Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris
22nd edition
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Pierre-Luc Vaillancourt

Competition #1

Online streaming the Thursday 15 October at 18:10 (UTC+2)

Synopsis

Total force, total speed, to caress infinity, to transcend flesh. Shot in Tokyo with top boxers Momoko Kawashima and Mie Takahashi.

CountryCanada/Japan
Year2020
Screening formatDigital
Duration5'45
Biography

Filmmaker with a powerful striking force, Pierre-Luc Vaillancourt explores the borders of known worlds. His films are marked by an intense hypnotic charge. His work has been presented at the Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Lausanne Underground Film Festival, Kiev Foundation for Contemporary Art, Fylkingen, Bunkier Sztuki, Wro Art Center, Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival and in many international festivals, museums and cinematheques.

 

Text from the selection committee

Through the magnetic power of the flicker, the jerky gestures of these two women mixed with the soundtrack composed by Marc Hurtado, create a game of retinal persistence with great visual impact.

Translation made by the translator www.DeepL.com/Translator

 

(R.G.)