Category: Best Experimental ARFF 2023 Amsterdam

Original Film Title: NUDE DESCENDING THE STAIRCASE CONTINUOUSLY

Director’s Name: Jacek Jędrzejczak

Writer’s Name: Jacek Jędrzejczak

Producer: Jacek Jędrzejczak

Country of Origin: Poland

Country of Filming: Poland

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 4 seconds

Film Description:

This work is a creative dialogue, a visual work freely corresponds with the work by Duchamp in a way focused on the possibilities of the use of the film technique. 
The inspiration with the works by other artists is an element absent in my art, yet this one artist I consider to be an exceptionally important – not only to me but to the creative process perceived widely and universally. 
The visual means used and the continuum specifics given to the film create the point of reference for your own interpretation – either by people aware of Duchamp’s art, or not. 
This work is an hommage of a kind to Marcel Duchamp, the French artist and experimenter, author of the “ready-made” term. “Nude Descending a Staircase” (1912) is one of his best known works.

Original Film Title: À pas chassés

Director’s Name: Régis Pinault, Valérie du Chéné

Writer’s Name: Régis Pinault, Valérie du Chéné

Producer: CNAP, Centre d’art contemporain Chapelle Saint Jacques, Région Occitanie

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: Spain

Language: French

Runtime: 34 minutes

Film Description:

À pas chassés is inspired by the real-life story of philosopher Walter Benjamin. 
Set today in the small town of Port-Bou, the film uses a fictional narrative to evoke his crossing of the Franco-Spanish border. 
Transformed into a ghost, the main character enters the landscape. He sleeps, dreams, rambles, loses himself in his fantasies. To live out his emotions, he plays with color, light and the city. At the same time, two key characters, the Phantom’s lover and an erudite woman, set off in search of him.