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Composers

Annelies Van Parys
Eric Sleichim
Jan Van Outryve
Joachim Brackx

Musical team

HERMESensemble

In collaboration with

Muziektheater Transparant
Beursschouwburg
Filmarchief Brussel
CRFMW

The house composers at Muziektheater Transparant have composed new soundtracks for ten short experimental silent films from the Belgian Film Archives.

The 1930s saw the appearance of two giants of Belgian film-making: Henri Storck and Charles Dekeukeleire. These pioneers of the Belgian Documentary School experimented exhaustively with the new forms of expression they found in film.

‘Misère au Borinage’ is undoubtedly the best-known film by Henri Storck (1907-1999), but his early short films have in the meantime also worked their way into the collective memory. They are poetic, but at the same time have a lot to say about the harsh and sometimes playful reality. With his first film, ‘Combat de boxe’, Charles Dekeukeleire (1905-1971) took his place in the French avant-garde. He later turned to documentary films.

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