, this 90-minute session in the cinema will facilitate a more in depth exploration of Kelemen’s work as a cinematographer and will include film extracts and a detailed exploration of his approach and working methods.
Fred Kelemen Biography
Born in 1964 in West Berlin, Germany, Fred Kelemen studied painting, music, philosophy, religious science as well as drama studies and worked in various theatres as a director’s assistant before taking up his studies in directing and cinematography at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) in 1989. Completing the feature Kalyi (Germany, Hungary 1991/1993) during his studies, he graduated in both subjects in 1994. His graduation film Fate (Verhängnis, 1994) won the German National Film Award (Silver Ribbon) for best film in 1995 and the Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award), also for best film.
Continuing to pursue both his professional skills, Fred Kelemen has directed and shot almost all his own films, garnering many more prestigious awards, and collaborated as cinematographer with other directors.
His own films include Frost (Frost, Germany 1997/1998), Nightfall (Abendland, Germany, Portugal 1998/1999), Fallen (Krišana, Latvia, Germany 2004 /2005) and the trilogy Sarajevo Songs of Woe (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany 2016), which premiered at the Warsaw International Festival in October 2016.
His collaborations with other directors are Journey to the Plain (Utazás az Álföldön, Hungary 1995), A London Férfi (The Man from London, Hungary, France, Switzerland, Germany 2005/07) and The Turin Horse (A Torinói Ló, Hungary, USA, France, Switzerland, Germany 2009/11) all three by Béla Tarr. In addition, he was the cameraman on Stone, Time, Touch (Canada, Armenia, 2004/05) by Gariné Torossian, The Visible and the Invisible (Das Sichtbare und das Unsichtbare, Germany 2006) by Rudolf Thome, Sukaryot (Sukaryot, Israel 2012/13) by Joseph Pitchhadze.
Fred Kelemen will also be present for a ScreenTalk following the screening of the film
