EXPRMNTL (2016)
Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second ‘World Festival of Film and the Arts’ in 1949, organised in part by the Royal Cinematheque of Belgium. To celebrate cinema’s 50 year existence, they put together a side program showcasing the medium in all its shapes and forms: surrealist film, absolute film, dadaist films, abstract film,… The side program would soon become a festival in its own right: ‘EXPRMNTL’, dedicated to experimental cinema, and would become a mythical gathering of the avant-garde…
Director:
Brecht Debackere
Writer:
Brecht Debackere
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Jonas Mekas as himself |
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Agnès Varda as herself |
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Harun Farocki as Himself |
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Birgit Hein as Herself |
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Jean-Jacques Lebel as Himself |
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Boris Lehman as Himself |
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Eric de Kuyper as Himself |
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Roland Lethem as Himself |
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Werner Nekes as Himself |
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Godfried-Willem Raes as Himself |
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Michael Snow as Himself |
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Robert Stéphane as Himself |
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Jaques Ledoux as Himself (archive) |
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Gabrielle Claes as Herself |
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Peter Kubelka as himself |
| Writing | Brecht Debackere | Screenplay |
| Directing | Brecht Debackere | Director |
| Production | Steven Dhoedt | Producer |
| Sound | Boris Debackere | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Steven Dhoedt | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Beppe Leonetti | Editor |
