Flatform: History of a Tree

director: Flatform

original title: Flatform: History of a Tree

country: Italy

running time: 90 min.

synopsis

The Flatform Masterclass starts with the screening of the last film History of a Tree and continues by investigating the close relationship between making a portrait of a non-human living organism, a tree, and the conceptual and expressive modalities of cinematic language. To complete this path, themes very dear to Flatform are addressed, such as the construction of the gaze through the long take, the unitary and, at the same time, multiple character of Nature, the landscape as a place where this multiformity manifests itself.

Furthermore, the robotized videoinstallation version which completes the History of a Tree project will be presented through the screening of a videodocumentation.

biography

Flatform is a collective artist based in Milan and Berlin. Films by Flatform have been featured in several film festivals including, among others, Quinzaine des Realisateurs de Cannes, Venice Intl. Film Festival, IFFR in Rotterdam, BFI Film Festival in London, LOOP in Barcelona, Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal, IFF in Melbourne. Works by Flatform have been shown in many museums and institutions including, among others, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, MAXXI Museum in Rome, Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin, MSU-Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Museu da Imagem e do Som in San Paolo. Selected Awards: Go Shorts in Nijmegen 2020 and 2016; Nashville Intl Film Festival, 2016; Jihlava Intl Doc Film Festival 2015; Lago Film festival 2010 in Lago; 25FPS 2009 in Zagreb; Screen Festival 2008 in Oslo.