Courtisane is een platform voor film en audiovisuele kunsten. In de vorm van een jaarlijks festival, filmvertoningen, gesprekken en publicaties onderzoeken we de relaties tussen beeld en wereld, esthetiek en politiek, experiment en engagement.
Courtisane is a platform for film and audiovisual arts. Through a yearly festival, film screenings, talks and publications, we research the relations between image and world, aesthetics and politics, experiment and engagement.
A double-bill that proposes two female perspectives on the city and its possibilities of encounter. A film that runs from morning till evening, followed by one that begins at dusk and ends as dawn approaches.
In the presence of Blanca Camell Galí
A young woman wanders around Paris, pulling a suitcase, from bar to bar, never finding the one she loves. Along the way, brief encounters with others elicit sympathy and solidarity amidst a changing neighbourhood. Montreuil and its inhabitants are the true protagonists in this film where love is perhaps an excuse to portray and celebrate everyday life in the city.
“On a hot, muggy summer’s night, men and women, anonymous individuals, love each other, separate, experience loneliness, embrace each other, desire, despair... A series of mini-dramas of love and desire — halfway between attraction and repulsion — set against the deserted nocturnal backdrop of Brussels.” (Cinematek)