The Algerian-French filmmaker Gatlif travels from India, via Egypt, Turkey and Eastern Europe to Spain to document the local Roma culture.
Just as fascinating as the differences are the similarities he finds on the various continents. Music and dance are central to this almost dialogue-free documentary that emphatically wants to show the lively and colorful Roma existence, although the difficult position of the Roma people in the past and present is also present. For the film Gatlif received the Un Certain Regard Award in Cannes.
Accompanying the film, we organize a conversation between artists Wu Tsang and Sophia Al-Maria. You can buy a combi-ticket to visit both the film and the talk.
Carmen and Carmen
From 20 December to 12 January, award-winning filmmaker and multimedia artist Wu Tsang presents Carmen and Carmen: a film installation, along with a program of films, talks and performances, that together explore the myth of Carmen in conversation with her collaborators.
In converation with Wu Tsang and artist and writer Sophia Al-Maria who together worked on the innovative Carmen opera that was presented by the Holland Festival last year.
A project by filmmaker and performance artist Wu Tsang
In Carmen and Carmen award winning filmmaker and performance artist Wu Tsang explores the myth of one of the most portrayed characters in Western culture. The story of Carmen, the title character from the iconic opera by Georges Bizet, has been told and retold over the past 150 years. Habanera, the aria in which she
