Cycle of trifles

1998

- Majority -

A film by

Ana Torfs

FINISHED

Black and white

86 min

Fiction - Documentary

Artist Ana Torfs based her first and only feature film on Beethoven's conversation notebooks, which his visitors used for written interviews with the composer who had become deaf. Through these seemingly insignificant notes, which hold the secret of essential emotions, the film reveals the story of an invisible hero, whose rhythm is defined by his music.

Credits

Screenplay: Anna Torfs

Director: Ana Torfs

Image: Jorge Leon

Sound: John Craenenbroeck, Michael Nijs

Mixing: Jan Rijckaert

Editing: Jörgen Persijn

Music: Danel Quartet performance

With: Barte Meuleman, Bella Wainberg, Georges Van Dam, Guy Dermul,

Jean Torrent, Nicolas Hoyoux, Stanley Duchateau

Production

Cobra Films

Co-production

Balthazar Film (Holland) / Navigator Film (Austria) / VZW Storm (Brussels) / BRT-Canvas (TV Belgium)

With the help

Flemish Gemeenschap / Bundeskanzleramt-Kunst (Vienna) / Huis aan de Werf (Holland) / KunstfestivaldesArts (Belgium) / KUL-AV (University of Louvain / VGC (Vlaamse Gewest commissie)

Reviews

Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of Trifles)_Sonambiente-62eab.pdf

Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of Trifles)_Rotterdam-e374b.pdf

Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of Trifles)_Analyse_de_Dirk_Pultau.pdf

Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of Trifles)_pdf-2.pdf

Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of Trifles)_Reviews.pdf

Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of Trifles)_Mostra_Sao_Paulo-1499b.pdf

Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of Trifles)_Kunstfestival-40bc9.pdf

Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of bagatelles)_Argos-70acc.pdf

Awards

Grand Prize, Split International Festival of New Film, 1999

Screenings