The Wave

Original Title: The Wave

20' | 2012 (Completed)

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Director:	Sarah Vanagt, Katrien Vermeire
Producer:	Sarah Vanagt, Katrien Vermeire
Writer:	Katrien Vermeire, Sarah Vanagt

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In The Wave, the archaeological gaze of the viewer is set in motion: a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) opens and closes itself.

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In The Wave, the archaeological gaze of the viewer is set in motion: a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) opens and closes itself. In 2011, we placed a camera above the spot where nine victims were buried after their execution by Franco's supporters in June 1939. On Day One of the excavation, a crane gently loosened the top layer of soil until the archaeologists came across a skull with a bullet hole. They then continued their work by hand, with skeletons appearing and then disappearing, as if a strong wind blew that removed the sand and uncovered death.
Dans The Wave, le regard archéologique du spectateur est mis en mouvement : une fosse commune datant de la Guerre civile espagnole (1936-1939) s’ouvre et se referme. En 2011, une caméra a été placée au dessus d’un lieu où neuf victimes furent enterrées après leur exécution par des adhérents au régime de Franco en juin 1939. Le premier jour de l’excavation, un crâne apparaissait à la surface du sol, jusqu’à ce que les archéologues creusent jusqu’à voir apparaître le trou d’une balle. Par la suite, les archéologues continuèrent leur travail à la main. Les squelettes apparaissaient avant de disparaître, comme si un vent violent soufflait et enlevait le sable en découvrant la mort, une vérité primitive.
In The Wave zet de archeologische blik van de toeschouwer een beweging in gang: een massagraf uit de Spaanse burgeroorlog (1936-1939) opent en sluit zichzelf. Pagina per pagina, frame per frame en korrel per korrel graaft de kijker dieper en komen de beenderen in beeld.

Credits

Director
Sarah Vanagt, Katrien Vermeire
Producer
Sarah Vanagt, Katrien Vermeire
Writer
Katrien Vermeire, Sarah Vanagt
Editing
Inneke Van Waeyenberghe
Photography
Katrien Vermeire
Sound
Larry Sider, Gary Sanctuary

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Creation details

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

2012
Production status
Completed
Original title
The Wave
Original language
Spanish

Technical specs

Running time
20'
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
mono (1.0)
Colour
Colour

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Contact

Balthasar

Ieperlaan 62
1000 Brussel
Belgium

info@balthasar.be

www.balthasar.be

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Balthasar

Ieperlaan 62
1000 Brussel
Belgium

info@balthasar.be

www.balthasar.be

Festivals & awards

Festivals

Première: Biennale of Sydney 2012Matadero, Madrid 2015Extra City, Antwerp 2014Kunstencentrum Buda 2014 IFFR ROTTERDAM 2014 Point Culture ULB, Brussels 2014 IBAFF Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia, Murcia 2014 MAGIC CINEMA BOBIGNY / FESTIVAL BANDE(S) A PART, Bobigny 2014 group exhibition 'What matters', Pyschiatrisch Centrum Duffel, 2013 Argos, solo exhibition, Brussels 2013 Hors Pistes Pompidou, Paris 2013 Filmlab Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Ghent 2013 Unseen Photography Fair & Festival, Amsterdam 2013 Mediawave Hungary 2013 Hors Pistes, Sao Paulo 2013 Zinebi, Bilbao 2013 Zeughauskino, Berlin 2013 Beursschouwbur, Brussels 2013 Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Bucharest 2013 Indielisboa, Lisbon 2013 Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel 2012 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA 2012 Rencontres internationales Paris-Berlin-Madrid /Palais de Tokyo 2012 Watch docs Human Rights Film Festival 2012 Biennale of Sydney 2012 International Film Festival Watchdocs, Warsaw 2012 IDFA Amsterdam 2012 Vooruit Gent 2012 International Film Festival of Locarno, 2012

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Partners

Co-production partners

Michigan Films (Olivier Burlet, Sebastien Andres, Inneke Van Waeyenberghe)

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel, Beursschouwburg, Vooruit, Transat Video Caen, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)

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The Wave

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Credits

Director

Producer

Writer

Editing

Photography

Sound

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Production share

Genre

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Production status

Original title

Original language

Technical specs

Running time

Aspect ratio

Sound format

Colour