Elettra Bisogno

Elettra Bisogno (Italy, 1993) grew up in various European cities. After studying graphic design in Italy, where she specialised in experimental printmaking, she moved to Brussels and instinctively turned to the moving image. She draws inspiration from watching and listening to the world's beauty and ugliness. After graduating from the KASK School of Arts, she made two short documentaries, Ultima Cassa (2018) and Old Child (2020). Together with Hazem Alqaddi, her feature debut The Roller, The Life, The Fight premiered in 2024.

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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.