[EN] Spring comes with a fresh new wind: a.pass is installing a temporary space in Molenbeek’s rue de Manchester, for artists and alumni to organise gatherings and presentations throughout the coming months. By way of an inauguration, a.pass and nadine organise a drink and evening screening of three short films by independent makers living in Brussels. Free entrance.

[NL] De lente is daar, een frisse nieuwe wind voor a.pass, die een tijdelijke plek betrekt in de Manchesterstraat in Molenbeek. Daar zullen de komende maanden residenties en presentaties van a.pass alumni georganiseerd worden. Om dit te vieren organiseren a.pass en nadine een drink, gevolgd door een avondprogramma met drie kortfilms van onafhankelijke makers uit het Brusselse. Vrije entree.

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𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠

𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗿: 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚
𝟮𝟵 𝗺𝗶𝗻 (𝗛𝗗 𝟭𝟲:𝟵)
An audio-visual poem dedicated to the process of film editing as a space of intimacy with sound and image material. It disguises as a home movie that is looking into femme strategies of appropriation of the camera by turning the phallic attributes of the lens inside out and looking into the oystershell as a vessel for a filmic Séance. The film is summoning visions of early feminist filmmakers, seeking for new frameworks of kinship and care in collaboration with the camera. In this DIY-examination of the tragic-comedy we are looking into exhausted images, the role of the female film maker and a desperate love-letter to a camera perspective, yet to come.

𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶: 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡
𝟭𝟰 𝗺𝗶𝗻
Short-film documentary about Michelle, a pole performer from Paris. The film centers an event where she performs for a cabaret night.
Amari is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Unlimited Strip Club, using the symbolic fascination of strip clubs as a medium for film-making, installations and performances. 

𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶: 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚
𝟭𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻
“A sensitive vampire decides to leave eternal life behind by actively undergoing euthanasia. She is assisted through a mercy killing ritual, performed by a vampire matriarchy in Brussels. Taking on human form for just a flash of time after years of immortal existence, she talks about her death, life and choice to change.”
Shelbatra Jashari has been active in Brussels since a while –  known for the Brûlesk dance-events in the past – a project around cabaret and burlesque. She has been using her body, voice and boxing (among others) as a foundation to develop her vision on the history of  representation.
With 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 she tempted into a form where concept, performance, film and narration were put to use  to make a contemporary form of a “weeping song” – referring to “pleureuses” practices such as those singing songs of grief in the tradition of Albanian songs. Her research into this practice was accompanied by a performance (in 2020, a project halted through the covid pandemic)  that has been integrated in the shortfilm.