“STARDUST” | Rencontres Internationales

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A collection of film-screenings as part of the 'Contemporary Intersects' screening programme of the Rencontres Internationales filmfestival held at Loods6.

PROGRAMME:

Minne Kersten: The Same Room | Exp. film | Digital | colour | 0:06:43 | Netherlands | 2023

Minne Kersten floods a room with water for three days, questioning man’s desire to control the course of nature.

Kim Mejdahl: Sinrise | Video | hdv | colour | 0:03:00 | Danemark | 2023

Kim Mejdahl films an amusement park at night.

Ross Meckfessel: Spark From a Falling Star | Exp. film | 16mm | colour | 0:21:00 | USA | 2023

Ross Meckfessel explores the apocalyptic obsession, technological landscape and boredom of the contemporary world. A strange, invisible extraterrestrial presence appears and transforms people into objects and public spaces into private property.

Yuyan Wang: The Moon Also Rises | Exp. documentary | hdv | colour | 0:23:40 | China, France | 2024

Yuyan Wang is inspired by a project to launch artificial moons into orbit above major Chinese cities. A retired couple try to catch up with the pace of modernity.

Ralph Antunes, Pedro Maia de Brito, Leonardo Amaral: All I Could See Was the Sun Tudo que vi era o sol | Exp. documentary | 4k | colour | 0:20:56 | Brazil | 2023

Ralph Antunes, Pedro Maia de Brito and Leonardo Amaral examine the slow disappearance of a worker in the Brazilian countryside.

Zike He: Random Access 乱码城市 | Exp. fiction | 4k | colour | 0:14:20 | China | 2023

Zike He examines the interweaving of human memory and the digital world, taking us on a speculative journey through the city of Guiyang, the Chinese capital of data centres and AI.