Katharina Kastner's experimental short film about a museum of contemporary art in Brussels, VILLA EMPAIN, builds upon concepts of psychogeography and draws a mental map of a space as it goes through time. Shot on s16mm, her observational portrait interacts with 8mm footage from the 1950’s Empain family archive, unearthing a subconscious of the space, as the echoes of the past reverberate in the present and infect our perception and experience of the museum.

 

Festival invitations & Screenings

FID Marseille, IFFR Rotterdam, VIENNALE, TRUE/FALSE, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Karlovy Vary IFF, Camden IFF, Underdox Munich, Diagonale, Brussels Art Film Festival, Go Shorts Nijmegen, New York Cinematography Awards, French Riviera Film Festival L.A., Lund International Architecture Film Festival, ADAFF Palm Springs, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, 25 Arts Seconde Paris, Ground Art Fest Armenia, Austrian Cultural Forum Bukarest, etc.
 

Online Premiere

MUBI

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Distribution

ARGOS Belgium

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Related articles

Film Documentaire FR, Filmuforia, ZIGZAG Review, Cinésthesia, MUBI notebook

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Awards

New York Cinematography Awards 2020 - Best International short doc 

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Credits

Director: Katharina Kastner

Producer: Nicola S. Sangs I The Moon Embassy

DOP: Ivo Nelis

Sound Design: Hélène Clerc-Denizot

Editor: Olivia Degrez

Colour Grading: Daniel Hollerweger

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Thank You

Luc Empain 

Villa Empain / The Boghossian Foundation

Francis Metzger

Daphne Pascual

Pascal Vandelanoitte

Kinshuk Surjan

Heidemarie Garrigue-Guyonnaud

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