Keith Griffiths : Anxious Visions

KEITH GRIFFITHS : ANXIOUS VISIONS

A carte blanche for Keith Griffiths, a British producer and also a director, whose artistic choices have helped to shift cinema’s frontier, within and beyond the documentary genre. This inaugurates a new section of the Festival, designed to create an intimate and professional portrait of a producer, building on a freely chosen path through his or her work and inspirations. Keith Griffiths will be here to talk about the films he has chosen and explain what makes
them important to him.

À partir du 24 mars, les séances auront lieu en présence de Keith Griffiths.

#1 -THE EARLY PORTAPAK EXPLODES
vendredi 20 mars, 16h30, au Luminor
jeudi 26 mars, 17h00, au Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles

THE POLICE TAPES
SUSAN RAYMOND, ALAN RAYMOND
90' 1977 États-Unis VOEN STFR
“The Portapak Video generation changed the visual language of television. Without this film, no Paul Watson, no Nick Broomfield, no gritty US TV cop shows.” (K.G.)

#2 - IN THE HANDS OF THE “COMMUNITY”
vendredi 20 mars, 18h45, au Forum des images
vendredi 27 mars, 13h45, en petite salle

THE CHILDREN OF FOGO ISLAND
COLIN LOW
18' 1967 Canada SD
“Witness some of the magic of Fogo Island, Newfoundland as seen through the eyes of the children, and understand why its inhabitants cling to its shores.” (K.G.)

FLY A FLAG FOR POPLAR
LIBERATION FILMS
78'1974 Royaume-Uni VOEN STFR
“A rarely seen film made collectively by and for the people of Poplar, a working class district in the East End of London.” (K.G.)

#3 THE CAMERA EYE & NYC
samedi 21 mars, 21h00, au Forum des Images
mercredi 25 mars, 20h45, en Cinéma 2

En collaboration avec le Mnam

JAZZ DANCE
ROGER TILTON
20’ 1954 Etats-Unis SD
“One wild evening of Dixieland Jazz. Goodbye to the big studio camera and the old filming routines. This is filmed as though it was combat.” (K.G.)

NEW YORK FRAMED
KEITH GRIFFITHS, SIMON FIELD
78’ 1986 Royaume-Uni VOEN STFR
“A film where the ‘human mice’ develop an appreciation of the harsh beauty that distinguishes Manhattan, ‘where poverty and wealth are only ten blocks apart’. ” (K.G.)

#4 - THE CULTURAL ESSAY
dimanche 22 mars, 14h00, au Luminor
mercredi 25 mars, 18h30, au Luminor

NEGATIVE SPACE
CHRIS PETIT
39' • 1999 • Royaume-Uni • VOEN STFR
“Critics Manny Farber and Dave Hickey meditate on the nature of film and art.” (K.G.)

THE OUTRAGE
MARC KARLIN
55' 1995 Royaume-Uni VOEN STFR
“A complex, reflective essay about the work of Cy Twombly revealing Marc’s own initial response to being shown his works.” (K.G.)

#5 –PORTRAIT OF A PHOTOGRAPHER
lundi 23 mars, 19h30, au Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles
vendredi 27 mars, 18h15, en Cinéma 1

LOOKING FOR LIGHT: JANE BOWN
MICHAEL WHYTE, LUKE DODD
90' 2014 Royaume-Uni VOEN STFR
“A portrait of the most self-effacing but great photographer, Jane Bown, emerges through conversation, anecdote and candid reflection.” (K.G.)

#6 -THE SUBJECTIVE POETIC ESSAY
mardi 24 mars, 21h00, au Luminor
dimanche 29 mars, 20h45, en Cinéma 2

LONDON
PATRICK KEILLER
84'1993 Royaume-Uni VOEN STFR
“Neither documentary nor fiction, London chronicles a year in the life of England's capital as seen by an imaginary protagonist, Robinson.” (K.G.)

#7 - « MADNESS » ?
mercredi 25 mars, 14h00, au Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles
samedi 28 mars, 17h00, en Cinéma 1

IN ABSENTIA
STEPHEN QUAY, TIMOTHY QUAY
20' 2000 Royaume-Uni SD
“A woman alone in a room repeatedly writes a letter. Outside her window, vistas of ever changing light register her every emotion.” (K.G.)

SHOCK HEAD SOUL
SIMON PUMMELL
86' 2011 Pays Bas, Royaume-Uni VOEN STFR
“It is 1903, Daniel Paul Schreber is sent to an asylum: he claims God wants him to become a woman.” (K.G.)

#8 - HOW ECCENTRIC ARE YOU ?
jeudi 26 mars, 21h00, en Cinéma 2
vendredi 27 mars, 10h30, au Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles

DOODLIN’: IMPRESSIONS OF LEN LYE
KEITH GRIFFITHS
52' 1987 Royaume-Uni VOEN STFR
“The exuberance and originality of New Zealand-born artist Len Lye is revealed through his innovative short films and kinetic sculpture.” (K.G.)

THE MOON AND THE SLEDGEHAMMER
PHILIP TREVELYAN
65' 1970 Royaume-Uni VOEN STFR
“A cult film, which documents the eccentric lives of the Page family, consisting of the elderly Mr Page and his adult children, in a wood in Sussex.” (K.G.)