Collaboration with Fondation Opale

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Collaboration with Fondation Opale

In the framework of the exhibition Before Time Began , Fondation Opale gave “carte blanche” to the students of the Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD to share their cinematic interpretation of contemporary Aboriginal art though seven short films.

Collaboration (2019) by Santiago Chacon, Paul Choquet, Nina Defontaine, Elisa Gomez Alvarez, Noémie Guibal, Sarah Rathgeb, Vuk Vukmanovic, Lucas del Fresno

In the framework of the exhibition Before Time Began, Fondation Opale gave “carte blanche” to the students of the Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD to share their cinematic interpretation of contemporary Aboriginal art though seven short films.

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"Los Djyouc Aborigènes" by Noémie Guibal and Elisa Gómez Alvarez
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"Les Poissons ne voient pas l’eau" by Sarah Rathgeb
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"L'Exposition" by Nina Defontaine and Paul Choquet
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"L'Empreinte des Ancêtres" by Lucas del Fresno
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"Sept Etoiles" by Elisa Gómez Alvarez and Noémie Guibal
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"Le Temps du rêve" by Santiago Chacon
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"World Dreaming" by Nina Defontaine and Paul Choquet

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