A film made of objects, faces and texts; of lost cats, of found pictures, cut-outs, recreations; a poetic subversion in diary form, one that breaks the calendar into a novel, driving relentlessly as a journey to the end of the world. A joyful celebration of life and the inexhaustible desire to make films by a major figure in European film-essay. (GGP)
Born in Antwerp in 1953, Eric Pauwels graduated in theatre from the National Institute of Performing Arts (INSAS) in Brussels. He did his doctorate in cinematography at the Sorbonne University under Jean Rouch. He is also a teacher, writer and filmmaker.
Filmography:
Series of ten ethnographic documentaries on the dances of the possessed (1976/83); Violin phase (1985); Hamlet ou les métamorphoses du jeu (1986); Improvisation (1986); Rites de possession en Asie du Sud-Est (1986); Un Film (1986); Face a Face (1988); Voyage iconographique: Le martyre de Saint Sébastien (1989); Trois danses hongroises de Brahms (1990); Les rives du fleuve (1991); Lettre a Jean Rouch (1992); La fragilité des apparences (1993); Pour toujours (1998); Lettre d'un cineaste à sa fille (2000); Les films rêvés (2010); La deuxième nuit (2016); Journal de septembre (2019).