The Brick House
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The Brick House by Eliane Esther Bots
NLD 2016, Forum Expanded
© Eliane Esther Bots
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The Brick House by Eliane Esther Bots
NLD 2016, Forum Expanded
© Eliane Esther Bots
Filmmaker Eliane Esther Bots came across Sapa in a catalog of film extras. After their first meeting, Bots decided to explore the encounter as a method of filmmaking. She invited Sapa to choose a friend as his interlocutor. Extensive conversations, acting exercises, improvisations, and spending Sundays together resulted in the short film The Brick House and in a new friendship.
The film is part of a project called Three Studies of Nearness, a triptych of short experimental documentary films, reflecting on the influence of conflict and migration and on the notions of family and home.
With
- Sapa
- Hija Saleh
Crew
Written and Directed by | Eliane Esther Bots |
Cinematography | Herman van den Bosch |
Editing | Eliane Esther Bots |
Sound Design | Matthijs Tuijn |
Producer | Eliane Esther Bots |
Produced by
Eliane Esther Bots
Additional information
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Eliane Esther Bots
The director of the Dutch film.
The Brick House · Forum Expanded · Feb 10, 2017
Eliane Esther Bots
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Eliane Esther Bots, born in 1986 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, holds a BA from the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht and an MA from the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. Her films have been screened at festivals internationally. She is part of the selection committee of the Go Short film festival and currently teaches moving image at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht and is currently based in The Hague.
Filmography
2011 Gulo; 15 min. 2012 The Captain and the Boy; 9 min. · The Dome & The Cone of Silence; 17 min. 2013 The Visionary; installation, 17 min. 2014 Conversations; 21 min. 2015 We Can’t Come from Nothing; 31 min. 2016 The Brick House
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017