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Siegfried A. Fruhauf

Siegfried A. FRUHAUF (1976, Austria) studied experimental visual design at the University of Art and Design in Linz. He has been experimenting with video, film and photography since 1993 and his short films have been shown at IFFR and other major film festivals, including Cannes, Venice and Sundance. In his work, Fruhauf explores the perception of cinematographic movement through the exposure and structural montage of individual film frames and photographs. In 2002, Fruhauf received the Supporting Award for Film Art from the Austrian Federal Chancellery. His most recent film Cave Painting was selected for IFFR 2023.

Filmography

(selection, all short) Rote Rosenkugel (1996), Der Absturz des Ikarus war ein technisches Problem (1997), Arbeiter verlassen die Fabrik (1998), La sortie (1998), Höhenrausch/Mountain Trip (1999), Blow-up (2000), Exposed (2001), Frontale (2002), Exposed (2002) Structural Filmwaste. Dissolution 1 (2003), Mirror Mechanics (2005), Graas (2006), Bled (2007), Ground Control (2008), Night Sweat (2008), Palmes d’Or (2009), Tranquility (2010), Schwere Augen/Heavy Eyes (2011), Exterior Extended (2013), Still Dissolution (2013), Vintage Print (2015), Fuddy Duddy (2016), THORAX (2019), Cave Painting (2023)

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Siegfried A. Fruhauf at IFFR

  • Cave Painting

    Cave textures fused with filmic materiality. A ride for the senses, bridging primitive and avant-garde.

    • Short & Mid-length

  • Höhenrausch

    Manipulation of hundreds of idyllic postcards of Austrian mountains.

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • Night Sweat

    Analogue Hi-8 video blown up to 35mm film, this night truly sweats. Definitely for those of us who enjoy letting things get a little salty.

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • Bled

    Abstract animation to a soundtrack by Attwenger with the power of a music video.

    • Short: As Long As It Takes

  • Exterior Extended

    Maximum effect using minimal means. Thirty-six photos edited into a dazzling display of spatial perception. What’s inside, and what’s outside?

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • THORAX

    Informed by Marcel Duchamp’s Anemic Cinema,THORAX is an ingenious game with dazzling light, stroboscopic flickering and matching sound.

    • Bright Future Short

  • Fuddy Duddy

    Fuddy Duddy is a mesmerising animation that uses the motif of the grid to blow it completely to pieces.

    • Tiger Competition for Short Films

  • Exposed

    feature scene gets a new context through image manipulations on the optical printer, with a sieve effect as a result.

    • main programme short