EIGHT BRIDGES
Director
James Benning
USA / 2026
82 min.
/ Without dialogue
“It seems to be the time to consider bridges.” – James Benning
James Benning (born 1942 in Milwaukee, US) has created an expansive body of work encompassing film, painting, photography and installations. Rising to prominence in the late 1970s, Benning developed a distinct visual language associated with extended real-time, single-shot frames and the use of landscape. Exploring ecology, technology and the marginalization of peoples, Benning often returns to grand narratives and their hidden undersides, inviting examination of the lesser-observed and reflection on the cultural consciousness. He lives in Val Verde, California, and teaches at CalArts.
Director James Benning. Producer James Benning.
Films (selection): 1976: 11 x 14 (Berlinale Forum 1977). 1983: American Dreams (lost and found). 1986: Landscape Suicide (Berlinale Forum 1987). 1997: Four Corners (Berlinale Forum 1998). 2004: Ten Skies (Berlinale Forum 2005), 13 Lakes (Berlinale Forum 2005). 2007: RR (Berlinale Forum 2008). 2009: Ruhr. 2014: Farocki. 2017: L. Cohen (Berlinale Forum Expanded 2018). 2019: Maggie’s Farm (Berlinale Forum 2019). 2020: PLACE. 2021: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Berlinale Forum 2022). 2022: ALLENSWORTH (Berlinale Forum 2023). 2025: little boy (Berlinale Forum 2025). 2026: EIGHT BRIDGES.
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