2018

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In Magic, a portrait of Joris, images sourced from different periods in time are glued together. Worn-out VHS footage filmed by the artist’s father is placed beside 8mm images she filmed herself. Both have the same subject: one boy, both a son and a brother. Connecting images of then and now, a new narrative of remembering opens up.

07.08.2024

A ship drifts in the middle of an endless sea. Its crew of five tries to cope with boredom by escaping into a parallel world. elephantfish lures its viewers into an enclosed environment guarded by the freedom of the everlasting horizon. The only escape from this confinement comes in thoughts and dreams.

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We all have a different rhythm. This film is a dance about individual rhythms that go together, seem to clash, or just stay separate.

 

04.03.2024

In Wild Plants of Palestine, artist and researcher Alaa Abu Asad questions the territorial extension of what is meant by “Palestinian”, while documenting the flora and topographical features of the (postcolonial) landscape in the West Bank.

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Punk author Kathy Acker’s work is the starting point for a conversation about gender identity and body transformation and is linked to the punk movement of the 1970s and 1980s.

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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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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.

20.10.2022

A conceptual experiment about what it means to start a film with a black image grows into a subtle personal essay about the filmmaker.

 

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Following a fictional group of refugees across Europe, the film questions the overproduction of images surrounding real-life tragedies and deaths.

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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.

ARCHIEF Mon, 10/15/2018 - 17:16

Bamboo plants only bloom once but if one does, all nearby plants follow suit. The same thing happens to a bunch of 13-year-old girls who are spending their summer days on an abandoned piece of land, overgrown by bamboo. When a mysterious man arrives, one by one they let go of their carefree summer.

ARCHIEF Sun, 10/14/2018 - 10:21

During their summer vacation, 11-year-old Camille and her old brother Tuur explore the new camping site in Provence. When they meet two Dutch teenage girls, Camille’s admiration for her brother turns into jealousy. A carefree holiday turns into the awakening of adolescence.