28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Every Tear
director: Sarah Vanagt
original title: Alle de tranen / Every Tear / Toute larme
country: Belgium
year: 2017
running time: 30 min.
synopsis
Armed with an ancient microscope invented in the 17th century by textile merchant Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the filmmaker travels through her native Brussels exploring everything she can get her hands on. The long series of subjective macro-details of strange shapes is accompanied by citations from van Leeuwenhoek’s letters.
biography
Sarah Vanagt (1976) creates documentaries, video installations, and photographs in which she combines an interest in history with film. Her previous film, In Waking Hours (2015), was premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
more about film
director: | Sarah Vanagt |
producer: | Sarah Vanagt |
photography: | Artur Castro Freire |
editing: | Effi Weiss |
sound: | Nina De Vroome |