2018 (131’)

France

Director: Frank Smith

An initiative launched in May 1968 by filmmaker Chris Marker, „Cinétracts“ are title-bank films made from photographic material of national and international news, and are probably the most extreme form of militant cinema. With „Les Films du monde“, Frank Smith returns to this cinematic experience, both poetic and political, focusing on the flaws of the contemporary world. According to their protocol, the „Ciné-Tracts“ were to „challenge-propose-shock-inform-interrogate-affirm-convince-think-shout-laugh denounce-cultivate“ and aimed at immediate dissemination and agitation in order to „spark discussion and the action“.

Original language: French

Editor: Arnold Pasquier

Producers: Les films du Zigzag

Contact: Frank Smith

E: fsmith@club-internet.fr

Frank Smith is a writer/poet, video artist and filmmaker, a “linguistic craftsman”, as described by the American conceptual poet Vanessa Place. He lives in Paris and Los Angeles. The products of his research, which fuses poetry, politics and image, have been presented through readings, conferences, performances, exhibitions, screenings and installations at many festivals, galleries and arts centers in the world.