, Walnut - Juana Robles , 8', 2018, Switzerland, German première
- The Spectre Watches Over Her - Rajee Samarasinghe, 14', 2016, Sri Lanka/USA, European première
- An Empty Threat - Josh Lewis, 7', 2017, USA, German première
20:30 H - Selection #4
- Work with stone - Andrew Gannon, Alex Hetherington, Oliver Mezger, 4' 26'', 2017, Scotland, World première
- Fugue, A Light's Travelogue - Els van Riel, 27', 2017, Belgium, German première
21:30 H - Special Programme #2
DISSOLUTION(S), screening & presentation, guest curator: Federico Rossin
- Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars - Tomonari Nishikawa, 2', 2014, Japan
- 3rd Degree - Paul Sharits, 24', 1982, USA
- The Politics of Perception - Kirk Tougas, 33', 1973, USA
- Vingt-neuf minutes en mer - Jacques Perconte, 29', 2016, France
Saturday May 26th, ACUD Kino
19:00 H - Selection #5
- In Film / On Video - Ignacio Tamarit, 3', 2018, Argentina, German première
- Recycled Realizations - Jon Behrens, 4' 30', 2017, USA, German première
- 3 (from ZERO) - Jimmy Schaus, 3' 55'', 2017, USA, European première
- Esmark – Husby-klit Bk - Robert Seidel, 5', 2017, Germany, Berlin première
- Farewell Transmission - Mike Rollo, 14', 2017, Canada, German première
19:45 H - Selection #6
- 17-17 - Gonzalo Egurza, 5', 2018, Argentina, World première
- 7FF on¢idia - Ж, 8', 2016, Bolivia/Brazil/Cape Verde/Mexico/Germany, German première
- Amusement Park Home Movies Inspire the Algorithm - Caleb Foss, 7', 2017, USA, European première
- An Infinite Loop for Resistance - Michael Woods (feat. Aldo Tambellini), 5' 41'', 2017, USA, German première
20:20 H - Selection #7
- Pancoran - Richard Tuohy, 9', 2017, Australia/Indonesia, German première
- Film Loop 34: Shisendo - Michael Lyons, 1' 30'', 2017, Japan/Italy, German première
- XCTRY - Bill Brown, 6', 2018, USA. World première
- UpCycles - Ariana Gerstein, 7', 2016, USA, Berlin première
- The Method - Gregg Biermann, 4', 2017, USA, European première
- Wishful Thinking - Allan Brown, 13', 2017, Canada, German première
21:15 H - Selection #8
- Cactus Raptus - Maxime Hot , 6' 41'', 2018, France, World première
- Missing Toes - Ian Bawa, 2', 2017, Canada, European première
- Comfort Stations - Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy, 26', 2018, Germany, German première
22:10 H - Selection #9
- It - Anouk De Clerq, Tom Callemin, 13', 2017, Belgium
- Viewfinder Material - Baptiste Jopeck, 16', 2017, France, German première
- The Place I Will Have Left - Lena Ditte Nissen, 15', 2017, Germany, German première
- Monelle - Diego Marcon, 16', 2017, Italy, German première
23:30 H - Selection #10
CODE VIRUS – Interactive Omni-Augmented Family Encyclopedia For Transhumanist Adaptability,
- Frederick Maheux, 11', Canada, 2017, World première
- Return to Forms - Zachary Epcar, 10', 2016, USA
- Pumping with Skyscrapers - Georgie Flood, 3', 2017, USA, World première
- Off-line Situation - Antoine Larocque , 11' 30'', 2017 Canada, World première
- Sounding - Carl Elsaesser, 6', 2017, USA, European première
- An Exercise in Exercise - Ethan Weinstock, 9', 2016, USA, European première
Sunday, May 27th, ACUD Studio
15:00 H - Special Programme #3
- Re-Framing the Home Movie, Workshop with Karianne Fiorini and Gianmarco Torri
17:30 H - Selection #11
- Le Bal - Annaëlle Winand, 3' 21'', Canada 2016, German première
- Anche in paradiso non è bello essere soli - Lorenzo Gattorna, 8', 2017, Italy/USA, European première
- Circles of Confusion - Jason Britski, 5', 2017, Canada, German première
- Froom Zoom - Tiziano Doria, 3' 24", 2018, Italy, World première
- Last Train - Dianna Barrie, 12', 2016, Australia, German première
18:15 H - Selection #12
- Tente não existir - Amanda Devulsky, 10', 2018, Brazil, German première
- UUFO - Yun Chen, 20', 2017, China/USA, European première
- Catalyst - Kent Tate, 3' 30'', 2018, Canada, European première
- Onward Lossless Follows - Michael Robinson, 17', 2017, USA
- Black Hillsmilk - Timon Meyer, 8' 20'', 2018, USA, German première
- In a Free Sound Field - Monteith Mccollum, 10'40'', 2017, USA, German première
- Zombie, Pt. 1 - Scott Fitzpatrick, 4', 2017, Canada, Berlin première
19:45 H - Selection #13
- And by the Night - Anna Kipervaser, 10', 2017, USA, European première
- Moments from the Fall - Christina Hunt, 5' 28'', 2017, USA, European première
- Sneyd Green - Simon Liu, 11', 2017, UK/USA, Berlin première
- We All Live in the Blue Image Forever - James Edmonds, 6' 31'', 2018, Germany, German première
20:45 H - Selection #14
- Plus Ultra - Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado, 13', 2017, Spain, German première
- Nutsigassat - Tinne Zenner, 20', 2018, Denmark/Greenland/Canada, German première
- Love Canal - Elsa Brès, 18', 2017, France, European première
- Point of No Return - Zachary Finkelstein, 10', 2016, Canada, European première
22:15 H - Selection #15
- Dog in the Shade - Ei Toshinari, 11', 2016, Japan/USA, Berlin première
- Senses of Time - Wenhua Shi, 5', 2018, USA/China, World première
- The Words Are Not What You Meant - Jiayi Chen, 13', USA, 2017, European première
- Palmerston Blvd. - Dan Browne, 15', 2017, Canada, German première
- The Night in All Things - Alexander Girav, 10', 2017, USA, German première
- O aproveitamento da água na ilha da Madeira - Bruno Delgado Ramo, 12', 2017, Spain, World première
- Flowing (for Naruse) - Ross Meckfessel, 2', 2018, USA/Japan, German première