There are no wrong choices
Anne Collet30' 00"
15
Synopsis
While clearing out my father's house after his death, I found boxes of 8mm movies and slides of which I had completely forgotten about.
Before finding these boxes, I had the impression that my father died without sharing anything of his own story. This inherited, silent trove reveals to me parts of his life before my birth, his travels in the Middle East, and lost family scenes.
The process of re-appropriating these images and the creation of this film led me to discover similarities between our paths in life.
Director's biography
Anne Collet is born on Oct 29, 1974. She studied architecture, lived in collective houses here and elsewhere, then in her childhood house on the fringe of brussels, travelled in the great cold steppe of Russia, crossed the United States, draws, photographs, earns her bread transcripting reports in belgians institutions, sawing and making costumes, plays percussions and accordion in psychedelic bands.
Diffusions
Euganea Movie Movement, International festival of short film and documentary, Monselice, Italy
Festival du Film de Famille, Saint-Ouen, France
Rencontres du Cinéma Européen de Vannes, France
en déblayant la maison de mon père à sa mort, je trouve une collection de films 8mm et de diapositives dont j'avais oublié l'existence.
alors que je pensais que mon père ne m'avait rien transmis, cet héritage silencieux me révèle des morceaux de sa vie avant ma naissance, ses voyages au proche-orient, des instants perdus de notre famille.
me réapproprier ces images et en faire un film m'ont fait découvrir les similitudes de nos chemins de vie.
while clearing out my father's house after his death, i found boxes of 8mm movies and slides of which i had completely forgotten about.
before finding these boxes, i had the impression that my father died without sharing anything of his own story. this inherited, silent trove reveals to me parts of his life before my birth, his travels in the middle east, and lost family scenes.
the process of re-appropriating these images and the creation of this film led me to discover similarities between our paths in life.
anne collet, née le 29 octobre 1974, a fait des études d'architecture, vécu dans des lieux collectifs ici et ailleurs, puis dans sa maison d'enfance à la lisère de bruxelles, a voyagé dans les steppes glacées de russie, traversé les grandes étendues des etats-unis, dessine, photographie, gagne sa vie en faisant du compte rendu dans les institutions belges, de la couture et des costumes, fait de la percussion et de l'accordéon dans des groupes psychédéliques.
anne collet is born on oct 29, 1974. she studied architecture, lived in collective houses here and elsewhere, then in her childhood house on the fringe of brussels, travelled in the great cold steppe of russia, crossed the united states, draws, photographs, earns her bread transcripting reports in belgians institutions, sawing and making costumes, plays percussions and accordion in psychedelic bands.
euganea movie movement, international festival of short film and documentary, monselice, italy
festival du film de famille, saint-ouen, france
rencontres du cinéma européen de vannes, france