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    [EFF16P2] Prelude 2: Orlando Ferito

    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF16P2] Prelude 2: Orlando Ferito. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000247

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    12 February 2016, 18:00, Birkbeck Cinema

    Film: Orlando Ferito, Vincent Dieutre, France, 2013, digital, 115 minutes, French and Italian with English subtitles

    Set in Palermo, and making extensive use of the traditional Sicilian puppets known as “Pupi”, Dieutre’s essay film draws its inspiration from texts by Pier Paolo Pasolini (Disappearance of the Fireflies, 1975) and Georges Didi-Huberman (Survival of the Fireflies, 2009), to paint a personal picture of contemporary Sicilian society and, more broadly, the state of politics in Italy and by extension Europe today.

    Vincent Dieutre is known for his first-person essay films which explore the limits of documentary and autobiographical fiction (Desolate Rome, 1995). Orlando Ferito is the third film in Dieutre’s “Films d’Europe” series (Tenebrae Lessons, 2000, and My Winter Journey, 2003), which examines the European subconscious (cultural, sexual, political) from a radically subjective angle (see also Bologna Centrale, 2003).

    After the screening Vincent Dieutre was in conversation with filmmaker and theorist Laura Mulvey.

    A collaboration between Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image and the Institut Français, London.

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    1 - EFF16P2 Vincent Dieutre was in conversation with filmmaker and theorist Laura Mulvey (EFF16P2 Orlando ferito discussion.WMA)

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    Dataset Title:

    [EFF16P2] Prelude 2: Orlando Ferito
    Creators:

    Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
    Dataset Contributors:

    ContributionNameEmailORCID
    CollaboratorMcCabe, Janetj.mccabe@bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-9876
    CollaboratorYapp, Emmaeyapp01@student.bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-6066
    Subjects:

    Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Data collection method:

    The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.
    Collection period:

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    12 February 201612 February 2016
    Statement on legal, ethical, and access issues:

    All film stills were provided by participating artists.
    Depositing User: Emma Yapp
    Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2026 15:21
    Last Modified: 13 Jul 2026 15:21
    Publisher: Birkbeck College, University of London

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    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF16P2] Prelude 2: Orlando Ferito. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000247

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