Chantal Akerman
* 1950 in Brussels.
Akerman attended the Film Academy in Brussels for four months, but says that she found no inspiration there whatsoever. At the age of 18 she shot the short film Saute Ma Ville and made her first mark in the annals of film history. Since then Akerman has brought forth more than 40 documentary, experimental and narrative short and long films.
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FILMS directed by CHANTAL AKERMAN
La Chambre
1972, 11 min
The film shows what the title leads to expect: A (bed) room. Filmed in several 360-degree-pan-shots, in real time, without editing. Human movement is imbedded in this structured, almost ritual review.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2008, Tribute to Chantal Akerman
Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher
1989, 13 min
A woman alone in a room – a recurring image in Chantal Akerman’s films. In this case it is a cellist who plays the eponymous piece by Henri Dutilleux. Just for herself and obviously animated by those things that are going on inside her and that are reflected in her way of playing.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2008, Tribute to Chantal Akerman
Saute ma ville
1968, 13 min
Akerman’s first film: day to day, middle class activities with a difference, driven to the last consequence and with explosive force. An early master piece.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2008, Tribute to Chantal Akerman
J'ai faim j'ai froid
1984, 12 min
Two girls run away from Brussles in the direction of Paris (incidentally a path that Akerman also took) and realise that things don’t turn out as simply as they imagined – amongst other things they are – as the title suggests – cold, and hungry.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2008, Tribute to Chantal Akerman
OTHER FILMS:
O Estado do Mundo (2007) (segment "Tombée de nuit sur Shanghai")
Là-bas (2006)
Demain on déménage (2004)
De l'autre côté (2002)
La Captive (2000)
Sud (1999)
Cinéma, de notre temps: Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman (1997)
Un divan à New York (1996)
Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...: Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994)
D'Est (1993)
Monologues: Le déménagement (1993)
Nuit et jour (1991)
Contre l'oubli (1991) (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador")
Les trois dernières sonates de Franz Schubert (1989)
Histoires d'Amérique (1988)
Golden Eighties (1986)
Le marteau (1986)
Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986) (segment "Portrait d'une Paresseuse")
Letters Home (1986)
Mallet-Stevens (1986)
La paresse (1986)
Paris vu par... vingt ans après (1984) (segment 1 "J'ai faim, J'ai froid")
New York, New York bis (1984)
Family Business: Chantal Akerman Speaks About Film (1984)
Lettre d'un cinéaste: Chantal Akerman (1984)
Les années 80 (1983)
L’ homme à la valise (1983)
Un jour Pina m'a demandé (1983)
Toute une nuit (1982)
Dis-moi (1980)
Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978)
News from Home (1977)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Je, tu, il, elle (1974)
Le 15/8 (1973)
Hanging Out Yonkers (1973)
Hôtel Monterey (1972)
L’ enfant aimé ou je joue à être une femme mariée (1971)
VIS featuring CHANTAL AKERMAN
- Text: Portrait Chantal Akerman | Short portrait of the artist by Barbara Schubert (VIS).