DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Description
The 17th century Dutch textile trader Anton van Leeuwenhoek made small glass lenses to study his fabrics and ended up being a pioneer in microscopy. Sarah Vanagt elegantly looks back at his old experiments, fascinated to discover this great tiny world and reflecting on the revelation of these ever-hidden images and forms. (MMF)
Awards and festivals
- Visions du Réel - International Competition (2018)
Biography of the director
Sarah Vanagt
Born in 1976, she makes documentaries, video installations and photos in which she combines her interest for history with her interest for (the origins of) cinema. Her work includes films such as After Years of Walking (2003), Little Figures (2003), Begin Began Begun (2005), Boulevard d'Ypres (2010), The Corridor (2010), Dust Breeding (2013); and video installations such as Les Mouchoirs de Kabila (2005), Power Cut (2007), Ash Tree (2007).
Her work has been shown at film festivals (FID Marseille, Viennale, Doclisboa, IDFA Amsterdam, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Madrid/Berlin, Hors Pistes Centre Pompidou), and in museums (Frankfurter Kunstverein, Fact Liverpool, NGBK Berlin, Shedhalle Zürich). The silent short film Girl with a Fly (2013) was first shown at the 5th Biennale of Moscow. The films In Waking Hours (2015) and Still Holding Still (2015) premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Image gallery
Finished
Sessions
May
Saturday 5
- 19:00 h
- Cineteca. Sala Borau
Tuesday 8
- 19:00 h
- Cineteca. Sala Borau
Data sheet
Director
Sarah Vanagt
Language
Dutch - Subtitled in English and Spanish
Screenplay
Sarah Vanagt
Cinematography
Sarah Vanagt, Artur Castro Freire
Editing
Effi Weiss
Sound
Philippe Ciompi
Producción
Sarah Vanagt
Production company
Balthasar
Contact
Sarah Vanagt - +32 486222696 - info@balthasar.be