Why it may be worth watching
- EXPRMNTL combines Documentary elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Jonas Mekas, Agnès Varda, Harun Farocki.
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Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second ‘World Festival of Film and the Arts’ in 1949, organised in part by the Royal Cinematheque of Belgium. To celebrate cinema’s 50 year existence, they put together a side program showcasing the medium in all its shapes and forms: surrealist film, absolute film, dadaist films, abstract film,… The side program would soon become a festival in its own right: ‘EXPRMNTL’, dedicated to experimental cinema, and would become a mythical gathering of the avant-garde…
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Best suited to viewers looking for Documentary. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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