Workshop report and screening: Re-imagining lost films: Two case studies
Sat 28.10.
15:30
Cinema
Arsenal 1
zu den Ticketszu dem KalenderHenry Caicedo Caicedo in English & Émilie Cauquy, Clément Lafite in French (with English subtitles), Moderation: Anke Hahn
What is the status of a partially lost film? How can such a film be screened? Two case studies present different approaches: Firstly, EN BUSCA DE MARIA is an attempt to recapture the first Colombian feature film, María (CO 1921) in the form of a documentary. Secondly, a live reading performance by Émilie Cauquy and Clément Lafite brings back to life a lost film by the avant-garde feminist French filmmaker Germaine Dulac. ÂMES DES FOUS is a six-episode series depicting the adventures of the young Marquise de Sombreuse who is threatened by his greedy mother-in-law and a sinister curse that lingers over her family. The surviving film material (roughly three minutes of the original three-hour-long work) and original documentation from the holdings of the Cinémathèque française were used to create this freely inspired reconstruction of ÂMES DES FOUS, long considered lost.
Program:
EN BUSCA DE MARIA Luis Ospina, Jorge Nieto Colombia 1985 Original version with English subtitles DCP 15 min
ÂMES DES FOUS Germaine Dulac F 1918 silent with music DCP 3 min.
With:
Henry Caicedo Caicedo (Cinemateca de Bogotá)
Émilie Cauquy (Cinémathèque française)
Clément Lafite (film archivist)
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