Train Again

Dir: Peter Tscherkassky

All aboard! This is a journey through time: 126 years ago, the Lumière brothers filmed at a train platform in La Ciotat and brought into the world. Trains and cinema are inextricably connected since. Tscherkassky copies frame by frame by hand and uses multiple exposures, turning train footage into a thrilling ride of a spectacular ‘action blockbuster’. Paying homage to Kurt Kren the pioneering experimental filmmaker in Europe, Tscherkassky once again looks into the nature of analogue film as well as the growth and decline of cinema itself.

Peter Tscherkassky (1958-)
Tscherkassky is an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker whose works are mostly based on found footage and made in the darkroom by hand. He focuses on the materiality of film and has been experimenting in analogue filmmaking since 1979. His films have been honoured with numerous awards and been shown in major film festivals and exhibitions around the world.