Olivia Rochette

Olivia Rochette (Belgium, 1987) is a director, cinematographer, and co-founder of the online film journal Sabzian and Avila, a film distributor and online video platform for Belgian cinema. As a filmmaker, she collaborates with Gerard-Jan Claes (Belgium, 1987). Their shared filmography consists of Because We Are Visual (2010), Rain (2012), Grands travaux (2016), Mitten (2019) and Kind Hearts (2022). Since 2009, the duo provides audiovisual work for choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and her dance company Rosas.

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Because We Are Visual

Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes, Belgium, 2010, 47’

By means of visual material gathered from online sources, filmmakers Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes create a unique poetic realm in which thoughts, fears, desires, and worries are shared via webcam, and merge together.