28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Albâtre

Jacques Perconte / France / 2018 / World Premiere / 41 min.


synopsis

Liquid landscapes, each one absorbed into the next, transform the screen into a painter’s canvas. The digital decomposition of images in live interaction with Carlos Grätzer’s music draw attention to the permeability between traditional and abstract painting as well as to the harmony between the fine arts, film, and music. Shots evoking Monet’s Impression, Sunrise, or Renoir’s secluded forest corners, break apart into a raster pattern and are transformed into a shapeless mass of colors that then grow into a new composition. While the impressionists depicted a static moment, Perconte captures a moment that is in constant motion.

"Albâtre reflects the desire I had to express the energy of this very special part of France where everywhere the wind carries the sea, where nothing is stable, and where I love so much to film: the coast of Upper Normandy between Le Havre and Dieppe." J. Perconte

biography

Jacques Perconte (1974) is a leading figure in the French experimental scene and a pioneer of internet art. He works with decomposition of digital images using compression algorithms and codecs; his work blurs the boundary between film and fine art. The Ji.hlava IDFF premiered his films Patrias (2017) and Twenty-Nine Minutes at Sea (2017). 

more about film

director: Jacques Perconte
producer: Martine Guibert
music: Carlos Grätzer

contact

JACQUES PERCONTE / +33 66 0 61 54 08 / jacques.perconte@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2018
section:Opus Bonum
format:DCP
colour:Colour

Info

director:Jacques Perconte
original title:Albâtre
country:France
year:2018
running time:41 min.

Section


Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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