This film by Tom Van Overberghe examines the life and contributions of legendary pianist Mal Waldron. In addition to boasting a recording career featuring many influential records under his own name, he has been a composer for film, accompanist to some of the most important jazz musicians and singers (including Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Charles ...
Speaking on the telephone with the Hungarian Consulate, the filmmaker asks: "Does someone whose grandfather is Hungarian have the right to obtain a Hungarian passport" The question apparently sounds strange. "Yes - It's possible... But, why do you want a Hungarian passport" The filmmaker asks for the list of necessary documents, but the officer woman still doesn't understand ...
Documentary about a couple of American tourists on a two-week European tour.
The film is dedicated to the Armenian monk and genius composer Komitas, and the 2 million victims on his people in Turkey in 1915. The final 20 years of Komitas life were spent in various mental hospitals. The destiny of Komitas This is the magic beauty of Armenian culture and the abhorrent brutality of Armenian history. A cultural and artistic world that was slaughtered with ...
Histoire du soldat inconnu (1932) is made up of footage from 1928, when an anti-war treaty had been signed. The filmmaker uses intellectual montage to make the point that militarism and the institutions that support it are clearly going to make mincemeat of the treaty’s ideals. The approach is pretty simple, juxtaposing marching soldiers with religious processions. At that poin...
"Beginning with conventionally beautiful mountain vistas, the film slowly moves toward the area around the sacred grotto and finally to shots within the grotto itself. There are shots of shop-windows full of Lourdes souvenirs (including candy made with holy water from the shrine), but these come in fairly late, avoiding a blatant focus on the commercialization of the site and t...
Flemish choreographer Jan Fabre invites French filmmaker Pierre Coulibeuf to share a phantasmagoria inspired by his choreography and stage shows. The result is a labyrinthine film with multiple entrances. An unlikely Ariadne in a wedding dress (demon or divinity) guides us through this strange world where we lose ourselves in metamorphosis, playful games, dual personalities, p...
Que font les perruches vertes à collier - des oiseaux exotiques – dans le centre-ville de Bruxelles en plein hiver Pourquoi un renard se retrouverait-il à l’arrière d’une voiture à la frontière franco-belge Et que va devenir cette famille d’hippopotames en cavale dans une rivière colombienne Eléonore Saintagnan et Grégoire Motte proposent, avec Les bêtes sauvages, un fi l...
By cracking the ancient hieroglyphic code, Jean-Franois Champollion gave words to a thousand-year-old, mysterious civilization - but behind his legendary feat was a mysterious brother who made it all possible.
New correspondence discovered between Jean-Franois Champollion and his brother Jacques-Joseph now allows us to fully understand how a young, self-taught genius was able...
In the midst of the Belgian forest, Eurovillage, a former holiday resort, has been converted in 2011 in a reception center for asylum seekers.
