Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued

Name: Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued
Start: 2026-05-29UTC16:30
Location: CINETECA. Sala Plató

Julian Castronovo

United States of America

2025

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Synopsis

ulian Castronovo updates the classic conventions of film noir to an acutely contemporary context, in which the digital and the physical are not two separate realms, rather they must intertwine to form the framework of what is real. The research for Debut takes the form of a vast catalogue in which physical documents, internet searches and found footage coexist as evidence without any hierarchy. Rather than seeking a resolution, the film portrays that contemporary compulsion to try to make sense of the scattered stimuli to which we are relentlessly exposed in the digital world. (IC)

Festivals

2025 - IFFR -
2025 - Doc Fortnight : MoMA

Director biography

Julian Castronovo

Julian Castronovo (b. 1998) is an American filmmaker and writer. His work, which often explores authenticity, identity, technology, and fetish, has appeared in places like the Neuberger Museum of Art, REDCAT, the Los Angeles Festival of Movies, the Chazen Museum of Art, and in publications such as The Los Angeles Review of Books and The Brooklyn Rail. In 2024 he was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine. He holds BAs from Brown University’s programs in Literary Arts and Modern Culture & Media, and he received an MFA in Film Directing from the California Institute of the Arts in 2024.

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