
EXPRMNTL
Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second ‘World Festival of Film and the Arts’ in 1949, organised in part by the Royal Cinematheque of Belgium. To celebrate cinema’s 50 year existence, they put together a side program showcasing the medium in all its shapes and forms: surrealist film, absolute film, dadaist films, abstract film,… The side program would soon become a festival in its own right: ‘EXPRMNTL’, dedicated to experimental cinema, and would become a mythical gathering of the avant-garde…
Top Billed Cast

Jonas Mekas
himself

Agnès Varda
herself

Harun Farocki
Himself
Birgit Hein
Herself

Jean-Jacques Lebel
Himself
Featured Crew
Brecht Debackere
Director
Brecht Debackere
Screenplay

Steven Dhoedt
Producer
Boris Debackere
Sound Designer

Steven Dhoedt
Camera Operator
Beppe Leonetti
Editor