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Digital Ashes (2022)
doc. exp. 12’ | Brazil, Germany

Research / Editing / Image and Sound
Bruno Christofoletti Barrenha

Produced as part of the master’s thesis A Bricolage of Found Digital Files: On Conservation and Copy as Creative Gestures.

Sinopsis: A site which once served as a slaughterhouse has become an environment to preserve the life of Brazilian cinema. Until the first fire arrived. And then another, and another. Hundreds of negatives lost due to a policy that negates preservation actions. The distant relationship between the Cinematheque of São Paulo, public neglect, and the fire are rescued in a film whose very function is to preserve the memory of this Cinematheque. (Carol Almeida)

Selected for
“Emerging Artists Vol. 6 – Contemporary Experimental Film and Video Art from Germany” (2023). Curated by AG Kurzfilm and German Films.

“Emerging Artists” Screenings:
- 52. Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist (Oct 2023, Ukraine);
- 46. Drama International Short Film Festival (Sep 2023, Greece);
- 36. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media (Jan 2023, Germany);
- 24. Izmir International Short Film Festival (Nov 2023, Turkey);
- 11. Golden Ger International Film Festival (Jun 2023, Mongolia);
- 10. Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival (Nov 2023, Portugal).

Special Screenings:
- Life after fire – How to rescue (film) histories in Brazil? Filmvorführungen und Gesprächsveranstaltung zum UNESCO Welttag des audiovisuellen Erbes, Filmmuseum Potsdam (Germany) / 27.10.2022

Exhibitions (presented as installation):
- J22 – Jahresausstellung der Digitale Medien und des Integrierten Design der Hochschule für Künste Bremen (Germany) / 11. – 16.11.2022

Awards:
- Special Mention, International Competition; 4:3 int’l short film festival (Ukraine).

Film Festivals (in order of screening):
- 11. Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival (Brazil);
- 11. Acampadoc – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental (Panama);
- 2. Atemporal – Festival Itinerante de Cine Latinoamericano (Peru);
- 17. CineOP – Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto (Brazil);
- 7. Marienbad Film Festival (Czech Republic);
- 18. ficmonterrey – Monterrey International Film Festival (Mexico);
- 6. MUTA – Festival Internacional de Apropriación Audiovisual (Peru);
- 2. 4:3 int’l short film festival (Ukraine);
- 8. Dobra – Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental (Brazil);
- 24. Equinoxio – Festival Universitario de Cine y Audiovisuales (Colombia);
- 7. Mamut – Festival de Memoria Audiovisual (Colombia);
- 9. Intermediaciones – Muestra Intl’ de Videoarte y Video Experimental (Colombia);
- 5. Eneagrama – Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental (Argentina);
- 18. FestiFreak – La Plata International Independent Film Festival (Argentina);
- 24. FestCurtasBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (Brazil);
- 12. BIDEODROMO Festival Intl’ de Cine y Video Experimental (Spain);
- 8. Arquivo em Cartaz – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Arquivo (Brazil);
- 12. Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces (Mexico);
- 15. CineToro – Experimental Film Festival (Colombia);
- 5. Festival de Cine Latinoamericano RABIA (Argentina);
- 5. Mientras tanto CINE (Uruguay);
- 1. Festival de Cine Contemporáneo Andares (Peru).

- 36. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media (Germany);
- 35. Filmfest Dresden – International Short Film Festival (Germany);
- 23. Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine (Uruguay);
- 12. UNDER_the_RADAR – Festival and Conference for Artistic Film, Animation and Experimental Sequential Media (Austria);
- 8. NEOSFEST Encuentro Internacional de Experimentación (Mexico).

FILM REFERENCES

(Almost) every audiovisual reference used in the making of the short film Digital Ashes. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

FILMS

AITARÉ DA PRAIA (Gentil Roiz; 1925)
http://cinematecapernambucana.com.br/filme/?id=3338
http://cinematecapernambucana.com.br/filme/?id=2314

INCENDIO (Carlos del Mudo; 1926)
https://www.cclm.cl/cineteca-online/incendio/

REVEZES (Chagas Ribeiro; 1927)
http://cinematecapernambucana.com.br/filme/?id=3015

TESOURO PERDIDO (Humberto Mauro; 1927)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmz9JXcCjAs

DESESPERATO (Sérgio Bernardes Filho; 1968)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pciVU3ed2Qk

HITLER IIIº MUNDO (José Agrippino de Paula; 1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAVNYu5diNM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeBpU491S4E

METEORANGO KID - O HERÓI INTERGALÁTICO
(André Luiz de Oliveira; 1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qADbILKA7Jg

LACRIMOSA (Aloysio Raulino; 1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LldwE98J8

O RITUAL DOS SÁDICOS (José Mojica Marins; 1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nk9uOc_qo4

GERAÇÃO BENDITA - É ISSO AÍ, BICHO (Carlos Bini; 1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2sRckAAPcU

IMAGENS DO SILÊNCIO (Luiz Rosemberg Filho; 1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bTKaXIUQCU

NITRATO (Alain Fresnot; 1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghy2_t_qbVQ

TEM COCA-COLA NO VATAPÁ (Pedro Farkas e Rogério Corrêa; 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tswESuzHlck

A QUEDA (Ruy Guerra; 1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-iQuloGEI4

O SOM OU TRATADO DE HARMONIA (Arthur Omar; 1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPDiLKPp09o

A CINEMATECA BRASILEIRA (Ozualdo R. Candeias; 1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IExOQz1kl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q420tZ44amE

MOVING IMAGES

TV TUPI (Cinemateca Brasileira)
Newsreels broadcasted by TV Tupi, the first television station in Brazil (September 1950 - July 1980).

Among the procedures carried out by the Cinemateca Brasileira are the treatment of 16mm film on which the newsreels were shot, the digitalization of the moving images, the cataloging that allows research by several terms and subjects, and the availability on the internet. This set of actions allows the use of TV Tupi's collection as a valuable source of research and entertainment, and as an image bank of a unique historical collection.

http://bases.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=TUPI&lang=p

LA ERUPCIÓN DEL VOLCÁN QUIZAPU (Gustavo Bussenius; 1928)
https://www.cclm.cl/cineteca-online/la-erupcion-del-volcan-quizapu/

INCÊNDIO ATINGE PRÉDIO DA CINEMATECA, EM SÃO PAULO (SBT News; July 29, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFIcmcGM5gs

INCÊNDIO DE GRANDES PROPORÇÕES ATINGE GALPÃO DA CINEMATECA NA ZONA OESTE DE SÃO PAULO (Jornal da Record; July 30, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q8mdt_yqf4

STILL IMAGES

JORNAL CORREIO DA MANHÃ (Arquivo Nacional)
Correio da Manhã was a daily morning newspaper, published in the city of Rio de Janeiro (1901 - 1974)http://dibrarq.arquivonacional.gov.br/index.php/correio-da-manha-1975

ACERVO ELETROPAULO (Cinemateca Brasileira)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cinematecabrasileira/

FIRE DAMAGE INSIDE THE SUITLAND NITRATE FILM VAULT (Records of the National Archives; 1978)
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2019/12/04/heated-to-ignition-the-1978-suitland-film-vault-fire/

LOS CASI SEIS MIL TÍTULOS QUE LA CINETECA TENÍA BAJO SU RESGUARDO SE REDUJERON A DESECHO (Archivo El Universal; 1982)
https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/837792.html

INCÊNDIO CINEMATECA (Corpo de Bombeiros de São Paulo; July 30, 2021)
https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/bombeiros-divulgam-imagens-de-acervo-destruido-na-cinemateca-brasileira-veja/
https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/galpao-da-cinemateca-tinha-acervo-com-documentos-do-cinema-brasileiro/
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/brasil/2021/07/4940723-fogo-na-cinemateca-foi-controlado-mas-acervo-provavelmente-perdido.html

VISTA AÉREA DO GALPÃO DA CINEMATECA BRASILEIRA NA VILA LEOPOLDINA, EM SÃO PAULO, APÓS INCÊNDIO (Ronaldo Silva/Futura Press/Estadão Conteúdo; July 30, 2021)
https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/policia-investiga-causa-do-incendio-na-cinemateca-brasileira-em-sao-paulo/

SOUND