Private Project

Trusses

"Trusses" is above all a parti pris: not telling the story of the construction of the Amal Amjahid building located on the edge of the canal in Molenbeek, but the one of four of its trusses, four metal structures that support the project designed by the architects of Bogdan & Van Broek, who became then protagonists of the film. The result is a surprising 8-minute film journey that takes us by river from the German border to Brussels city center.

  • Jonathan Ortegat
    Director
  • Bogdan & Van Broek Architects
    Producer
  • Commune de Molenbeek Saint-Jean
    Producer
  • In Advance
    Producer
  • Thomas Noceto
    DOP
  • Sébastien Calvez
    Editing
  • Aurélien Lebourg
    Sound Editing
  • Loup Mormont
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 18, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    8,750 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:75
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International film and architecture festival
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    September 29, 2022
    European Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Afragola Film Festival
    Naples
    Italy
    November 22, 2022
    Italian Premiere
    Best Documentary Short
  • Milano Design Film Festival
    Milano
    Italy
    November 23, 2022
    Official Selection
  • No Ar Drone Film Festival
    Belo Horizonte
    Brazil
    November 24, 2022
    Brazilian Premiere
    Best Documentary Short
  • Architecture Design Art Film Festival
    Palm Springs
    United States
    February 16, 2023
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Jonathan Ortegat

Filmmaker and photographer of architecture and landscape, I was born in 1984 in Brussels where I currently live and work. After 6 years in Argentina, I returned to Belgium in 2014 with an intense experience in one of the world's largest megacities. As soon as I moved back home, film and photography became my way of reconnecting with my hometown. My collaborations with various architectural and urban planning firms in Brussels open me to a different interpretation of the image, one that reveals the layers that, over time, have shaped the landscape.

I spend a lot of time on the streets, refining my eyes and meeting the other person, the one who lives in the landscapes I document, those who leave their traces there. Naturally, my practice moves from a purely landscape work to a humanist work which, in addition to giving pride to the context, shows the use made of it by its users, achieving a balance between architectural and street documentary.

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