The New Settlers at Ridehuset
Aarhus
Danemark
November 17-21, 2010
Vita Nova
Vincent Meessen, Belgium, 2009
Experimental documentary, 27 min
This rewriting of some Roland Barthes's overlooked biographical facts is based a modern icon.
The now famous picture of a colonial military cadet demystied by Barthes in his essay Mythologies is revisited in order
to reflects on the conflicting narrative regimes of storytelling.
The now famous picture of a colonial military cadet demystied by Barthes in his essay Mythologies is revisited in order
to reflects on the conflicting narrative regimes of storytelling.
What I Have
Andrey Zhidkov, Russia 2009
Experimental/Animation, 11 min.
An eerie tale of intricately depicted isolation, this recounting of Borges’ story, The Disk, outlines the abstract fate of a woodcutter visited by a king.
Experimental/Animation, 11 min.
An eerie tale of intricately depicted isolation, this recounting of Borges’ story, The Disk, outlines the abstract fate of a woodcutter visited by a king.
Notes on the Other
Sergio Oksman, Spain 2009
Documentary, 13 min.
On July 13, 1924, Ernest Hemingway was on a balcony in Pamplona, Spain and saw a wounded man lying on the other side of the street. He became consumed with the feeling that he was that man. Notes on the Otherfollows the example of this sensation in the form of an annual Hemingway lookalike contest in Key West, Florida. Dozens of older men do their utmost to be Hemingway. The film investigates the curiosity for alternate perception, for stepping outside of ourselves to contemplate the world in a different way, if only for a little while.
Documentary, 13 min.
On July 13, 1924, Ernest Hemingway was on a balcony in Pamplona, Spain and saw a wounded man lying on the other side of the street. He became consumed with the feeling that he was that man. Notes on the Otherfollows the example of this sensation in the form of an annual Hemingway lookalike contest in Key West, Florida. Dozens of older men do their utmost to be Hemingway. The film investigates the curiosity for alternate perception, for stepping outside of ourselves to contemplate the world in a different way, if only for a little while.
Organized by Litteraturen på scenen & Aarhus International Film Festival
