Afterimage: Filmmakers and Critics in Conversation: Mati Diop

Short Films by Mati Diop (France, 2009–12)

With Mati Diop and Genevieve Yue in conversation

When
Thu Feb 19, 2015
Where
PFA Theater
Time
7:00pm
Cost
$5.50 - $9.50
Tags
Movies, Foreign, Film Screenings

Description

“The films of Mati Diop conjure faraway places. Characters both fictional and quasi-documentary long for locales beyond their reach, or sometimes, as if in a trance, they drift magnetically toward them. No matter where the films take place, there is always the specter of somewhere else, and, perhaps with it, the possibility of a different life”(Genevieve Yue). In Atlantiques, a young man from Dakar reveals to some friends his dreams for a better life in Europe; Big Vietnam depicts the filming of an adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons in Marseille; and Snow Canon is a sensual coming-of-age story loosely based on Stendahl's short story "Vanina Vanini."

Atlantiques (Senegal/France, 2009, 15 mins, Color, Digital File, From LeFresnoy)

Big in Vietnam (France, 2012, 28 mins, Color, DCP, From Neon)

Snow Canon (France, 2011, 33 mins, Color, 35mm, From Aurora Films)

Total running time: 76 mins

More Info

Link
http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN21921
Call
(510) 642-1412
Call
510.642.5249 (Box Office)
Email
Contact Form (account required)

Comments

Location

  1. PFA Theater
    2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA