Ivalo Frank Archive (Kran Film Collective)

Ivalo Frank

Born in Greenland to Danish parents in 1975, Ivalo Frank works as an independent filmartist based in Berlin. She holds a BA in Philosophy from Copenhagen University and a MA in Social Anthropology from Lund University, specialising in visual communication. She has made documentary films in various countries including Bosnia, China and Greenland. The content of her films range from post-war portraits to post-colonial perspectives and in-depth interviews with citizens from the former DDR.

Ivalo Frank is the director of (amongst others) "Upper Reaches of the Arts", an introduction to Shanghais’ art galleries and cultural institutions and "Wild Dogs of Sarajevo“ a film highlighting war-tourism and the survivors of the longest occupation of any capital in history. Her latest film "ECHOES" (2010) premiered at Copenhagen Contemporary and is a musical journey portraying the personal stories that the American presence in Greenland, has left behind.

Ivalo Frank's films are exhibited in both academic, film and art contexts and has been shown around the world, including at the Museum of New Art Detroit, the Museum of Contemporary Art (DK), the Humboldt University of Berlin and Metropolis Cinema in Hamburg. Her work has been screened at various international film festivals, including the London Underground Film Festival and the American Independent Film Festival (online). Apart from several nominations Ivalo Frank has won the Honorable Mention Award at the Los Angeles International Film Festival and the Award of Merit at Best Shorts 2011. Furthermore, she is a freelance writer and has contributed to a number of newspapers including Asian Art Newspaper (UK) and Dagbladet Information (DK). She speaks Danish, English, German and Spanish.

http://www.ivalofrank.com

ECHOES @ the Berlin Biennale

ECHOES by Ivalo Frank @ the Berlin Biennale, KW Institute for Contemporary Art – KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V. Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin, Open Call exhibition space and digitally, on the Biennales online platform ArtWiki. From the 27th of April to 1st of July 2012. Echoes is a film about the American and Danish military presence in Greenland see through abandoned airbases and radar stations. It’s also a love story between two people who have met in the stunning landscape of history, in the sounds of music.

Ivalo Frank receives film grant

Frank has received a grant from NAPA to realise her next film production titled EYES. The film will premier at the Socle Du Monde Biennale in September 2012.

Ivalo Frank talk&screenings at Tellus

Two Ivalo Frank productions, ECHOES and Faith, hope and Greenland, will be showing at Tellus Cinema in Stockholm, this Saturday at 7PM. Frank will be present to answer questions after the screenings. For more information see tellusbio.nu

FAITH, HOPE AND GREENLAND & ECHOES

films by Ivalo Frank
at
Tellus Cinema, Stockholm
17 March, 2012

Faith, Hope and Greenland is a documentary from 2009 by Ivalo Frank. The film is a poetic journey into the very hearts of the people of Greenland. Based upon interviews with leading representatives from the art-world including; film producer Mikisoq H. Lynge, visual artist Julie Edel Hardenberg, actress Makka Kleist and musician Peter Tuusi Motzfeldt ‘Tuumotz’ (whose music, along with songs from Nive Nielsen accompany the film), the four figures reveal their personal beliefs of what Greenland currently stands for and their dreams for a contemporary, Greenlandic society.

Echoes is a film about the American and Danish military presence in Greenland see through abandoned airbases and radar stations. It’s also a love story between two people who have met in the stunning landscape of history, in the sounds of music.

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ECHOES showing at Illisimatusarfik – University of Greenland

ECHOES is showing at the University of Greenland on the 21st of January. The film is directed by Ivalo Frank and is an experimental documentary about the American and Danish military presence in Greenland see through abandoned airbases and radar stations. It’s also a love story between two people who have met in the stunning landscape of history, in the sounds of music.

For more info on the University of Greenland please check http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/

Ivalo Frank wins Award for Best Documentary

Ivalo Frank’s film ECHOES wins the Festival Award for Best Documentary at the London Underground Film Festival 2011. ECHOES takes place on a little island in Greenland, home to Anna Kuitse and her husband, sharing the (love) story about two people who met here in in the midst of international politics and war. The music documentary was recorded on abandoned military locations in Greenland, and it incorporates the sounds, structures and colours of the mosaic landscape of steep mountains.
For more info: http://www.londonundergroundfilmfestival.org.uk/

Greenland Eyes IFF dates announced!

Greenland Eyes International Film Festival is happy to announce that the festival with take place from the 24th of April to the 30th of April 2012. The festival, which takes place in Arsenal Cinema Berlin highlight feature, documentary and art films from Greenland and will be supplemented with a workshop Greenland Film in Context at Humboldt University’s Nordeuropa-Institut focusing on theoretical and practical aspects of filmmaking in and about Greenland. Greenland Eyes IFF is a project initiated by Ivalo Frank in collaboration with the Nordic Institute at Humboldt University of Berlin, Arsenal Cinema – Institute for film and video art and the Nordic Embassy in Berlin.
For more information on the festival: www.greenlandeyes.com

ECHOES in Official Selection

Ivalo Frank’s film ECHOES, has been chosen as part of the Official Selection for ASFF, the Aesthetica Short Film Festival and will be screening at the festival from 3rd – 6th November 2011. The festival is a celebration of independent film from across the world with 150 films being screened from 30 countries.

ECHOES nominated for the prize The Golden Key

Ivalo Frank’s film ECHOES has been nominated by the selection committees of the 28th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival for the prize The Golden Key. 14 films were selected amongst the 2,500 submitted films.

Ivalo Frank signs world-wide distribution deal

Ivalo Frank has signed a world-wide distribution deal with Shorts International. In future, Shorts International will be in charge of distributing and selling Ivalo Frank’s music documentary ECHOES to TV stations across the world.

Shorts International is the world’s leading short movie entertainment company, functioning as distributor, broadcaster and producer.
With a catalogue of over 3000 short movies, they represent every genre across multiple platforms. Their titles include past Oscar winners and nominees, festival favourites and revered classics. The company is headquartered in London with additional offices in Paris, New York and Los Angeles.

http://www.shortsinternational.com/

New film festival in Berlin

GREENLAND EYES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Ivalo Frank, Lill-Ann Körber and Milena Nikolova launch new film festival.

Greenland Eyes International Film Festival will take place in Arsenal Cinema Berlin in the spring of 2012. The festival will highlight films from Greenland as well as other filmic examples that deal with Greenlandic images while produced in foreign countries. With Greenland Eyes International Film Festival it will be for the first time that the Berlin audience is offered a chance to gain an insight into a range of films dealing specifically with various representations of Greenland.

Incorporates: Screenings, workshops, lectures, artist talks.

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IVALO FRANK’s film Echoes selected for the American Independent FIlm Festival 2011

The tri-city American Independent Film Festival celebrates the work of independent filmmakers. It is a unique platform for new talent and a tour-de-force of low-budget creativity and innovation. The Festival attracts an amazing array of filmmakers from across the world and offers film lovers coast to coast an extraordinary chance to glimpse the future of cinema.

AIFF focuses on the work of new filmmakers and films presenting new approaches and innovative solutions to limited budgets. As the festival venues are all closely connected with prominent film schools, the audiences are unusually sophisticated in their appreciation of quality film.

In May 2011 we’ll show more than 70 films in our three screening venues in Miami, Los Angeles, and New York.

http://www.film-fest.us/

ECHOES selected for the London Underground Film festival

ECHOES by Ivalo Frank – is a film about the American and Danish military presence in Greenland see through abandoned airbases and radar stations. It’s also a love story between two people who have met in the stunning landscape of history, in the sounds of music.

ECHOES has been selected for the London Underground Film Festval, which takes place at the Horse Hospital in London, December 2011
http://www.londonundergroundfilmfestival.org.uk/

IVALO FRANK winner of Best Shorts 2011

Winner of the Award of Merit in the Best Shorts Competition in the US

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From the official press release:

Ivalo Frank has won a prestigious Award of Merit from the Best Shorts Competition. The award was given for Ivalo Frank’s experimental documentary ECHOES, which takes place on a little island in Greenland where we meet Anna Kuitse and her husband. The film takes the viewer on a hypnotic journey through remnants from the Cold War and the Second World War left in the midst of breath-taking nature. ECHOES features exceptional story line, location, visuals, sound and main characters.

“It was very important to me, to work not just with the sounds and beauty of the Greenlandic landscape, but to also combine this with some of humanities more brutal past”

The best Shorts Competition recognises film professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity, and those who produce standout entertainment or contribute to profound social change.

www.bestshorts.net

ECHOES wins the Honorable Mention Award at the Los Angeles International Film Festival

ECHOES has won the prize Honorable Mention Award in the category Short Documentary. The festival is running from the 22nd to the 25th of April 2011 in Los Angeles, US.

ECHOES selected for an Honorable Mention Award at The Los Angeles International Film Festival 2011

ECHOES by Ivalo Frank – is a film about the American and Danish miltary presence in Greenland see through abandoned airbases and radar stations. It’s also a love story between two people who have met in the stunning landscape of history, in the sounds of music.

Faith, Hope and Greenland

Faith, Hope and Greenland, 2009
30 min.

Faith, Hope and Greenland is a visual and poetic journey into the very hearts of the people of Greenland. Told in a natural, honest and non-accusative manner, its four main protagonists advise the viewer on the underbelly of colonisation, its effects on an ancient, nomadic culture and on the individual mind.

ECHOES by Ivalo Frank – selected for the Iranian Documentary Film Festival 2011

ECHOES by Ivalo Frank is a rhytmic documentary about abandoned places, sounds and people. Recorded on various locations in east Greenland. Supported by Greenland’s Self Government og Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq. Documentary, 26 min. Selected for the Iranian Documentary Film Festival February, 19th in Malmö, Sweden.

ECHOES by Ivalo Frank selected for Kiel Film Festival 2011

ECHOES is a film about the foreign presence in Greenland, about abandoned airbases and radar stations. It’s also a love story between two people who have met in the stunning landscape of history, in the sounds of music. Documentary, 26 min. Selected for Kiel Film Festival, 8th – 10th April 2011

Upper Reaches of The Arts

An introduction to the Shanghai contemporary art scene. By Ivalo Frank

ECHOES nominated at the Tromsø International Film Festival

ECHOES by Ivalo Frank is competing for the Tromsø Palm, at the Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway, january 2011.

ECHOES is a film about the foreign presence in Greenland, about abandoned airbases and radar stations. It’s also a love story between two people who have met in the stunning landscape of history, in the sounds of music. Documentary, 26 min.

ECHOES by Ivalo Frank selected for London Ladyfest Art Festival

ECHOES, directed by Ivalo Frank @ Ladyfest Arts Festival, THE RELENTLESS GARAGE, 20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington, London N5 1RD on the 12th Nov. 2010. A rhytmic documentary about abandoned places, sounds and people. Recorded on various locations in east Greenland. Supported by Greenland’s Self Government og Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq. Documentary, 26 min.

‘ECHOES’ selected for Reykjavik International Film Festival

ECHOES, directed by Ivalo Frank @ Reykjavik International Film Festival, on the 30th and 31th of October 2010. A rhytmic documentary about abandoned places, sounds and people. Recorded on various locations in east Greenland. Supported by Greenland’s Self Government og Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq. Documentary, 26 min

‘Faith, Hope and Greenland’ selected for London Underground Film Festival

Faith, hope and Greenland by Ivalo Frank @ London Underground Film Festival, LONDON: The Horse Hospital, COLONNADE BLOOMSBURY, LONDON WC1N 1JD on Saturday the 4th December 2011 at 12 noon. A film about art, culture, dreams and identity, set in today’s post-colonial Greenland. Documentary, 30 min.

DOUBT

Ivalo Frank receives film grant from the Danish Ministry of Education
to make ‘DOUBT’, an art, documentary- and feature film about sexual abuse.

“At one point someone said to me that victims of incest adds diversity to the world, and however much I felt like kicking his head in, I must agree that, however nuts we might be, we are individuals.”
(from the film)

To be realized in Berlin 2011.