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The Living Wardrobe

Martí Madaula Esquirol, Spain, USA, 2024, 18’
Visions du Réel

2024

Kassel Dokfest

2024

Martí arrives in Bilbao for an artistic residency. In his new room, his clothes occupy only a small portion of the enormous wardrobe. But when he meets someone, the wardrobe slowly begins to fill up. Where has the emptiness gone, the free space, the little corner that was his?

Bio Martí Madaula Esquirol

Martí Madaula Esquirol is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Madrid and Barcelona. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, a Master of Visual Arts from the LUCA School of Arts of Ghent (Belgium), and a Master of Fine Arts in Film, Video, New Media, and Animation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2019, he received the Extraordinary Prize of Fine Arts (University of Barcelona). In 2021, he was awarded a prestigious “la Caixa” Foundation fellowship to pursue his studies in the United States. 

Credits

Sound
Julian Flavin
Colour grading
Alex Girav
381
documentary queer romance

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Trajectory Drift

Iván Castiñeiras Gallego, France, United Kingdom, 2018, 24’

In a container, sitting between crates of merchandise, two men talk about their exile. Their stories about the crossing of endless borders come together in a common dream: to reach England.

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Old Child

Elettra Bisogno, Hazem Alqaddi, Belgium, Palestine, 2019, 16’

Old Child depicts the fragmented story of Hazem, who had to flee Gaza. Throughout this stream-of-consciousness montage of dreams and reminiscences, he searches for order but also for the beauty he left behind.

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D’un château l’autre

Emmanuel Marre, Belgium, 2018, 40’

Pierre, 25 years old and on a scholarship for a prestigious Parisian university, is lodged by Francine, who is 75, disabled, and confined to her wheelchair. Both puzzled and disoriented, they witness the French presidential elections of 2017 play out.

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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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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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Carnations

Martijn Van de Wiele, Belgium, 2021, 16’

An artificial summer rules the greenhouse. Workers tend to carnations. In a multitude of splendid colours, they grow towards the sun until they’re ready to fulfill their cut-flower destiny. Carnations is an audiovisual meditation on movements within a carnation nursery close to filmmaker Martijn van de Wiele’s home.

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she asked me where i was from

Aulona Fetahaj, Belgium, Kosovo, 2020, 24’

Drawing on digital memories and using online tools such as Google Maps, Aulona Fetahaj reflects on how it feels to be the child of refugees in the digital age.

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Self-Portrait

Jonas Mekas, USA, 1980, 20’

In what one could call Jonas Mekas’ first video blog, the Lithuanian avant-garde filmmaker reflects on his life and the art of cinema and representation.

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