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EXPRMNTL

EXPRMNTL

2016 1h 5mDocumentary

Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second ‘World Festival of Film and the Arts’ in 1949, organised in part by the Royal Cinematheque of Belgium. To celebrate cinema’s 50 year existence, they put together a side program showcasing the medium in all its shapes and forms: surrealist film, absolute film, dadaist films, abstract film,… The side program would soon become a festival in its own right: ‘EXPRMNTL’, dedicated to experimental cinema, and would become a mythical gathering of the avant-garde…

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Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second ‘World Festival of Film and the Arts’ in 1949, organised in part by the Royal Cinematheque of Belgium. To celebrate cinema’s 50 year existence, they put together a side program showcasing the medium in all its shapes and forms: surrealist film, absolute film, dadaist films, abstract film,… The side program would soon become a festival in its own right: ‘EXPRMNTL’, dedicated to experimental cinema, and would become a mythical gathering of the avant-garde…

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avant-garde

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Brecht DebackereBrecht DebackereDirector

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Jonas MekasJonas Mekashimself
Agnès VardaAgnès Vardaherself
Harun FarockiHarun FarockiHimself
Birgit HeinHerself
Jean-Jacques LebelJean-Jacques LebelHimself
Boris LehmanHimself
Eric de KuyperEric de KuyperHimself
Roland LethemRoland LethemHimself
Werner NekesWerner NekesHimself
Godfried-Willem RaesHimself
Michael SnowMichael SnowHimself
Robert StéphaneHimself
Jaques LedouxHimself (archive)
Gabrielle ClaesHerself
Peter KubelkaPeter Kubelkahimself

Director

Brecht Debackere

Writer

Brecht Debackere

Release date

8 Oct 2016

Runtime

1h 5m

Language

Dutch, English, French

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