Ultramarine is a visual poem, narrating the ‘exile blues’ through spoken word performance, improvised rhythms and textile display. It is a poetic essay in repoliticising one of the most universal colours, which also has colonial references. Objects and documents are rendered in words by the Afro-American poet Kain, voiced in music improvised by drummer Lander Gyselinck and animated in images by Vincent Meessen. Ultramarine is composed like a spectrum: it unfolds and intertwines fragments of meaning.
Winner Ammodo Tiger Short Award, IFFR 2019.
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Film details
- Countries of production
- Belgium, Canada, France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 42"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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