Our Myths of the World theme this year is dedicated to magical realism in Latin-American film. Magical realism originated in the 1920s in European painting and started to influence Latin-American literature after the Second World War, becoming the most important form of expression for Latin-American writers and filmmakers. In magical realist storytelling, the mundane and the supernatural coexist and intermingle. But it’s not only Latin-American writers and filmmakers who use this narrative trope: in the Netherlands, an important magical realist movement in painting emerged in the 1930s, and many Dutch filmmakers still draw inspiration from this way of storytelling.
We’ve invited four of them filmmakers to Imagine this year: Sven Peetoom (Kakek, short film about the lingering colonial trauma in the former Dutch East-Indies), Marjolein Prins (Fantastique, magical-realist documentary about a young acrobat in Guinee), Eché Janga (Buladó, coming-of-age in Curaçao) and Mirella Muroni (Forget All You Know (About Aliens), magical-realist sci-fi about a young black woman living multiple lives). All four filmmakers have different cultural backgrounds and tell stories about the postmodern and postcolonial world through a magical-realist lens.
The talk will be moderated by Lauren Murphy (Cineville, Imagine).
Please note that this event is free, but you do need to order a free ticket through the ticket link on this page.
