Balthasar

2012
The Wave

The Wave

Directed by Sarah Vanagt & Katrien Vermeire | 20’, 16:9, colour, mono, 2012
In "The Wave" the archaeological gaze of the viewer is set in motion: a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) opens and closes itself. In 2011 Katrien Vermeire and Sarah Vanagt placed a camera above the spot where nine victims were buried after their execution by Franco’s supporters in June 1939. On day one of the excavation, a digging crane gently loosened the top layer of soil, until the archaeologists came across a skull with a bullet hole. Then the archaeologists continued their work by hand. The skeletons appeared, then disappeared, as if a strong wind blew that removed the sand and uncovered death, a primal truth.
Credits

Video / 16:9 / 20' / 2012

Spanish spoken, with English subtitles

CAMERA: Katrien Vermeire
EDITING: Inneke Van Waeyenberghe
SOUND DESIGN: Larry Sider, Gary Sanctuary
PRODUCTION MANAGER IN SPAIN: Lore Colaert
MOTION DESIGN: Elias Heuninck
ANIMATION AND ADDITIONAL MOTION DESIGN: Inneke Van Waeyenberghe
SOUND MIX: Andrew Stirk
MIXING STUDIO: The Project
COLOUR GRADING: Sébastien Koeppel

MASTERING: Stempel / Paul Millot

PRODUCERS: Sarah Vanagt and Katrien Vermeire – Balthasar
CO-PRODUCERS Olivier Burlet, Sébastien Andres, Inneke Van Waeyenberghe – Michigan Film

WITH THE SUPPORT OF: Flanders Audiovisual Fund - VAF, Centre du Cinéma de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie & Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Vooruit, Ghent, Transat Video, Caen (France)

Distribution: www.argosarts.org


www.katrienvermeire.com
www.michiganfilms.be

Expo & Screenings

Première: Biennale of Sydney 2012

Matadero, Madrid 2015

Extra City, Antwerp 2014

Kunstencentrum Buda 2014
IFFR ROTTERDAM 2014
Point Culture ULB, Brussels 2014
IBAFF Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia, Murcia 2014
MAGIC CINEMA BOBIGNY / FESTIVAL BANDE(S) A PART, Bobigny 2014
group exhibition 'What matters', Pyschiatrisch Centrum Duffel, 2013
Argos, solo exhibition, Brussels 2013
Hors Pistes Pompidou, Paris 2013
Filmlab Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Ghent 2013
Unseen Photography Fair & Festival, Amsterdam 2013
Mediawave Hungary 2013
Hors Pistes, Sao Paulo 2013
Zinebi, Bilbao 2013
Zeughauskino, Berlin 2013
Beursschouwbur, Brussels 2013
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Bucharest 2013
Indielisboa, Lisbon 2013
Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel 2012
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA 2012
Rencontres internationales Paris-Berlin-Madrid /Palais de Tokyo 2012
Watch docs Human Rights Film Festival 2012
Biennale of Sydney 2012
International Film Festival Watchdocs, Warsaw 2012
IDFA Amsterdam 2012
Vooruit Gent 2012
International Film Festival of Locarno, 2012