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Antonin De Bemels

Antonin De Bemels

Antonin DE BEMELS (1975, Belgium) makes short films and videos in which he combines various media and genres (images, dance, music) into a new whole.

Filmography

(all short) Dimanche n’est pas loin… (1995), Janus (1997), Phalange (1997), Trois jours et des poussières (1998), The Blue Room (1998), Scrub Solo 1-3 (1999-2001), Idiot’s Brew (2002), Peau Pierre (2002), A Silly Dance (2003), Il s’agit (2003), Au quart de tour (2004), Landslips (2004), Light Body Corpuscles (2005), Se fondre (2006), Mouthface (2008), La malédiction du Bonhomme Daniel (2010), MUCUS (uncacheable) (2019), PLEXUS (idle mode) (2019), HUMUS (multiplexing) (2019)

Antonin De Bemels at IFFR

HUMUS (multiplexing)

Between figurative and abstract, this one-man show is like Busby Berkeley for the digital age.
Short & Mid-length
Scrub Solo 1: Soloneliness

Manipulated slow-motion VJ dance.
main programme short
Light Body Corpuscles

Perfect merger of dance and editing makes your head and eyes spin.
Short: As Long As It Takes
Scrub Solo 2: disolation

Slow motion and digital ‘scratched’ pictures of a solo-dance performance.
main programme short
Mouthface

Energetic music video to the song On the Floor by Michael Fakesch, in which glances speak volumes.
Short: As Long As It Takes
Idiot’s Brew

Put some flour and a small amount of water, or any other kind of fluid, in a bowl, add all the odd stuff that goes through your mind and knead all
exploding cinema
Peau Pierre

The cold nakedness of moving bodies, imprisoned in an aura of light and movement.
main programme short
Il s’agit

There is no emotion, only movement and rhythm.
short films
Au quart de tour

Flashy visual animation constructs and deconstructs a dancer and a choreography.
Short!
Scrub Solo 3: Soliloquy

Whirlwind frame scratch in which dancer Bud Blumenthal takes on almost Baconian forms.
main programme short