Vita Brevis
Overzicht van films
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Black Sun
Gary Tarn | 70' | United Kingdom | European première
The painter Hugues de Montalembert lost his sight in the prime of life as a result of a brutal attack. He talks about his life.… -
By The Ways, A Journey With William Eggleston
Vincent Gérard, Cédric Laty | 87' | France | None
Outstanding, creative quest for – and analysis of – life and work of the photographer (and videomaker, artist and musician) William Eggleston, the god -
Caravaggio, The Last Act
Mario Martone | 41' | Italy | International première
Caravaggio in Naples. Then and now. Neapolitan Martone makes a beautiful visual poem about the years that Caravaggio spent in his city after being fou -
Fascination
Mike Hoolboom | 85' | Canada | World première
Metabiopic about the Canadian pioneer of the video scene and icon of the drag scene Colin Campbell who died in 2001. And therefore also about… -
Figner, the End of a Silent Century
Nathalie Alonso Casale | 90' | France | World première
A film about oblivion, illusions, memory, history and progress, the everyday drudge and Russian cinema, silence and standing still. And about the soun -
Gie
Riri Riza | 147' | Indonesia | European première
One of the most ambitious films ever made in Indonesia is a biographical epic based on the posthumous diaries of the legendary journalist and activist -
Good Night, and Good Luck.
George Clooney | 90' | USA | None
Meticulously designed and committed lack & white drama about the 1950s confrontation between the Communist hunting Senator Joseph E. McCarthy and the -
Jaap Hillenius, poging om dichterbij te komen
Kees Hin | 90' | Netherlands | World première
About the life and work of the Dutch painter Jaap Hillenius, akin to George Seurat, who died in a car crash in 1999. The film… -
Klimt (director’s cut)
Raúl Ruiz | 129' | Austria | World première
A virtuoso homage to an artist and his life, the film is set against the rich historical tapestry of the fin de siècle. Screening of… -
My Nikifor
Krzysztof Krauze | 100' | Poland | None
Nikifor was a Polish naive painter, here played by the fantastic eight-year-old Theatre actress (!) Feldman. The prize-winning film describes his adve -
Portrait of Dora Dolz
Sonia Herman Dolz | 70' | Netherlands | World première
Film portrait of the Spanish visual artist Dora Dolz, made by her daughter, sketches a picture of the possibilities of taking your life and your… -
Return of the Poet
Harutyun Khachatryan | 88' | Armenia | World première
Khachatryan, Armenia’s greatest film maker, triumphs as a director with a beautiful homage to Jivani: In 19th-century national poet and travelling sin