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Film is. (1-6)
Film ist. (1-6)

Director(s): Gustav DeutschAT60 min.1998
Categoriesexperimental, documentary
Accessibilitysuitable for all age groups of minors
LanguagesGerman (orig.)
SubtitlesEnglish
Black and white / colourblack & white

Slovak premiere

Film is. ranks among the most fascinating examples of found-footage montage cinema. Constructed almost entirely from fragments of silent-era films – pigeons in flight, intelligence tests on apes, upside-down worlds, hurricanes, shock waves, shattering glass, or a Mercedes crashing into a wall in slow motion – the film transforms archival material into a beautifully unexpected rhythmic composition. Gustav Deutsch arranges the footage into chapters structured around cinema’s fundamental elements, such as movement and light.

"Film is. belongs in the essential canon of every cinephile. It is a film about what our beloved cinema actually is." Lukáš Berberich

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Projection of Film is. (1-6) at IFF ART FILM 2026
Lukáš Berberich Presents
91 seats available
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