A RECONNAISANCE
Denmark | 2025 | 29 min | col. | English, Maltese
The Heron 1 drone, produced by the Israeli firm IAI, is used by the European agency Frontex to patrol the Mediterranean. Pursuing his research into imaging and control technologies, Stefan Kruse has devoted a film-essay to this device, investigating the material side of surveillance policies at the European borders. His quest takes him from his desktop computer to the airport of Malta – the headquarter of the drone’s operational base as well as a group of aircraft spotters. It is an area on the margins, located between a mining past and a present dominated by a dematerialized economy, where the tension between the physical dimension of military control devices and their de facto invisibility behind a barrier of red tape takes shape. Positioning itself at the grey intersection between private companies and army agencies, civil technology and surveillance devices, A Reconnaissance reveals the concrete and anonymous face of a power whose strength lies in its intangibility. (M.M.)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 06 Nov 2025
- Time: 12:30
Location
- Cinema Astra - Piazza Cesare Beccaria, 9 50121 Florence (FI)
Organizer
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Stefan Kruse
Stefan Kruse is a research-based filmmaker and visual artist from Denmark working with ethical and philosophical questions related to technical image production. Concerned with seemingly invisible industrial- and political structures, Stefan proposes an alternative space for critical reflection. In 2024 Stefan published his first publication A lack of clarity, with Buchhandlung Walther König. Most recently his latest short film A Reconnaissance celebrated its world premiere at Visions du Réel in April 2025.
