Antonin De Bemels
Antonin DE BEMELS (1975, Belgium) is a filmmaker whose short films and videos merge various media and genres, interweaving images, dance sequences and music into a cohesive 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), Scrub Solo 1: Soloneliness (2026)
Antonin De Bemels at IFFR
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Scrub Solo 1: Soloneliness
Antonin De Bemels | 8' | Belgium | No premiere
A dancer’s unusual motion is “scrubbed”: transformed by a stuttering manipulation of image and sound. -
HUMUS (multiplexing)
7' | Belgium | Dutch Premiere
Between figurative and abstract, this one-man show is like Busby Berkeley for the digital age. -
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Light Body Corpuscles
6' | Belgium | -
Perfect merger of dance and editing makes your head and eyes spin. -
Scrub Solo 2: disolation
11' | Belgium | International premiere
Slow motion and digital ‘scratched’ pictures of a solo-dance performance. -
Mouthface
1' | Belgium | World premiere
Energetic music video to the song On the Floor by Michael Fakesch, in which glances speak volumes. -
Idiot’s Brew
10' | Belgium | International premiere
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… -
Peau Pierre
20' | Belgium | International premiere
The cold nakedness of moving bodies, imprisoned in an aura of light and movement. -
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Au quart de tour
7' | Belgium | International premiere
Flashy visual animation constructs and deconstructs a dancer and a choreography.
