Short Special: Jaap Pieters
Combined programme
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IFFR 2015
Honest documentary portrait of Super-8 filmmaker and photographer Jaap Pieters and a number of recent, as yet unscreened, films by the master of silent observation. The whirring Super-8 projector will be set up in the theatre, as it’s supposed to be.
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Queen St. W.
Still life of a complex street image from Toronto becomes an extremely detailed, Ektachrome ‘grainfest’ down to the lightest and darkest areas of the -
Schweizer Dachreinigung
Observation of thorough cleaning as only the Swiss seem capable of. Beautiful lines and light determine the images while the church clock marks time’s -
Paris Meltdown
Diagonal composition of melting ice on a Paris roof. Sunlight plays across the glistening surface, in the water drops and the camera’s lens. -
Belfast Boys/Ulster Boys
Meticulous observation of traditional marking of territory around Sandy Row in Belfast, where kerbstones are painted in the colours of the British Uni -
Perkverwoestingen
A large digger on a strip of land separates sand from roots. The orange arm contrasts with the green surroundings, the world behind the camera… -
Het universum van Jaap Pieters
Charming portrait Jaap Pieters, lover of life among the Super-8 filmmakers. Ample attention is paid to his fascination for life’s rough edges and the