Private Project

FUGUE, A Light's Travelogue

"FUGUE, A Light’s Travelogue” (2017, 16mm, color, optical sound, 22minutes).
Through this work I’ve been exploring the physical consistency of Light, sunlight as well as artificial light.
A complete answer nor formula has been found. Finding a way to express the wish to understand is what this film is about.
Maybe this is enough?

  • Els van Riel
    Director
  • Els van Riel
    Writer
  • Els van Riel, TiMiT vzw
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 31, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm standard
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Mediacity
    Windsor/Ontario
    Canada
    August 4, 2017
    world
    honorable mention
  • l'Âge d'Or
    Brussels
    Belgium
    October 23, 2017
    belgium
  • Nantes
    Nantes
    France
    August 31, 2017
    France
  • Fracto, Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    May 25, 2018
  • Crossroads
    San Francisco
    United States
    June 9, 2018
    North American
  • EIFF
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    June 24, 2018
    UK
  • Filmadrid
    Madrid
    Spain
    June 15, 2019
    Spain
  • MUTA
    Lima
    Chile
    November 21, 2018
    Chile
Distribution Information
  • Els van Riel
    Country: Belgium
    Rights: All Rights
  • Arsenal_Berlin
    Country: Germany
    Rights: Pay Per View
Director Biography - Els van Riel

Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Studied photo- and cinematography, and worked as a photographer, editor and producer for various photo-, film-, video- and theater productions.
Her films, video's and installations explore the impact of detailed changes in moment, movement, matter, light and perception.

“With links to the tradition of structural film making, the work by the Brussels based film-and videomaker, Els van Riel, explores the basic elements for cinema -time and light- and develops a form for new aesthetic pleasure, bypassing any symbolism and narrativism. For van Riel the projector is a central figure in the cinematographical act of giving form to a screening, performance or installation. The mechanical image source becomes actively present as if it were a living object.”
(L’ART MÊME, April 2009)

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