EXPRMNTL

2016•1h 5m•

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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…

Director

Brecht Debackere

Writers

Brecht Debackere

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Main Cast

Jonas Mekas

himself

Agnès Varda

herself

Harun Farocki

Himself

Birgit Hein

Herself

Jean-Jacques Lebel

Himself

EXPRMNTL

2016•1h 5m•

★0.0(0 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Director

Brecht Debackere

Writers

Brecht Debackere

Watchlist

Main Cast

Jonas Mekas

himself

Agnès Varda

herself

Harun Farocki

Himself

Birgit Hein

Herself

Jean-Jacques Lebel

Himself

Did You Know?

The runtime is 65 minutes (1h 5m).

The film features dialogue in 3 languages: Dutch, English, French.

The film was directed by Brecht Debackere.

The screenplay was written by Brecht Debackere.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt6070466.

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EXPRMNTL

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Released

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Nederlands, English, Français

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EXPRMNTL

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Jonas Mekas

Agnès Varda

Harun Farocki

Birgit Hein

Jean-Jacques Lebel

EXPRMNTL

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Jonas Mekas

Agnès Varda

Harun Farocki

Birgit Hein

Jean-Jacques Lebel

Boris Lehman

Eric de Kuyper

Roland Lethem

Werner Nekes

Godfried-Willem Raes

Michael Snow

Robert Stéphane

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