News from Home
Chantal Akerman, 1976, 89 min

With introductions by Lucy Reynolds & Nina Danino

“Following her time living in New York in the early 1970s, Chantal Akerman returned to the city to create one of her most elegantly minimalist and profoundly affecting meditations on dislocation and estrangement. Over a series of exactingly composed shots of Manhattan circa 1976, the filmmaker reads letters sent by her mother years earlier. The juxtaposition between the intimacy of these domestic reports and the lonely, bleakly beautiful cityscapes results in a poignant reflection on personal and familial disconnection that doubles as a transfixing time capsule.” – Janus Films

What Lies Beneath the Sky
Vladimir de Fontenay, 2015, 9 min

The first UK screening of Vladimir de Fontenay's short film, for which Akerman provides a lyrical and deeply felt voice over. A beautiful and visual conclusion to the series.

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Screening as part of our Close-Up on Chantal Akerman programme