Short Special: Jaap Pieters
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.
In this combined programme
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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 darkes
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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 tim
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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.<
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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
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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 visi
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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
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Guns and Talks
Jang Jin’s classic comedy thriller about a group of four talkative, philosophical hitmen established his signature style and themes. It’s all about
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Exhibition Talks
Precise architectural film questions the functionality of the exhibition spaces at a refurbished modernist brewery in Innsbruck.
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Morgen
Breakfast goes differently this morning. Includes a punk-feminist version of the infamous Buñuel eye scene.