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Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning

Lynne Sachs, USA, 1987, 7’

Like an animal in one of Eadweard Muybridge’s scientific photo experiments, five undramatic moments in a man’s life are observed by a woman. A study in visual obsession and a twist on the notion of the “gaze”.

Bio Lynne Sachs

Lynne Sachs (1961, USA) is an experimental filmmaker and poet living in Brooklyn. Over the last four decades, she has created cinematic works that defy genre through hybrid forms and cross-disciplinary collaboration, incorporating elements of the essay film, documentary, performance, and collage. Her films and poems explore the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences. Working from a feminist perspective, she investigates the connections among the body, the camera, and the materiality of film. Sachs uses letters, archives, diaries, poetry, and music to take us on a critical journey through realit …

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Lynne Sachs
Cast
Andrew Bell, Beverly Berning, Dan McNamara, Dana Sachs, Maria Mead, Matthew Duntemann, Randy Frisch, Sri Charter
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experimental fiction 16mm

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Devotion

Cynthia Madansky, Turkey, 2003, 34’

A sparing and minimal travelogue of Istanbul. A foreigner meditates on the unraveling of a relationship while moving from hotel room to hotel room. In a city simultaneously devoted to Islam and secular nationalism, she finds refuge in the frailty and severity of rituals.

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Herman@s (Les Adelphes)

Hélène Alix Mourrier, France, 2021, 29’

Mexico, October 2011. A mysterious dream gives birth to Cuco, a transgender latex pirate activist. This essayistic film follows their quest to create more recognition for the queer community.

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elephantfish

Meltse Van Coillie, Belgium, 2018, 27’

A ship drifts in the middle of an endless sea. Aboard is a crew of five. They all cope with boredom — some by trying to overpower it; others by escaping into a parallel world guided by dreams.

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what else grows on the palm of your hand?

Dhiaa Biya, Morocco, Belgium, 2023, 16’

The routines of two women fuse together over time. One is busy with her bread, the other with her memories. Their similar gestures, repeated again and again, slowly unfold the special bond that unites them.

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Blow Up My Town

Chantal Akerman, Belgium, 1968, 13’

A young woman, played by Chantal Akerman herself, enters her flat in Brussels and begins a household routine that gradually degenerates. Parodying the everyday, she mops the floor, polishes her shoes, and sticks tape over the cracks in the door, thereby giving domestic life an explosive twist.

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The Age of Anxiety

Taiki Sakpisit, Thailand, 2013, 14’

An audiovisual meditation on the fin de siècle in Thailand.

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Copa-Loca

Christos Massalas, Greece, 2017, 14’

This is the story of Copa-Loca. Paulina is the girl at the heart of this abandoned Greek summer resort. Everyone cares for her and she cares about everyone – in every possible way.

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The Summer Movie

Emmanuel Marre, Belgium, 2017, 30’

A film about highways, tourists, concrete picnic tables, and lukewarm melons. About a man who wants to leave and a child who stops him. A summer movie.

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