Montag | 26.01.2026 | 19:00 h

Armand Yervant Tufenkian - In the Manner of Smoke

(kuratiert und präsentiert von Thomas Bartels)

(Anschl. Online-Q&A mit dem Filmemacher)

Reverie and observation forge relations among a fire lookout in California and a landscape painter in London. With a concern for how media technology (from painting to surveillance webcams) impacts representations of forest fires and the experience of witnessing with one's own eyes, the film forms an ecology of images from distinct and ultimately interlinked perspectives. (AYT)

 

Armand Yervant Tufenkian - In the Manner of Smoke
90 min | 2025 | digifile (4:3 / HD+16mm) | col | sound | OVen | US+UK

 

Armand Yervant Tufenkian (*1988) did doctoral studies at Duke University, where he started a dissertation on the poetics of community in cinema, and studied filmmaking at CalArts. Previously he taught in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego and worked as a fire lookout in the Sierra Nevada. He is currently a lecturer in the Cinema Department at Binghamton University (SUNY). His debut feature 'In the Manner of Smoke' (2025), a long-form observation of disparate perspectives on forest fires, premiered at Cinéma du Réel where it won the International Award.

[ https://www.armandfilm.com ]

[ Abbildung oben: aus dem Film ‚In the Manner of Smoke' (2025) von Armand Yervant Tufenkian ]