
EXPRMNTL
Documentary
Overview
Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second ‘World Festival of Film and the Arts’ in 1949, organised in part by the Royal Cinematheque of Belgium. To celebrate cinema’s 50 year existence, they put together a side program showcasing the medium in all its shapes and forms: surrealist film, absolute film, dadaist films, abstract film,… The side program would soon become a festival in its own right: ‘EXPRMNTL’, dedicated to experimental cinema, and would become a mythical gathering of the avant-garde…
Top Cast


Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas
himself
Jonas Mekas
himself


Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda
herself
Agnès Varda
herself


Harun Farocki
Harun Farocki
Himself
Harun Farocki
Himself
Birgit Hein
Birgit Hein
Herself
Birgit Hein
Herself


Jean-Jacques Lebel
Jean-Jacques Lebel
Himself
Jean-Jacques Lebel
Himself
Boris Lehman
Boris Lehman
Himself
Boris Lehman
Himself


Eric de Kuyper
Eric de Kuyper
Himself
Eric de Kuyper
Himself


Roland Lethem
Roland Lethem
Himself
Roland Lethem
Himself


Werner Nekes
Werner Nekes
Himself
Werner Nekes
Himself
Godfried-Willem Raes
Godfried-Willem Raes
Himself
Godfried-Willem Raes
Himself
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