Emmanuel Piton
L’IMAGE FANTÔME / THE GHOST IMAGE
France 2025, 20’14”
With the presence of the director
This film in 16mm seeks to unravel the porous relationship between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Pursuing his quest for memory and traces in isolated territories, Piton relies on artisanal film developing methods as well as several experimental devices to conjure up a personal experience from the past that has never faded. “In the house where I grew up, something appeared once upon a time, a shape, a presence, an image that has never ceased to haunt the memory of that place. I search for traces of this apparition as if this image from the past had never left the house.” (Emmanuel Piton)
Emmanuel Piton's films oscillate between experimental cinema and documentary and are shot on Super 8 and 16mm film. They are screened at film festivals, in museums and at independent screenings. Piton founded Zéro de conduite, a collective of artists working in film creation, and Labo K, an experimental laboratory dedicated to cinematography. He has also set up training courses in filmmaking at universities and art and film schools (La Fémis, Master's in Documentary Film at Lussas, Performing Arts, Ty Films in Mellionnec). He directs collective performances at Labo K and in collaboration with artisanal film laboratories in Bombay, Mexico, Tromsø, etc. In 2021, he co-founded the Obskura film festival in Rennes.
Editor: Julia Brenier Caldera
Sound and music: Frank Lawrence
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