Born in 1957 in south of France, grew up in a French oversea « departement » named Île de la Réunion in the Indian Ocean ; studied art both in France (1975-1979) and in Boston (1980-1986) where she started making films in 1982 after taking an evening film class at Massachussetts College of Art then registering full time at School of Museum of Fine Arts, majoring cinema. Returned in France in 1986 and lives since then in Paris, teaching art fulltime in a primary school and making films.
« Cécile Fontaine works with what can be called margins, the excluded parts of cinema,, revindicating scratching, soaking, de-collage and so filmmaking passes as a primarily plastic activity, with almost no material resources, renewing at once with the first major steps of the Dadaists in their collage –principally in the works of Schwitters and especially the collage of Hannah Höch executed with a kitchen knife and the work of recycling or how to make art without having the air to have touched it. »
– Yann Beauvais
THROUGH THE LENS
2012-2019 / HD / color / silent / single screen / 13' 00 / 57 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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VIBRATIONS
2015-2017 / HDV / color / sound / single screen / 18' 36 / 78 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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PERSPECTIVES VÉNITIENNES
2016 / HDV / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 9' 09 / 29 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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COLORED STRIP PART ONE
2014-2015 / Video / color / silent / single screen / 9' 25 / 32 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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COLORED STRIP PART TWO
2014-2015 / Video / color / silent / single screen / 6' 41 / 28 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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CHASSÉS CROISÉS (VERSION SOMBRE)
2014 / Video / tinted b&w / sound / single screen / 2' 49 / 22 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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CHASSÉS CROISÉS (VERSION VERTE)
2014 / Video / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 2' 51 / 22 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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YANN
2014 / Video / color / silent / single screen / 4' 34 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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AMSTERDAM BIKES
2011-2013 / Mini DV / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 9' 19 / 34 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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STAR LIGHT N°2
2012 / Video / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 55 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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STAR LIGHT N°3
2012 / Video / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 55 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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STAR LIGHT N°4
2012 / Video / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 55 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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STAR LIGHT N°5
2012 / Video / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 55 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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STAR LIGHT N°5 BIS
2012 / Video / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 55 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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CHINA GIRL
2010 / Video / color / silent / single screen / 6' 03 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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IN THE FIELD
2010 / Mini DV & Video / color / sound / single screen / 6' 58 / 25 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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WATER FALL
2010 / Mini DV / color / sound / single screen / 12' 09 / 41 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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CHUTES
2009 / Video / color / sound / single screen / 11' 52 / 41 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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REEL
2009 / Video / color / sound / single screen / 17' 26 / 58 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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REMEMBRANCES
2009 / Mini DV / color / sound / single screen / 14' 15 / 47 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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HOLY WOODS
2008 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 8' 00 / 27 € distribution: 16mm |
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CROSS WORLDS
2006 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 15' 00 / 50 € distribution: 16mm |
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SPACED ODDITTIES
2004 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 45 / 41 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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BOY'S BEST FRIEND
2002 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 12' 07 / 48 € distribution: 16mm |
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THE LAST LOST SHOT
1999 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 7' 00 / 34 € distribution: 16mm |
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SILVER RUSH
1998 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 8' 00 / 40 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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LION LIGHT
1996 / 16mm / b&w / silent / single screen / 2' 30 / 23 € distribution: 16mm |
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SAFARI LAND
1996 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 10' 00 / 35 € distribution: 16mm |
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LA PÊCHE MIRACULEUSE
1995 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 10' 00 / 44 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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SUNDAY
1993 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 9' 00 / 30 € distribution: 16mm |
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ABSTRACT FILM EN COULEURS
1991 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 3' 17 / 27 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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CHARLOTTE
1991 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 2' 50 / 24 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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FIRE
1991 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 3' 20 / 27 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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JAPON SERIES
1991 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 6' 44 / 42 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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HISTOIRES PARALLÈLLES
1990 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 11' 00 / 38 € distribution: 16mm |
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CRUISES
1989 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 7' 50 / 35 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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STORIES
1989 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 6' 42 / 26 € distribution: 16mm |
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ALMABA
1988 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 4' 50 / 37 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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PARIS, LE 7 JANVIER 1988
1988 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 7' 32 / 24 € distribution: Digital file on server or Super 8mm |
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SANS TITRE : MAI 1988
1988 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 5' 00 / 23 € distribution: 16mm |
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L'IRRÉVERSIBLE CHAPÎTRE III D'UN ROMAN 3 DIMENSIONNEL
1987 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 11' 15 / 45 € distribution: Digital file on server or Super 8mm |
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MOSAÏC
1987 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 3' 00 / 25 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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LE CALVAIRE
1986 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 3' 00 / 25 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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LE DÉJEUNER SUR L'HERBE - Pique-nique
1986 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 0' 57 / 20 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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HOME MOVIE
1986 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 5' 00 / 23 € distribution: 16mm |
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LIGHT
1986 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 3' 18 / 24 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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SÉLECTION DE COURTS FILMS SUPER 8
1986 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 21' 00 / 89 € distribution: Super 8mm |
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2 MADE FOR TV FILMS
1984 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 5' 00 / 37 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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3 SHORTS
1984 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 5' 24 / 26 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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GOLF-ENTRETIEN
1984 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 3' 00 / 25 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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OVEREATING
1984 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 3' 00 / 25 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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A COLOR MOVIE
1983 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 4' 44 / 36 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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MOUVEMENT N°2
1983 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 1' 35 / 20 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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SELF-PORTRAIT N°1 - Toilette
1982 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 3' 00 / 24 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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SELF-PORTRAIT N°2 - Réveil
1982 / Super 8mm / color-b&w / silent / single screen / 3' 20 / 27 € distribution: Digital file on server |