Thing

Original Title: Thing

18' | 2013 (Completed)

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Director:	Anouk De Clercq
Producer:	Marie Logie
Writer:	Anouk De Clercq

Full credits

An animated story about an architect whose vision of a city is not based in reality.

synopsis

An architect talks about the city he has built. Gradually, we realise that the city is imaginary and his account is an attempt to give his ideas a fixed shape.
Un architecte parle de la ville qu’il a construite. Chemin faisant, il s’avère qu’il s’agit d’une ville imaginaire. Son exposé est une tentative stérile de donner corps à ses pensées. Voilà en bref l’histoire de Thing.
Een architect vertelt over de stad die hij heeft gebouwd. Gaandeweg blijkt dat die stad denkbeeldig is. Zijn betoog is een vruchteloze poging om zijn denkbeelden vaste vorm te geven. Dat is in een notendop het verhaal van Thing.

Credits

Director
Anouk De Clercq
Producer
Marie Logie
Writer
Anouk De Clercq
Cast
Liam Byrne
Editing
Fairuz Ghammam
Sound
Scanner & Maxence Ciekawy at Le Fresnoy studio national des arts contemporains
Music
Scanner

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Animation, Experimental
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2013
Production status
Completed
Original title
Thing
Original language
English

Technical specs

Running time
18'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
5.1 (+sub)
Colour
Black-white

Contact & sales

Contact

Auguste Orts

Lambert Crickxstraat 30
1080 Brussel
Belgium

T +32 2 881 09 59
info@augusteorts.be

www.augusteorts.be

Details

Festivals & awards

Festivals

Gallery Sofie Van de Velde Antwerpen (BE), Sep 2 - Oct 9, 2016 Whitechapel Gallery London (GB), Jun 24-25, 2016 Cameo Winterthur (CH), May 28, 2016 Metro Kino Kulturhaus Vienna (AT), May 27, 2016 ‚Äî 21:00 Antwerp Art Weekend Antwerpen (BE), May 20-22, 2016 SPOT Produce festival Istanbul (TR), Apr 23, 2016 Swiss Architecture Museum Basel (CH), Feb 27, 2016 Art Cinema OFFoff Gent (BE), Feb 22, 2016 ‚Äî 20:00 California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles (US), Feb 17, 2016 Goldkante Bochum (DE), Jan 20, 2016 ‚Äî 20:00 CPH:dox Copenhagen (DK), Nov 12, 2015 Filmer à Tout Prix Brussel (BE), Nov 8, 2015 ‚Äî 17:45 Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen (DK), Nov 6, 2015 ARKIPEL International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival Jakarta (ID), Aug 19-29, 2015 Les Rencontres InternationalesBerlin (DE), Jun 24, 2015 OK. Video Jakarta (ID), Jun 15-28, 2015 International Short Film Festival Kiev (UA), Apr 22-26, 2015 Temporary Gallery Cologne (DE), Apr 17-19, 2015 Sphinx Gent (BE), Apr 1, 2015 TIFF Bell Lightbox Toronto (CA), Feb 1, 2015 ‚Äî 18:30 HISK Gent (BE), Jan 19, 2015 International Video Festival Busan (KR), Dec 12-22, 2014 Les Rencontres Internationales Paris (FR), Dec 3, 2014 ‚Äî 16:00 European Media Studies Potsdam (DE), Dec 2, 2014 Kortfilmfestival Leuven (BE), Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2014 Cynetart Dresden (DE), Nov 12, 2014 Video Festival Cairo (EG), Nov 8-20, 2014 CPH:DOX Copenhagen (DK), Nov 6-16, 2014 Internationale KurzfilmtageWinterthur (CH), Nov 4-9, 2014 Impakt Utrecht (NL), Oct 30, 2014 Festival International du Film de La Roche sur Yon (FR), Oct 18, 2014 Underdox Munich (DE), Oct 14, 2014 Romuva Kaunas (LT), Oct 11, 2014 Dailƒós Galerija ≈†iauli≈≥ (LT), Oct 10, 2014 International Film Festival Kaunas (LT), Oct 4, 2014 CAC Cinema Vilnius (LT), Oct 2, 2014 Art Kino Rijeka (HR), Sep 29-30, 2014 25FPS Zagreb (HR), Sep 27, 2014 Ars Electronica Linz (AT), Sep 4-8, 2014 La Casa Encendida Madrid (ES), Aug 24, 2014 International Short Film Festival Sao Paolo (BR), Aug 20-31, 2014 NeMaf Seoul (KR), Aug 7-15, 2014 Film Festival Traverse City (US), Jul 31 - Aug 3, 2014 New Horizons Wroclaw (PL), Jul 24 - Aug 3, 2014 Film Fest Lago (IT), Jul 18-26, 2014 The Art Academy London (GB), Jul 18-19, 2014 Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina Novi Sad (CS), Jun 21-28, 2014 International Short Film Festival Hamburg (DE), Jun 6-8, 2014 Budascoop Kortrijk (BE), May 28, 2014 Videoex Zurich (CH), May 24 - Jun 1, 2014 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DE), May 4-5, 2014 IndieLisboa Lisbon (PT), Apr 30 - May 2, 2014 Ann Arbor Film Festival Michigan (US), Mar 30, 2014 Kanuti Gildi Saal Tallinn (EE), Feb 27, 2014 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki (FI), Feb 24, 2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL), Jan 25-31, 2014 CinemaXXI Rome (IT), Nov 9-10, 2013 Kaaitheater Brussel (BE), Sep 25, 2013

Awards

No award information available.

Partners

Co-production partners

Nomas, Image, Academica Belgica

Supported by

the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), CERA Partners in Art, Kaaitheater & Le Fresnoy, studio national des arts contemporains (FR). This work is part of The art of ~scaping, Research Fund University College Ghent.