Sun, december 21
17:15 – 18:32
Het Documentaire Paviljoen: De Spiegel
Film is subtitled in English
Pavilion Shorts: Short Film Day
Description
December 21 is the shortest day of the year, a perfect moment to celebrate the versatility and power of short films. This edition of our monthly Pavilion Shorts program once more highlights this cinematic form by bringing curious, thought-provoking and beautiful international documentaries to the big screen.
The master of archival cinema, Sergei Loznitsa, transports viewers back to the Paris Opera gala evenings of the 1950s and 1960s. A Night at the Opera (2020) offers a sharp and humorous take on power structures and the theatre of politics.
Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude feels most free when creating in the short film format, where he can mix philosophical analyses with playful experimentation. In Semiotic Plastic (2021), he presents a playful reenactment of the human existence with plastic toys.
In A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country (2021), filmmaker Virpi Suutari offers a humorous insight into the Finnish soul through recordings of the iconic program People's Radio.
Composition
A Night at the Opera
A dream gala evening at the Opéra Garnier in Paris, composed of archive footage expertly edited to produce a dazzling society portrait of the 1950s and 1960s. With royalty, Brigitte Bardot, and the unparalleled Maria Callas.
Semiotic Plastic
Human existence imitated by plastic toys. Striking and witty, but often also rather sinister tableaux vivants lead us from birth to death, with every recognizable banality of human life along the way.
A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country
An array of images of summery Finnish landscapes, in the city as well as the countryside, accompany cries from the heart from various listeners to a popular radio program, offering insights into the Finnish soul.
Tickets & Times
Sun, december 21
17:15 – 18:32
Het Documentaire Paviljoen: De Spiegel
Film is subtitled in English