Canadian Premiere
For Sharleece, looking out of the window of a house for rent in a desert town where she lives evokes unexpected memories of her childhood home in Los Angeles. The passing of time is ever-present.
Sharleece Bourne, Alexis Bolden
Belgium
2022
English
Featured in:
MODES 2
Looking closer at archival images and stories from the past, these artists re-examine and re-create to establish history anew. A daring mix of approaches that excavate new ways of seeing old perspectives.
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Credits
Producer
Bo De Group, Hans Everaert
Screenwriter
Isabelle Tollenaere
Cinematography
Isabelle Tollenaere, Grimm Vandekerckhove
Editor
Isabelle Tollenaere
Original Music
Hendrick Lasure
Art Director
Nicklas Nilsson
Director
Photo by Jana Coorevits
Isabelle Tollenaere
Isabelle Tollenaere is an independent filmmaker and artist from Belgium. Her work playfully moves between the codes and conventions of documentary and fiction, film, and contemporary art. Her films have been widely presented and awarded at the Berlinale Forum, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Centre Pompidou, Vienna International Film Festival, Visions du Réel, FID Marseille, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX).
Filmography: Battles (2015); Victoria (2020)