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New Visions Competition

Eastern Anthems Matthew Wolkow, Jean-Jacques Martinod

Chants de l'Est

Two insect-loving artist friends embark on a relay work before the return of the American Great Eastern Brood X cicada, which emerges in the eastern United States every 17 years. This experimental film uses a combination of long-distance interviews, sound recordings of the cicada’s intoxicating song, and images in a variety of media and formats, while highlighting the artists’ process, which is fraught with pitfalls. These include, the use of a faulty camera and out-of-date film, and, above all, the impossibility of crossing the U.S. border during COVID. An aesthetic force of rare artistic candour, this skillfully cobbled-together audio and visual immersion bears witness to a periodic natural event while painting a sociological portrait of an America that may also be at the start of a new cycle. (HSB)

The screening on the 28th will be followed by Eastern Anthems Concert: Musical Performance and Live Projection with MOAB + David Rothenberg + Broods XIX & XIX

Co-presented by POP Montréal and with the support of the Labdoc

competition : New Visions Competition

Eastern Anthems

  • Country : Canada (Quebec), United States, Ecuador
  • Year : 2024
  • V.O : English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles : French and English
  • Duration : 78 MIN
  • Cinematography : Jean-Jacques Martinod
  • Editing : Matthew Wolkow
  • Production : Matthew Wolkow
  • Music : David Rothenberg
  • Sound Design : Alex Lane
Filmography of Matthew Wolkow :

Maintenant tout est possible : Tout va bien (2016)
Lettre (2016)
Des lignes pour colorier l'intérieur (2017)
Monologues du Paon (2020)
Procès verbal (2023)

Filmography of Jean-Jacques Martinod :

El Diezmo (2017)
La bala de Sandoval (2019)
Before the Deluge (2020)
Datura's Aubade (2021)
The Hollow (2022)

The film’s journey :

Camden International Film Festival

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