Down There Là-bas Time and time again throughout her career, Chantal Akerman refrained herself from speaking of her Jewish origins, as she considered the objectivity of distance from the state of Israel to be a setback. However, when she found herself in a seaside apartment in Tel Aviv, for the first time in her life she seized the opportunity for a brave inner confession. Within these four walls, with no contact whatsoever with other people, she films and observes her neighbors, unfolding thoughts and memories of her childhood and family in a uniquely portrayed social distancing - unthought of at the time, but way more familiar nowadays. Screening Schedule No physical screenings scheduled. Direction: Chantal Akerman Script: Chantal Akerman Cinematography: Chantal Akerman, Robert Fenz Editing: Claire Atherton Sound: Thomas Gauder Production: AMIP, Xavier Carniaux, Paradise Films, Marilyn Watelet, Chemah I.S, Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains Format: Digital File Color: Color Production Country: Belgium, France Production Year: 2006 Duration: 78' Contact: Shellac Awards/Distinctions: Grand Prix (International Competition) – Marseille IFF 2016 Chantal Akerman Chantal Akerman was born in 1950 in Brussels, and died in Paris in 2015. Akerman was a pioneer in feminist and experimental filmmaking. Born to Holocaust survivors from Poland, she attended a film school for a brief period from 1967 to 1968, before directing her first short, Blow Up My Town (1968). She went on to make over 40 fiction and documentary films during her life time, including Je, Tu, Lui, Elle (1974), Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), Tell me (1980), From the East (1993) and No Home Movie (2015). She is considered one of the most important European directors of her generation, “whose films have had a profound impact on feminist discourse within the cinema, and within avant-garde film and video art at an international level” (Gwedolyn Audrey Foster). Filmography 1974 Je Tu Il Elle 1975 Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1977 News from Home (doc) 1982 All Night Long 1993 From the East (doc) 1999 South (doc)2004 Tomorrow We Move 2011 Almayer’s Folly 2015 No Home Movie (doc)
