21 jul

Axel Claes | Belgium | 2003 | 1' |

| IFFR 2004

Old Super8 images of national festivities in Brussels were edited into a snapshot documentary. The short, volatile fragments give an impression of an occupied city. On the soundtrack the `Zinnekesparade’, a biennial event which aims to show the cultural diversity of that same city.

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