Our Kanaal

Thursday, September 12 at 17:00

Director: Els Moors, Dominique Henry

Country of origin: Belgium, 2024

Runtime: 85’

World Premiere

SUMMARY

Our Kanaal is a journey through the belly of Belgium on Europe's most powerful canal in the age of industrialisation.

Guided by the voice of Els Moors, we explore the social ties that bind us, shape us, constitute us and humanise us.

Director Biography

Els Moors (1976) is a Flemish poet and novelist and lives in Brussels. Her poetrydebut Er hangt een hoge lucht boven ons (There is a tall sky above us; 2006) was nominated for the prestigious C. Buddingh’-prize and was awarded the Herman de Coninck prize for best poetry debut. Moors also published the novels "Het verlangen naar een eiland"("The longing for an island") "Vliegtijd" ("Flight time") and "Mijn nachten met Spinoza" ("My nights with Spinoza"). Her second collection of poetry, "liederen van een kapseizend paard" ("songs of a capsizing horse"), was published in 2013 and won the J.C. Bloem prize and has been translated in German and French. In 2018 and 2019 she was nominated as the National Poet of Belgium. Moors works as a teacher Creative Writing in Belgium and the Netherlands. Dominique Henry studied biology before working in audiovisual. He has since worked as a cameramman on documentaries. Dominique Henry co-authored documentaries with Vincent Detours on issues related to health and human rights.

ISTRA FILM predstavlja HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL

Izvršna direktorica TIHA MODRIĆ

Producenti TIHA MODRIĆ & DEJAN BOJC

Video produkcija ROBERT KALČIĆ & IGOR MODRIĆ

Dizajner ROBERT KRANČIĆ

Fotografije RINO GROPUZZO

Grafičko i web oblikovanje GRAFIK, Rijeka