FROM MANIPULATION TO REVELATION

What is a video in today's world? Is it your favorite movie that makes you laugh and cry, an instrument of propaganda, a way to broadcast your own image, trashy content, or art? The directors of the movie "And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine", Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck, are looking for answers to these questions. They will meet online with the Belarusian video artist and clip maker, Carolina Poliakowa, and will tell how the film based entirely on archival footage was created and how many viral videos the authors had to review in the process.

Language of the event: English with consecutive translation to Belarusian

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Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson

Maximilien Van Aertryck, born in France, is a director, producer, and cinematographer of French, German, and Swedish descent. After meeting Axel Danielson while at film school in Gothenburg, Sweden, the two found a common film language between them and started making films together in 2013. In the same year, Van Aertryck joined Plattform Produktion, the creative, collaborative production company founded by producer Erik Hemmendorff and director Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness). In 2017, Van Aertryck and Danielson produced and directed the immensely successful short documentary, Ten Meter Tower, which was shortlisted for a 2017 Academy Award and nominated for an Emmy Award. Their short films have premiered in the official competitions in Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, and Toronto.

Carolina Poliakowa

Carolina Poliakowa is a visual practitioner using photography, video, and animation as mediums. Carolina finds inspiration in and focuses on music, nature, architecture, people, urban underground flows, activism, culture, and journalism. She is the author and director of various video works, including reports and music videos of Belarusian bands such as Lyapis-98, Brutto, Drezden, RSP, and Shuma.