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DEUX OISEAUX CHANTENT
Jacques Louis NystTwo characters wonder about birdsong. One of them affirms that a page of text lies at the origin. The dialogue that ensues is evocative of a series of images of familiar objects and of the snowed over countryside of Presseux Village. The influence of the winter landscape orients the conversation towards the idea of whiteness and silence. The action slows down...
DIVE INTO MANKIND
Ria PacquéeFrom East to West Ria Pacquée observes and films people in and on the water: in and on seas, oceans, rivers and lakes. From a distance she zooms in on actions and rituals performed in and around the water. The recordings range from explicitly religious activities – such as bathing in the Ganges or a baptismal ceremony – to bathing purely for relaxation and pleasure...
DERRIÈRE LES VOLETS
Messaline RaverdyStarting from an empty factory, a family name, and an archival trunk, Derrière les volets is the poetic wandering of an apprentice filmmaker who moves into her grandmother's house. The film manifests itself as a daydream about oblivion and the invisible, woven together from scattered materials, archives and language games...
THIS WAS BEFORE...
Herman AsselberghsHerman Asselberghs' new film piece adapts the participatory performance of the same name by Sirah Foighel Brutmann and Eitan Efrat to a cinematic format. Seven participants take part in a conversation made up only of questions...
AN ACT OF SHEATING
Ria PacquéeAt the end of the market, vendors are making their big sunshades ready for transport by covering them with a protective sheet. Blue, white, striped – these large umbrellas are as varied and individual as the vendors working them into their mismatched coverings...
MY SUMMER 77 WITH GORDON MATTA-CLARK
Cherica ConventsThis film document is an addendum to the original Office Baroque film that was realised by Cherica Convents in the seventies. The film consists of never unveiled reflections & images of Gordon while preparing one of his last building cuts ‘Office Baroque’...
OUR AFRICA
Alexander Markov1960. The USSR starts humanitarian aid programs based on Marxist ideology in several newly independent African countries. For more than 35 years the Soviets expand their influence in Africa. Soviet filmmakers are sent along to document the glorious advance of socialism on the entire continent...
KISSY SUZUKI SUCK
Alison MurrayInfluenced by Madonna, physical theatre and punk, Murray assaults stereotypes around female sexuality, violence and pornography. This vibrant, textured slice of night draws on research into the experiences of two trash-blonde sex workers talking dirty....
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
Shelly Silver"A woman sets out to photograph moments of intimacy. On an Internet dating site she writes: ’I’m looking for people who would like to be photographed in public revealing something of themselves...’ What I’m Looking For, a 15-minute high definition video, documents this adventure; the connections formed at this intersection between virtual and actual public space...
