Film screenings
Carte Blanche by Ulrike Ottinger

Films by Méliès, Schroeter, Pasolini and others

Fri, 06.12.2024 -
Fri, 28.02.2025
Cinematek

On the occasion of the retrospective, Belgium’s CINEMATEK has invited Ulrike Ottinger to curate a Carte Blanche - more than 10 films that are important to her work, shown in parallel.

Georges Méliès

Compilation of films
28.12.24 | 20:00
04.01.25 | 18:00
CINEMATEK

The Witch
Georges Méliès, Frankrijk-France 1906 / Geroges Méliès / TINTED / 13' / TIT: — / ST-OND:  — /

An Impossible Voyage
Georges Méliès, Frankrijk-France 1904 / Georges Méliès, Fernande Albany, Jehanne d'Alcy / kleur-couleur / 20' / TIT: — / ST-OND:  — /

Le Locataire diabolique
Georges Méliès, Frankrijk-France 1909 / Charles Claudel, Octavie Huvier, François Lallement / TINTED / 7' / TIT: FR / ST-OND:  — 

Les Hallucinations du baron de Münchhausen
Georges Méliès, Frankrijk-France 1911 / Théophile Gautier / 12' / TIT: FR / ST-OND:  — /

A Trip to the Moon
Georges Méliès, Frankrijk-France 1902 / Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet / 10' / TIT: — / ST-OND:  — /

The great Méliès is one of Ulrike Ottinger's darlings. It's a fact that's obvious when you see his most eccentric fantasies, in which all the creativity and freedom of early cinema is expressed.

Werner Schroeter

Willow Springs
08.12.24 | 20:00  
10.12.24 | 18:00
CINEMATEK

Werner Schroeter, USA 1972 / Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Ila von Hasperg / kleur-couleur / 82' / V: EN / ST-OND: —
Shot entirely at Willow Springs in the Mojave Desert, this dreamlike film is a cocktail of a lesbian cult, rum, Coca-Cola, German opera, masochism and armed revenge on men.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Rex Edipo Re
17.12.24 | 21:30
CINEMATEK

Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italië-Italie, Mauritanië-Mauritanie 1967 / Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli / kleur-couleur / 104' / ST-OND: FR-NL

A Pasolinian transposition of the Oedipus myth, shot in Morocco and closing with a modern epilogue. A brutal and tragic piece of cinema, starring Silvana Mangano as Jocasta, victim of Fate.

Glauber Rocha

Black God, White Devil
23.12. | 18:00
27.12. | 20:00
30.12. | 20:00
03.01. | 18:00
CINEMATEK

Glauber Rocha, Brazilië-Brésil 1964 / Yoná Mágalhães, Geraldo Del Rey, Othon Bastos / ZW-NB / 117' / ST-OND: FR-NL
A commotion of wild and bizarre imagery, this baroque opera is a visual feast with a revolutionary paroxysm reminiscent of Eisenstein's early films. The dawn of Brazilian Cinema Novo.

Josef von Sternberg

Shanghai Express
21.12. | 19:30
CINEMATEK

Josef von Sternberg, USA 1932 / Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong / ZW-NB / 81' / ST-OND: FR-NL
Marlene Dietrich portrays a stylish adventurer in a war-torn China, created in the studio by Josef von Sternberg at the height of his fascinating formalism.

Jacques Demy

Peau d’âne
28.12.24 | 17:00
02.01.25 | 17:00
CINEMATEK

Jacques Demy, Frankrijk-France 1970 / Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin / kleur-couleur / 89' / ST-OND: NL
This enchanting tale for young and old alike is told through the lyrics by Michel Legrand. Starring Micheline Presle as a fairy queen, in this work of fantastic realism.