Video portrait of Mattias Timander by Sarah Baur
Sarah once again asked @frederik_van_melle to creep up on another innocent author-in-residence (although that could be debated) to satisfy @passaporta’s appetite for engaging conversations on literature. Sorry, not sorry. Expect the finished video portrait of Mattias Timander (SE) in the coming days. Prepare to have your literary interest deepened yet again. Who spotted the Accordion in the first picture? Yes. We know your kind.
En coulisses avec la poète et romancière canadienne Nyla Matuk
Behind the scenes with Canadian poet and novelist Nyla Matuk, during our shoot for her video portrait for Passa Porta, International House of Literature in Brussels. Sarah enjoys these shoots, but for different reasons each time. Sometimes an interview feeds her own work, sometimes she is simply in awe, sometimes there’s a shared sense of mischievous humour in the room. This time Sarah learned a great deal, in conversations that unfolded both on and off camera, guided by Nyla’s mix of depth, generosity and ease. An author whose work moves with precision along the line where the aesthetic meets the political.
Action face aux réformes imminentes de l'émission radio Monde Est Un Village (La Première)
The Belgian Worldwide Music Network is taking action regarding the imminent reforms of the radio programme Monde Est Un Village (La Première). A letter has been sent to the members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of RTBF. ►To reinforce the requests made in this letter, we are launching a petition ►Sign it and share it as widely as possible (share it on social media, by email, by personal message, with a video, etc.). https://www.petitionenligne.be/signa.../lemondeestunvillage/ https://www.petitionenligne.be/signa.../lemondeestunvillage/
RESISTANCE ART
More and more young people in Europe are turning to identitarian and xenophobic parties. How do young artists thematize this evolution? Two promising artists, Paola Pisciottano and Alexander Deprez, reflect on the rise of far-right. Watch the documentary Resistance Art by Sarah Baur (for free): https://www.rektoverso.be/auteurs/sarahbaur You can choose between versions with Dutch, French or English subtitles
PASSA PORTA - VIDEO PORTRAITS WRITERS-IN-RESIDENCE- Amandine Gay
Amandine Gay is a French writer, filmmaker and afrofeminist and currently the writer-in-residence at Passa Porta ! In Sarah Baur's video portrait of her, she talks about her new writing project, the importance of residencies, and the inspiration she finds in the work of authors such as Sophie Calle and Lila Quintero Weaver. You can watch here (Deutch and French) : https://youtu.be/dei2kl6RODE
Imagine This Women's International Film Festival
Sarah was able to discuss with other filmmakers selected for the Imagine This Women's International Film Festival. You can discover this beautiful exchange here : https://youtu.be/_jypObVMJFA
YANA features at the KIDS FIRST FILM FESTIVAL in Hawai'i
Chuffed to announce that you can watch our YANA - short film online and for free as part of the KIDS FIRST FILM FESTIVAL in Hawai'i on Friday 18. February at 11 AM (CET) See the festival guide HERE The 2022 virtual UH KIDS FIRST! Film Festival – now in its 14th year in Hawaiʻi – presents creative and insightful animated and live-action shorts, features, and documentaries by student, indie, and seasoned filmmakers worldwide. Films focus on climate change and the environment, space and technology, social justice and tolerance, arts and culture...and just plain silliness and fun!
YANA semi-finalist at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival
The New Year brings good news, as Sarah Baur's YANA - short film made it to Semi-Finalist at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival.
Sarah Baur's documentary CLMT SHIFT ART now available with English subtitles
Sarah Baur's full documentary 'CLMT SHIFT ART' is now available with English subtitles! On the occasion of the climate summit in November, Sarah Baur interviewed artists Benjamin Verdonck and Jerome Bel on their search for a more ecological way of living and making art. Many thanks to the art magazine rekto:verso for hosting the documentary. https://www.rektoverso.be/.../exclusive-documentary... There's no better way to wish u well for the New Year than to send this free documentary to someone you think might find it interesting or - if you haven't already - to watch it yourself. It's meant to be food for thought, so don't hold back just because there's one sentence in it you don't agree with. We really need to start talking about climate again. The versions with French and Dutch subtitles are also still available on the website of Rekto Verso.