PROGRAMME 15th EDITION - Lo schermo dell'arte

Inside the Outset: Evoking a Space of Passage

by Rosa Barba, 16mm film transferred to digital and 8k film, 2021, sound, 31’15”
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist

Video installation realized by Rosa Barba at the invitation of the Point Center for Contemporary Art (Nicosia, Cyprus) on the 180 kilometers Dead Zone that divides the north from the south of Cyprus island. The film looks at the Mediterranean Sea and its history as a link for trade and cultural exchange between East and West, but also as a symbol of the separation between the northern and southern parts of the world.

Inside the Outset: Evoking a Space of Passage

by Rosa Barba, 16mm film transferred to digital and 8k film, 2021, sound, 31’15”
Italian premiere

Plastic Limits - For the Projection of Other Architectures

by Rosa Barba, 35mm film, 2021, colour, optical sound, 14’40’’
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist

Made for the artist’s solo show for the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin) in 2021, the film is structured as a dialogue with the Mies van der Rohe building that houses it, shot during its renovation.

Subconscious Society, a Feature

by Rosa Barba, 35mm film, 2014, colour, optical sound, 40’
In the presence of the artist

Aerial shots of river or coastal landscapes and industrial sites with images of some military outposts on the water built during the Second World War are connected with the interiors of the abandoned Albert Hall in Manchester, activated by the artist through performance.

Insurrection

by Andres Serrano, USA, 2022, 78’
vo: English; sub: Italian
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist

The film debut of the famous American artist and photographer who, with this film produced by a/political, continues his critical exploration of the Trump propaganda machine. In an unfiltered reconstruction of the storming of Capitol Hill the author combines live footage taken from social media and found on the net with snippets of news, archive material and historical footage.

Bab Septa

by Randa Maroufi, 2019, 19’

In Bab Septa Randa Maroufi stages a series of situations observed in Ceuta, Spanish enclave on Moroccan soil.

Character

by Paul Heintz, 2021, 18’

In Character artist Paul Heintz went to meet the English namesakes of Winston Smith, hero of George Orwell’s 1984. Is there an unspeakable link between them and Orwell’s hero?

E-Ticket

by Simon Liu, 2019, 13’

E-Ticket is a frantic cataloging of a personal archive and an opportunity for rebirth to forgotten images.

Eyes in the Sky

by Aziz Hazara, 2019, 5’10”

An aerial shot of the Afghan desert shows us some children playing with abandoned war remnants.

Future Foods

by Gerard Ortìn Castellvì, 2021, 21’

Solein is the name of a protein which has the potential to enable humanity to reduce the carbon-footprint of their food production. With irony, Gerard Ortín Castellví accompanies this speculative discourse with images of a production workshop that makes plastic food for cinema.

Irani Bag

by Maryam Tafakory, 2021, sonoro, 8’

Collating scenes of intimacy in Iranian cinema, Maryam Tafakory’s Irani Bag is a moving instruction on ‘how to touch without touching.

One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean

by Yuyan Wang, 2020, 11’30’’

A montage of a series of images from the web compose an abstract narrative that overwhelms the viewer like a wave.

Open Air

by Jérémie Danon, 2020/2021, 26’

The dreams and desires of a series of ex-convicts are animated by the use of virtual images taken from popular video games.

Inside the Outset: Evoking a Space of Passage

by Rosa Barba, 16mm film transferred to digital and 8k film, 2021, sound, 31’15”
Italian premiere

Rosa Barba in conversation with Roberta Tenconi

Artist Rosa Barba will be in conversation with Roberta Tenconi, curator at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan.

Art & Krimes by Krimes

by Alysa Nahmias, USA, 2021, 84’
vo: English; sub: Italian
European premiere

Artist Jesse Krimes’ personal story of redemption, from his years in prison to his recognition by the international art system and his commitment supporting other imprisoned artists.

Adoration

by Pauline Curnier Jardin, Italy, 2022, 8’56’’
vo: Italian; sub: English

The video is the result of a collaborative project by the French artist along with the inmates of the Casa di Reclusione Femminile on Giudecca island in Venice.

Aggregate States of Matters

by Rosa Barba, 35 mm film, 2019, colour, optical sound, 21’14’’
In the presence of the artist

Filmed in the Andes, the film addresses the growing impact of climate change in remote areas of the planet, activating a deep dialogue with local communities.

Time as Perspective

by Rosa Barba, 35mm film, 2012, colour, optical sound, 12’
In the presence of the artist

Shot in the Texas desert, the film shows an expanse of huge oil pumps repeating the same motion over and over again, and touches on social and political issues related to the exploitation of natural resources.

The Empirical Effect

by Rosa Barba, 16mm film transferred to digital, 2010, colour, sound, 22’
In the presence of the artist

Between reality and fiction, the film recounts the zone around Vesuvius where the survivors of the last eruption of 1944 still live in an area at risk.

A Clay Sermon

by Theaster Gates, USA, sound, 2021, 17’
Italian premiere

With this film the artist contemplates the different meanings of clay and its material and spiritual heritage, from biblical narratives to its role in the history of colonialism and African communities.

Cinema La Compagnia
9:30PM
ondemand: from November 17 to 27 on PiùCompagnia in collaboration with MYmovies
Cinema tickets
In collaboration with The Recovery Plan, Florence
Trailer

The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art and Times of David Hammons

by Harold Crooks and Judd Tully, USA, 2022, 100’
vo: English; sub: Italian
Italian premiere

The film retraces the path of the great African-American artist David Hammons, that began in the 1960s in Los Angeles until his arrival in New York in the 1980s to international fame.

Inside the Outset: Evoking a Space of Passage

by Rosa Barba, 16mm film transferred to digital and 8k film, 2021, sound, 31’15”
Italian premiere

Inhabiting the film. Cinema and immersive XR

Conversation with Barbara Grespi and Andrea Pinotti (An-icon research project, University of Milan). Moderator: Paola Valentini (University of Florence)

The conversation will illustrate some forms of experimentation emerging between art and cinema, questioning the nature and the potential of the an- iconic forms and the goals achieved today by extended reality (VR, AR, MR).

Unseen Skies

by Yaara Bou Melhem, USA, Australia, 2021, 98’
vo: English; sub: Italian

The American artist Trevor Paglen shows how, thanks to technology, art can go so far as to explore the dimension of the sky and thus also reveal the structures of power and surveillance that dominate it.

45th Parallel

by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, UK, 2022, 15’
vo: English ; sub: Italian
Italian premiere

The Jordanian artist poses the theme of the relationship between free movement and freedom of thought through a symbolic place: one of the few cross-border theaters in the world, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, on the US-Canadian border.

To Unveil a Star

by Juul Hondius, Netherlands, 2021, 53’59’’
vo: Dutch, French, English; sub: Dutch, English, Italian
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist

The film revolves around the large star-shaped steel sculpture that has stood in front of NATO headquarters in Brussels since 1971: an iconic monument that opens up a reflection on the media power of images in determining our collective lives.

See you Friday, Robinson

by Mitra Farahani, France, 2022, 96’
vo: Persian, French, English; sub: French, English, Italian
In the presence of the author

Jean-Luc Godard’s last appearance on the big screen, this feature film by Iranian artist and collaborator Mitra Farahani is a tribute to cinema through a long-distance dialogue between Godard and another great master of Iranian cinema, Ebrahim Golestan.

Ogni mattina si nasce di nuovo. Vedute poetiche tratte dall'Anonimo del XX secolo di Leonardo Ricci

by Maurizio Sazio, Italy, 2021, 37’
vo: Italian, sub: English
World premiere in the presence of the author and of Clementina Ricci

Film that was created in the framework of the centenary celebrations of the Florentine architect Leonardo Ricci to recount his figure and thought.

Inside the Outset: Evoking a Space of Passage

by Rosa Barba, 16mm film transferred to digital and 8k film, 2021, sound, 31’15”
Italian premiere

Curating the Immaterial: Moving Images Between Physical and Digital Space

Participants include Sophie Cavoulacos, curator Department of Film/MoMa; Andrea Lissoni, artistic director Haus der Kunst Munich, and Valentine Umansky, curator International Art/Tate Modern. Moderator: Erika Balsom, lecturer in Film Studies at Kings College London.

Transient Witness

by Assaf Gruber, Germany, 2021, 47’
vo: German, Italian; sub: English, Italian
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist

The films reflects on the power relations that regulate the collecting and possession of works of art, documenting both a donation, that of Eugenio Marzona’s 20th century avant-garde archive to the State Museums of Dresden, and a theft, that of the Saxon Treasure in the Green Vault in the city’s castle.

A Flower in the Mouth

by Éric Baudelaire, France, 2022, 67’
vo: French; sub: English, Italian
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist and of actor Oxmo Puccino

Two-act film, between documentary and fiction, that starts with images of the largest flower market in the world, in Holland, and ends with a dialogue set in a Parisian café inspired by Pirandello’s L’uomo dal fiore in bocca.

La Quinta del Sordo

by Philippe Parreno, 2021, sound, 40’
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist

The French artist creates a “science fiction” and immersive work that revives the house where Goya created his famous Pinturas negras. The film simulates the sound that permeated the house rooms, inside a sort of speculative architecture. It’s accompanied by a live performance of an original score for cello performed by Naomi Berrill.

Ίκαρος (Icarus)

by Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Netherlands, Italy, 2021, 30’ 23”
vo: Italian, English ; sub: English, Italian
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist

The Italian artist’s first medium-length film, the work starts from the myth of Daedalus and Icarus to stage a symbolic and performative act inside the former Butterfly Pavilion in Emmen’s Rensenpark.

Back to Basquiat

by Pierre-Paul Puljiz, France, 2022, 52’
vo: French, English; st: French, English, Italian
Italian premiere

A new look at the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat through a journey in search of the identity of the legendary African-American artist, between his Caribbean origins and the American scene of his time.

by Rosa Barba, 16mm film transferred to digital and 8k film, 2021, sound, 31’15”
Italian premiere

Foragers. Al-Yad Al-Khadra

by Jumana Manna, Palestine, 2022, 65’
vo: Arabic, Hebrew; sub: English, Italian
Italian premiere

The latest film by the Palestinian-born American artist highlights the contradictions of the conflict between the Israeli authorities responsible for the nature reserves in the Golan Heights and the Palestinian people who traditionally gather edible plants in those fields.

Agrilogistics

by Gerard Ortín Castellví, Spain, UK, 2022, sound, 21’
Italian premiere in the presence of the artist

The film analyses the transformations of contemporary industrial agriculture by following the life of a greenhouse that during the day is an automated set optimized for production, but at night welcomes unexpected presences.

Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

by Kasper Bech Dyg, Denmark, 2022, 95′
vo: English; sub: Italian
Italian premiere

The historic meeting between Marina Abramović and Ulay, 30 years after the end of their iconic collaboration, filmed shortly before the German artist’s death by a crew from the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot

by William Kentridge, South Africa, USA, 2022, 3 episodes, 110’
vo: English; sub: Italian

Filmed entirely in his studio during the pandemic, we see South African artist William Kentridge playing with drawing and unraveling images with Méliès-like cinematic tricks. With irony, he confronts a second version of himself with which he dialogues, as if it were his subconscious, tracing the themes that characterise his work: apartheid, childhood, South African landscapes.

Transient Witness: a filmic research between collecting, politics and art institutions

Lecture by artist Assaf Gruber introduced by Gerhard Wolf, director Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz.