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THE SOCIALIST
Hubert MarécailleRepressed homosexual, unable to have children much to the regret of his wife who disapproves of sperm donation, a corporate CEO, disdainful of outsiders, finally reveals his inclinations by going on strike alone, to the surprise of a group of bystanders present at the end of their « Alcoholics Anonymous » meeting – with an unemployed man tired of looking for a job and an office w...
THE ASCENT OF MAN. PART I: SILENT RUNNING-APPENDIX
Jayce SalloumBlack-and-white images of a lake and a wood fill the screen. The viewer hears soft piano music, alternated with the sound of birds. Suddenly a man starts screaming. The music becomes alarming. Is there any danger?...
TV CELLO
Charlotte Moorman - Nam June PaikCharlotte Moorman / Nam June Paik – TV Cello Label: Cyalume & Argonzer – none, Alga Marghen – ALGA 019 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Gatefold Country: Italy Released: 2006 Genre: Electronic Style: Avantgarde, Experimental (source: https://www.discogs.com)...
DESSINE-MOI UN SOUVENIR
Miléna DesseAnchoring its subject in the intimate relationship between the filmmaker and her grandmother, Dessine-moi un souvenir is an attempt to question memory and its transmission on a personal as well as inter-generational and political level....
DE ACHTERKAMER (DANIËL ROBBERECHTS)
Jef CornelisDaniël Robberechts (who passed away in 1992) fully applied himself to writing after his studies in mathematics. In 1960 he was already a full-time writer, but not a ’professional’ one: without the financial support of his wife, Cécile Faniel, he would not have been able to write...
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...
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 32. I LOVE YOU, TOO
Steve ReinkeLately I’ve been receiving rather desperate and obsessive letters from persons who have fallen in love with me. They’ve never met me and have no idea what I look like. It is simply the grain of my voice which has inspired their apparent devotion....
ANOTHER DAY IN TREATY TOWN
Koen TheysAnother Day in Treaty Town is a contemporary European western. A saloon, a covered wagon, a campfire, a couple turkeys and a wooden grandstand appear in a sun-drenched Flemish landscape. The grandstand is filled with "cowboys and indians". Dignitaries from both sides are smoking the peace pipe. They are flanked by men cleaning their guns or sharpening their knifes...
VIDEO-TAPE
Frank Van HerckFilmed in the studio of the Antwerp ICC; use of split- and overflow-techniques. Topic is the medium itself. A video camera records its reflection in a mirror, while several actions are being performed in front of it....
CONTEMPORARIES
Karen Vanderborght‘Contemporaries’ is a video clip made for and inspired by the music of the Finnish lo-fi band Kiila. Like in the song, images bring a naïve message: “The people living around us are our contemporaries”. The beginning deconstructs the situation of the spectator (in the cinema, in life), looking at others. It ends in a childish play between music and image...
