The Demands of Ordinary Devotion
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Original Title: The Demands of Ordinary Devotion
Experimental | 12' 6" | 2022 (Completed)
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An experimental reflection on the process of making, the prospect of motherhood, and uncertainties in creation, balance and composition.
synopsis
- The Demands of Ordinary Devotion is based on a game of chance, and a collection of encounters in workshops and homes in the city of Rome. Tools force energy outwards, tools bring energy home and gestures are containers forever spilling over. Although the protagonists never appear together, they are inextricably bound together by their actions. Meaning is conveyed through movement and its associated sound, slowly forming a visual exploration of physicality.
- The Demands of Ordinary Devotion se construit à partir d’un jeu de hasard et d’une collection de rencontres dans des ateliers et des maisons de la ville de Rome. Le film est une exploration sensuelle des plaisirs simples, invitant à une réflexion sur le processus de fabrication, la perspective de la maternité et les incertitudes de la création, de l’équilibre et de la composition.
- Een film opgebouwd op basis van een kansspel en een reeks ontmoetingen in werkplaatsen en woningen in de stad Rome. Hoewel de protagonisten nooit samen verschijnen, zijn ze onlosmakelijk verbonden door hun acties – betekenis wordt overgebracht door beweging en het bijbehorende geluid, en langzaam ontvouwt zich een visuele exploratie van lichamelijkheid. The Demands of Ordinary Devotion nodigt uit tot reflectie over het maakproces, het vooruitzicht op het moederschap en onzekerheden in creatie, balans en compositie.
Film
Format
Creation details
Type
FilmCategory
ExperimentalProduction share
Majority Flemish ProductionBelgiumGenre
ExperimentalYear of production
2022Production status
CompletedOriginal title
The Demands of Ordinary DevotionOriginal language
No dialogue
Technical specs
Running time
12' 6"Aspect ratio
16:9Sound format
5.1 (+ sub) DolbyAvailable formats
DCP; Apple ProRes 444Colour
Colour
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Contact
elephy
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1190 Vorst
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Festivals & awards
Festivals
2024: Close-Up London (GB); the Austrian Film Museum Vienna (AT); Critical Media Lab McGill University Montreal (CA); Suspaustas laikas Vilnius, Nida, Klaipeda (LT). 2023: Short Waves Festival - SWF 3 Poznań (PL); Spazio 35 Udine (IT); exf f. Frankfurt (DE); Makedox Festival Skopje (MK); EXiS Seoul (KP); Halle Nord Geneva (CH); Anthology Film Archives New York (US); Odds & Ends Film Festival (the Vinegar Hill Theater) Charlottesville (US); Alchemy Film and Moving Images Festival Hawick (GB); The School of Visual Arts New York (US); Milwaukee Underground Film Festival Milwaukee (US); Courtisane Notes on Cinema Ghent (BE); Go Short Nijmegen (NL); HKIFF (The Hong Kong International Film Festival) Hong Kong (CN); Vilnius International Film Festival Vilnius (LT); Berlin Critics' Week Berlin (DE). 2022: Nektar z Innej Planety Poznan (PL); Festival Tous Courts Aix-en-Provence (FR); les Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée Marseille (FR); Fogo Island Cinema Fogo Island (CA); The Houston Cinema Arts Festival Houston (US); Batumi International Short Film Festival Batumi (GE); Viennale Vienna (AT); Linea d'Ombra Festival Salerno (IT); Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente FestiFreak La Plata (AR); 7th EUREKA University Film Festival Bogota (CO); FONOMO Music & Film Festival Bydgoszcz, Pomerania & Kuyavia (PL); Black Canvas Film Festival Mexico (MX); Heart of Gold film festival Gympie (AU); Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela (ES); New York Film Festival New York (US); Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) Reykjavík (IS); BIEFF International Experimental Film Festival Bucharest (RO); 25 FPS festival Zagreb (HR); Villa Medici Film Festival Rome (IT); Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF) Sydney (AU); Open City Documentary Festival London (GB); JeongDong Art Center Seoul (KP); Melbourn International Film Festival (MIFF) at ACMI Melbourn (AU); Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp (BE); Mills Folly Microcinema at the Arts + Literature Laboratory Wisconsin (US); Short Waves Festival Poznań (PL); 38th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Hamburg (DE); FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter Berlin (DE); Vision du Réel Film Festival Nyon (CH); Harlan Levey Projects 1080 Brussels (BE).
Awards
No award information available.
