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double bill #9

À Gis

Thiago Carvalhaes, Belgium, Portugal, 2017, 20’
Film Fest Gent

2017

Queer Porto

2018

Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival

2018

The Brazilian trans woman Gisberta lived as an immigrant in Portugal. After she was brutally murdered, she became an icon for the transgender rights cause. Piece by piece, this documentary offers a delicate portrait of a woman torn apart by an indifferent world.

À Gis (Thiago Carvalhaes, 2017)
À Gis (Thiago Carvalhaes, 2017)
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The Freedom One Does Not Allow Oneself

Thiago Carvalhaes’ À Gis

Michaël Van Remoortere
30.04.2023

Gisberta’s murder holds an important, symbolic place in Portuguese LGBTQIA+ history, similar to the murder of Ihsane Jarfi in Belgian history—a no pasarán after which society decided to enact new laws. Luckily for us (and for her), this film, this short requiem, does not attempt to convince us of the horror by reenacting Gisberta’s death in horrific detail and length, like Animals early last year deemed necessary.

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Credits

Cast
Albino Ribeiro, Cristina Sousa, Domingos Salce, Katy Vandolly, Leonor Salce
Camera
Leonor Teles, Martina Palmeri, Thiago Carvalhaes, Tobias Rodil
Editor
Beatriz Pomar
Sound
Arne Stevens, Botond Csizmadia, Lien Pardon, Michaël Dylst, Thiago Carvalhaes
Music
Maria Bethânia, Pedro Abrunhosa, Quartabê
Producer
Betina de Tella, Thiago Carvalhaes
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documentary politics drama portrait queer

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The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do

Juanita Onzaga, Belgium, Colombia, 2017, 20’

Two siblings roam the mystical landscapes of Colombia, searching for their dead father's spirit. Their journey takes them from the city of Bogotá to the jungle, through realms of thought and deep into their haunted dreams.

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0.2 Milligrams of Gold

Diego Quinderé de Carvalho, Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, 2021, 24’

Eight thousand five hundred kilometres lie between the Amazon and the Ardennes. In his home country of Brazil, filmmaker Diego looks at the inaccessible forest from the outside. Its Belgian counterpiece, however, is easier to explore.

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Akaboum

Manon Vila, France, 2019, 30’

A portrait of contemporary suburban youth seeking to invent new contours of collective identity, against the backdrop of France in the throes of recession.

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Ours is a Country of Words

Mathijs Poppe, Belgium, Lebanon, 2017, 42’

Filmed in Shatila, a refugee camp built in Lebanon when thousands of Palestinians fled their country in 1948. At an undetermined moment in the future, the refugees’ dream of returning to Palestine becomes a reality.

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Trains de plaisir

Henri Storck, Belgium, 1930, 8’

The beach and its sunbathers. A series of sketches, small moments that culminate in a wry, loving portrait of a Sunday at the beach.

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The Stopover

Collectif Faire-part, Belgium, DR Congo, 2022, 14’

Filmmakers Paul Shemisi and Nizar Saleh embark on a journey from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Germany to screen their latest film. However, during a layover in Angola, their trip takes a harrowing turn when airport authorities question the authenticity of their documents.

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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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Note on Multitude

Ibro Hasanović, Belgium, Kosovo, 2015, 8’

Intimate, emotional, and sometimes violent moments of farewell: men, women, and children leave their homes for an (unknown) future as migrants.

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