Claudio Caldini was born in Buenos Aires in 1952, experimental filmmaker. Electronic music composer. From 1970 to date he has made Super 8 films, videos and expanded cinema performances. In 1971 he began his studies at the Experimental Center of the National Institute of Cinematography (Buenos Aires) and attended seminars with Werner Nekes (1980) and Werner Schroeter (1983) at the Goethe-Institut Buenos Aires. Caldini worked in lighting design and operation for theater and rock concerts. Curator of Film and Video at the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires (1998 - 2004) Member of the Jury of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (2003). Artist in Residence at the Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Scotland (2005). Visiting Artist at LIFT (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, 2015).
First Prize of the Primera Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid (1991) for his film El devenir de las piedras. Grand Prize of the III Franco-Latin American Festival of Video Art for his video Heliografía (1994). Leonardo Award of the National Museum of Fine Arts (1997). Fellowship of the Antorchas Foundation (1998). Prize to the trajectory 2018, National Fund of the Arts (Argentina).
Exhibitions: Telluride International Experimental Film Festival; Xperimenta 09 Biennial, Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona; International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen; Starting from Scratch Festival, Amsterdam; Eksperimentanli Film U Tuskancu, Zagreb; Experimental Film Week of Madrid; Scratch Projection, Paris; Live Cinema, Sao Paulo; S8 Mostra de Cinema Periférico, La Coruña; MUSAC, León; International Film Festival of Valdivia, Chile; Alucine Latin Film Fest, Toronto; BAMPFA, Berkeley; RedCat, CalArts, School of CinematicArts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Filmmuseum, Vienna; L'Age d'Or Festival, Brussels; Pesaro Film Festival, Italy. International Film Festival of Mar del Plata; Cinemateca Argentina; Goethe Institut; Centro Cultural de España; Fundación Telefónica; MAMBA; MALBA; MAR Museum (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
PROMESA
2022 / HDV & Mobile phone / b&w / sound / single screen / 2' 00 / 21 € distribution: DCP on server or Digital file on server |
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SEÑALES DE HUMO
2022 / Super 8mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 00 / 37 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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POILEAN - Polen
2020 / HD / color / sound / single screen / 14' 06 / 61 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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A TRAVÉS DE LAS RUINAS
1982-2017 / 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 8' 17 / 42 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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DEADLINE
2015 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 1' 12 / 12 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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SIN TÍTULO 2015
2014-2015 / Super 8mm / b&w / silent / single screen / 5' 10 / 38 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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LUX TAAL
2006-2009 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 8' 10 / 40 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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S/T 2007
2007 / Super 8mm / b&w / silent / single screen / 2' 50 / 24 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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PRISMA
2005 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 5' 30 / 40 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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HELIOGRAFÍA
1993 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 5' 00 / 37 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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CONSECUENCIA
1992 / 8mm & U-Matic / color / sound / single screen / 2' 40 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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SIMULACRO
1990 / Super 8mm & U-Matic / color / sound / single screen / 2' 20 / 20 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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EL DEVENIR DE LAS PIEDRAS
1988 / Super 8mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 12' 30 / 55 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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LA ESCENA CIRCULAR
1982 / color / sound / 8' 30 / 41 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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UN ENANO EN EL JARDÍN
1981 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 12' 17 / 52 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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GAMELAN
1981 / Super 8mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 12' 00 / 41 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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VADI-SAMVADI
1976-1981 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 7' 15 / 42 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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CUARTETO
1978 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 20' 00 / 83 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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OFRENDA
1978 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 2' 23 / 34 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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ASPIRACIONES
1976 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 6' 00 / 42 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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BALTAZAR
1975 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 3' 16 / 27 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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FILM GAUDI
1975 / Super 8mm / color / silent / single screen / 5' 50 / 42 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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VENTANA
1975 / Super 8mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 4' 00 / 22 € distribution: Digital file on server |