D’est (From the East) + short
Sparked by the fall of the Berlin wall, this first film in a loose trilogy reveals Akerman’s restlessness and her belief that fiction and documentary were inseparable. ‘I want to take a major trip across Eastern Europe while there’s still time... [filming] all these countries in the throes of great change’. The result was one of cinema’s most essential and unorthodox travelogues, which captures the sense of uncertainty at a momentous juncture in history. No dialogue Short film La Paresse (Sloth) (Chantal Akerman, 8min. Germany, 1986, French with English subtitles) will play alongside the feature. A portrait of the artist as a procrastinator who decrees ‘In order to make cinema, one must get out of bed’ while making a film sat in bed. Screening as part of our CineMasters: Chantal Akerman season, in partnership with BFI. Thanks to BFI for the film synopsis.DocumentaryPT1H56MCTBC2025-04-16Natalia Chakhovskaia
Chantal Akerman
D’est (From the East) + short"D’est (From the East) + short"Showtimes
April 16, 8:00 pm
April 17, 5:40 pm
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