Staged Directions

25 Oct 2019 – 16 Nov 2019 | GOMA | Cinema A

Inspired by the Gallery exhibition ‘Setting the Stage’ (21 September 2019 – 1 March 2020), ‘Staged Directions’ looks at the way filmmakers draw on the formal aspects of the stage – from its construction, aesthetics, language and purpose — to role-play social and political ideas within their film. It brings together classic films (Sergei Parajanov The Colour of Pomegranates 1969; Peter Weir The Truman Show 1998), artist-focused documentaries and films (Matthew Akers Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present 2012; Tsai Ming-liang Your Face 2018) and new releases (Jayden Stevens A Family 2019; Yang Sun and S Leo Chiang Our Time Machine 2019).

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QAGOMA acknowledges the generous assistance of the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra and the Cineteca di Bologna, Bologna in providing materials for this program. Program curated by Amanda Slack-Smith, Australian Cinémathèque.

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