Villa Madjo
Elen Sylla Grollimund | Belgium | 2023 | 13'
Screenings
Wed 8 May H 19:00
Section
Original title
Villa Madjo
Synopsis
Starting from the observation that her father - who is white - was born in Africa, and that her mother - who is black - was born in Europe, the director reveals the complex history of her family, from colonialism to their experience as an interracial couple in Europe in the 1950s and 70s.
Cast
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Films Distribution
Atelier Graphoui – Valéria Musio
Production
Atelier Graphoui – Ellen Meiresonne
Editing
Elen Sylla Grollimund
Cinematography
Elen Sylla Grollimund
Editing
Sébastien Demeffe
Language
French
Subtitles
English, Italian
Premiere
Italian premiere
Main awards
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Biography
Elen Sylla Grollimund is a photographer, video maker and animator based in Brussels. She studied photography at Accademia di Belle Arti (LABA) in Brescia (Italy) and then worked in Paris as a photographer and videomaker with several music artists. After moving to Brussels, in 2019 she joined the collective Atelier Graphoui, where she leads experimental and animation workshops and directs collective films like Mouvement d'identité (2019), Et la lumière fût et autres illuminations (2019), Ceci n'est pas une fiction (2019), Le Fil(M)agique (2019), 7 jours sur 7 ( Triennale de Louvain La Neuve, 2021). Villa Madjo is her first short documentary.
Filmography
2023 - Villa Madjo, sf
2021 - 7 jours sur 7, sf
2019 - Le Fil(M)agique, sf
2019 - Ceci n'est pas une fiction, sf
2019 - Et la lumière fût et autres illuminations, sf
2019 - Mouvement d'identité, sf