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OPERA AND STEEL
Grace SchwindtOpera and Steel portrays the dilemma of an ornithologist studying the effects of oil pollution on seabirds. The victims he records symbolise the efficiency of capitalism. Schwindt creates a poignant sketch of the relationship between capitalism and morality – and the individual experience in this kind of setting...
THE APPELS
Messieurs DelmotteFilmed with a steady, distant camera, we see a boy shaking an apple tree. Consequently, he picks up the result of his action. This work is part of the series UNDO / REDO Vol. 2...
BEING FUCKED UP
Emily Vey Duke - Cooper BattersbyBeing Fucked Up is a collection of nine short works about ego, happiness and holding on. It combines low-tech animation, performance, and beautifully written monologues to create a piece that is funny, intelligent, and above all human....
ONCE YOU'VE SHOT THE GUN, YOU CAN'T STOP THE BULLET
Jayce SalloumTwo descriptions: 1/ Shot on location in Beirut, Bikfaya, Byblos, Jerusalem, Jouni, Kelowna, La Jolla, Las Vegas, Limosol, L.A., Mesa, N.Y.C., Portland, San Diego, San Felipe, Tijuana and Vancouver...
FRANÇOIS
Sven Augustijnen’François’ constitutes, along with the film ’Johan’, a purely documentary portrait of patients with aphasia. François, a middle-aged man, suffers from aphasia – memory lapses – and he has trouble finding the right words for simple expressions. In order to train his memory he undergoes various treatments in a hospital, among them speech therapy...
UNCERTAIN MENTAL IDENTY(IES)
Messieurs DelmotteIn this compilation of short works, the dandy Messieurs Delmotte delivers a mild critique on the art world by nodding to famous paintings and performances / actions of the twentieth century. At the same time, he also slashes and destroys unknown paintings such as a shoddy still life of flowers...
LA FOLLIA/CONCEIT
Stefan Franck - Bart Van DesselWhat does one recalls of an evanescent event like a dance-performance, once it is over? This work is at the same time a horticultural video on dance, an ornament on the border of choreography plus on the frustration about recollection...
OCCUPIED
Peter DownsbroughThe film is shot entirely within the site of the Cité Administrative in Brussels. In an interview during the early stages of this project, Peter Downsbrough said : " I use film to introduce time within my observation. Its very unfolding makes film the ideal means to do this"...
