Film: The Invisible Frame

A year before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Beatt made a short documentary with the young Tilda Swinton: surveying the Berlin Wall on a bicycle. Twenty years later, Tilda Swinton once again rides the border line – but this time she explores the changing landscape on both sides of the former Wall. The film interweaves images of contemporary Berlin with a voice-over in the form of Swinton’s recollections and musings, complete with an astonishing soundscape composed by Simon Fisher Turner, who collaborated with Derek Jarman and Tilda Swinton in the 80’s.

The film is part of the Documentary, Adjective film series, programmed by Adnan Dzumhur (Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures). Invisible Frame is presented with the support of the Film Archive of the Goethe-Institut Boston.