Spectres
A Film by Sven Augustijnen
- Coproducer -
Synopsis
Fifty years after his assassination, Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the newly independent Congo, is back to haunt Belgium. Through commemorations, lectures and a return visit, a top-ranking Belgian civil servant who was in Elisabethville on that bloody day of 17 January 1961 attempts to exorcise the ghosts of the past. To the sound of St John Passion by J.S. Bach, Spectres plunges us into one of the blackest days of the Belgian Congo’s decolonisation. An examination of the biopolitical body as much as an historical inquiry, this feature-length film exposes the fine line separating legitimation and historiography.
Product guide
Documentary
90 min
Color
Betacam Dg 16/9
Original Version : French
Subtitled Version : Dutch
Film Crew
Screenwriter : Sven Augustijnen
Director : Sven Augustijnen
Cinematographer - D.O.P. : Sven Augustijnen
Sound : Benoît Bruwier, Levillain
Sound Editor : Benoit Bruwier
Sound Recording Mixer : Benoit Bruwier
Editor : Mathieu Haessler
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (performed by La Petite Bande)
Producers
Auguste Orts, Projections, Jan Mot, Cobra Films
Coproduction
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, WIELS, KVS, Mu.zee, Buda Kunstencentrum, FLACC (Belgium), De Appel (Netherlands), Marres (Netherlands), K9000 (Switzerland), Kunsthalle Bern (Germany), FRAC Bourgogne (France)
With The Support
Flanders Audiovisual Fund, CERA Partners in Art, Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg, Vlaams-Nederlands Huis de Buren, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain - Région Bourgogne, Le Fresnoy
Award
FID Marseille :
Mention spéciale Compétition Internationale
Prix des Médiathèques
Prix des Cinémas de Recherche
Filmer à tout prix :
Prix de la Communauté Flamande
Broadcasts
Centre Pompidou (FR)
Tate Modern Gallery (GB)
Kunst Halle Sankt-Gallen & Bern (CH)
De Appel (NL)
Marres & Jan Van Eyck Maastricht (NL)
OCA Oslo (NO)
Kunstencentrum Buda Kortrijk (BE)
STUK Leuven (BE)
Cinema Zuid Antwerpen (BE)
Cinematek Bruxelles (BE)
Cinéma Aremberg (BE)
Centre WIELS (BE)
KASK cinema Gent (BE)
Espace Delvaux (BE)
Festival (s)
FID Marseille (FR)
Videofid Marseille (FR)
DocAlliance Marseille (FR)
Travelling Rennes (FR)
Etats Generaux Lussas (FR)
Documentaire sur Grand Ecran Paris (FR)
FIF de La Roche sur Yon (FR)
Viennale Vienna (AT)
RIDM Montreal (CA)
Documenta Madrid (ES)
IndieLisboa (PT)
Festival des Ecrans du Réel Beyrouth (LB)
Jihlava IDFF (CZ)
Rwanda Film Festival Kigali (RW)
Docville Leuven (BE)
FI du Film Policier Liège (BE)
Filmer à Tout Prix (BE)
Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels (BE)