The Ensorcery of James Ensor
Nora Philippe, Arnaud de Mézamat
2010 - 60 min - Super 8 mm & vidéo HD - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - France, Belgique

The shadow of the painter James Ensor still haunts the pier of Ostende. This unclassifiable artist of the 19th and 20th centuries developed an avant-garde art where colours and patterns highlight the carnival of our world. The voice of Jean-Quentin Châtelain reading the painter’s texts, brimming with rage, humour and poetry, the musical soundtrack of Marie-Jeanne Séréro, the works themselves filmed in detail and the presence of Pierre Alechinsky are some of the paths chosen by the diretors to conjure up this "ensorcery".

Artiste | Peinture | Portrait | Belgique


Author-Director : Nora Philippe, Arnaud de Mézamat
Photography : Laurent Parrault, Antoine-Marie Meert, Nora Philippe, Arnaud de Mézamat
Sound : Daniel Deshays, Maxime Champesme, Jocelyn Robert, Cosmas Antoniadis
Editing : Anne Souriau
Original Music : Marie-Jeanne Séréro
Delegate Producer : Abacaris Films
Co-producer : Gemsel production
Broadcasting Co-producer : ARTE France
Broadcasting Co-producer : RTBF Bruxelles
Broadcasting Pre-purchase : VRT (Vlaamse Radio en Televisie)
Contribution : Angoa-Agicoa, Région Île-de-France, Procirep, CNC. COSIP

Distribution


Distributor : Abacaris Films
Distributor : Windrose Distribution
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Abacaris Films
Disponible au Club du doc

Distinctions

2011 - FIPA (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels), Biarritz (France) : Situations de la création française
2011 - Scam, Paris (France) : Étoile de la Scam
2011 - FIFA (Festival international du film sur l'art), Montréal (Canada) : Sélection "Horizon"