Down There (film)

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Down There is a 78-minute 2006 Belgian-French English- and French-language independent documentary art film directed by Chantal Akerman.

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The film, which premiered at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival and was released on DVD in 2016 as part of a boxset also containing D’Est (1993), Sud (1999), and De l’autre côté (2002), [1] documents Akerman's spending of a month in Tel Aviv-Yafo, in an apartment by the sea, contemplating her family, her Jewish identity, and her childhood. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] Edited by Claire Atherton, financed by Le Fresnoy  [ fr; pt ], and distributed by Shellac  [ fr ], it was also shown at the 2006 Marseille Festival of Documentary Film (where it won the Grand Prix of the International Competition), at the 2006 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (where it was nominated for the Best World Documentary), at the 2006 and 2011 Vienna International Film Festival, at the 2007 Mar del Plata International Film Festival, at the 2018 Jerusalem Film Festival, and at the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, and was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2007 César Awards.

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References

  1. ↑ Akerman, Chantal Anne (March 2016). Chantal Akerman: Four Films (DVD) (in French and Spanish). New York, New York: Icarus Films. OCLC   1037269053 . Retrieved 5 February 2019. Includes Jonathan Rosenbaum’s “Place and Displacement: Akerman and Documentary.” Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Vermeersch, Laure, Zaoui, Prof. Dr. Pierre  [ de; fr ], et Zilberfarb, Sacha. "Là-bas ou ailleurs: Entretien avec Chantal Akerman" [There or Elsewhere: Interview With Chantal Akerman]. Vacarme  [ fr ], n°39, pp. 4–10 (in French). Paris: Association Vacarme. April 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Lajer-Burcharth, Prof. Dr. Ewa. "Interior and Interiority: Chantal Akerman's Là-bas" (PDF). Einunddreissig: Das Magazin des Instituts für Theorie, Special Issue: Die Figur der Zwei/The Figure of Two, n°14/15, pp. 139–146. Zürich: Institut für Theorie, Zurich University of the Arts. December 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2019. Reprinted as “Unbelonging Interior: Chantal Akerman’s Là-bas” in: Prof. Dr. Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen  [ de ], eds., "Interiors and Interiority". Berlin and Boston, Massachusetts: Walter de Gruyter. November 2015. pp. 435–488. ISBN   9783110340457. OCLC   931524596 . Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Nigianni, Dr. Chrysanthi. "Chantal Akerman's Là-bas: The Suspended Image and the Politics of Anti-Messianism". Senses of Cinema, Issue 67. Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Film Institute Research Collection, RMIT School of Media and Communication, RMIT University. July 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2019. Original version: Film-Philosophy Conference 2012, King’s College London; Queen Mary University of London; Kingston University, 12–14 September 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Kleinberg, Joanna. "Chantal Akerman: Là-bas" [Chantal Akerman: Down There]. Frieze, Issue 107. London, New York, New York, and Berlin: Frieze Art Fair and Durian Publications. May 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Taubin, Amy. "Review: Là-bas". Film Comment . New York, New York: Film Society of Lincoln Center. May–June 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Gronball, Andrea. "Down There". Chicago Reader . Chicago, Illinois: Sun-Times Media Group. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Anderson, Melissa. "In Akerman's Là-bas, the Great Filmmaker Finds Life and Sanctuary in Tel Aviv". The Village Voice . New York, New York: Village Voice Media. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  9. ↑ James, Nick. "Rendezvous With Chantal Akerman". Sight & Sound . London: British Film Institute. October 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Brody, Richard. "Down There". The New Yorker . New York, New York: Advance Publications. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  11. ↑ Hoberman, James Lewis. "Losing Ground Meditates on Art as It Examines a Marriage in Peril". The New York Times . New York, New York. 15 April 2016. p. AR15. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  12. ↑ Douin, Jean-Luc. "Là-bas: La Shoah vue de l'appartement" [Down There: The Holocaust Seen From the Apartment]. Le Monde (in French). Paris: Groupe Le Monde. 24 October 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  13. ↑ Gilerman, Dana. "In Exile: Here, There and Everywhere". Haaretz . Tel Aviv-Yafo: M. DuMont Schauberg and Haaretz Group  [ ar; de; he ]. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  14. ↑ Youmans, Prof. Dr. Gregory Martin. "Ghosted Documentary: Chantal Akerman's Là-bas". Millennium Film Journal, No. 50 (Spring/Summer 2009): Experiments in Documentary, pp. 71–80. New York, New York: Millennium Film Workshop . Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  15. ↑ Rapord, Nicolas. "Over There: Chantal Akerman Presents From the Other Side at FIAF". Film Comment. New York, New York: Film Society of Lincoln Center. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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