curated by
Émilie Poirier

double bill #7

For many in their youth, waiting becomes a way of living. Despite the rush and urgency of daily obligations, it is often those in-between moments that are remembered the most. 

In Waithood, Louisiana Mees-Fongang captures a generation wandering across Athens’s rooftops, caught between exhaustion and desire. The city trembles with contradictions—gentrified yet broken, glittering yet hollow—while its youth is pushed to the sides, dreaming of a future that refuses to arrive. In Copa-Loca, Christos Massalas drifts through another kind of ghost town: an abandoned summer resort Paulina tends to with tenderness, her body becoming the heartbeat of a vanished paradise.

Both films move through decay with a strange serenity. Their worlds are crumbling, yet the camera lingers on what is gentle amid the rubble.  

  • Availability worldwide
  • Language Greek
  • Subtitles Dutch, English

yanco’s double-bill series explores private and public Belgian archives, from museums to national film schools. Guest curators pair a Belgian short film with a companion audiovisual work to create a thematic or formal dialogue. Each resulting micro programme includes curatorial notes alongside a supporting essay, article, or interview.