Balthasar produces and presents the work of documentary filmmaker and video artist Sarah Vanagt, and of joint projects with related artists or organizations. The name Balthasar is a tribute to the donkey in the film "Au hasard Balthazar" by Robert Bresson. Bio Sarah Vanagt: º 1976, lives in Brussels Sarah Vanagt studied history in Antwerp, Brighton and Groningen, and film at the National Film and Television School, London. She makes documentaries, video installations and photos. Press articles and catalogue texts: NEW: Review about Boulevard d'Ypres / Ieperlaan in The British Theatre Guide, in English (pdf) - Article about Power Cut in Agenda Brussel Deze Week (pdf, dutch) - Ash Tree catalogue text, Linz (pdf, german) - Looking Over the Border catalogue text (pdf, english) - Prix Jeune Peinture Belge catalogue text (pdf, dutch) - Jury statement about Begin Began Begun, Golden Key, Kassel (pdf, english) - Magazine - Magazine Awards: -- FIRST ELECTIONS -- -Panorama van de Belgische Documentaire/ Prix Henri Storck 2006-2007 -Courtisane (Ghent): First Prize Belgian Competition -Grancanarias Mediafest (Las Palmas): First Prize experimental video -Film festival Osnabruck: Dialogue Award -- BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN -- -Kasseler Dokumentarfestival: Golden Key Award -- LITTLE FIGURES -- -Imperial War Musuem London: Award for the Best Response to the Subject of War Solo exhibitions: --2010-- 'Pocket Cinema', Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands --2008-- 'Power Cut' & 'Les Mouchoirs de Kabila', Iwalewa Haus, Beyreuth, Germany 'Les Mouchoirs de Kabila', In-Between, Antwerp -- 2007 -- ‘Power Cut’, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, KVS, Brussels ‘ Power Cut’, Filmhuis The Hague, The Netherlands -- 2006 -- ‘Les Mouchoirs de Kabila’, KVS, Brussels ‘Les Mouchoirs de Kabila’, Warande, Turnhout2005 ‘Les Mouchoirs de Kabila’, argos, Brussel Group exhibitions: -- 2010 -- ‘Begin Began Begun’, MyWar, FACT Liverpool ‘Begin Began Begun’, MyWar, Edith Ross Media Center, Oldenburg ‘Silent Elections’, NGBK, Berlin -- 2008 -- 'Ash Tree', OK Linz, Austria 'First Elections', Gemak, The Hague 'After Years of Walking', SmartProject, Amsterdam 'Begin Began Begun', NgBK, Berlin -- 2007 -- ‘Hoofd’, BOZAR, Prijs van de Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst ‘Ash Tree’, Contour 2007, Mechelen ‘First Elections’, ErrorOne, Antwerpen 'Begin Began Begun' & Lightboxes I-IV, Looking for the border, De Garage & CC Strombeek 'First Elections' & Lightbox I, Looking for the border, Fondatione Stelline, Milan -- 2006 -- ‘Moi, l’Eléphant’, Power Plays, Platform Beeldende Kunst Limburg, Z33, Hasselt ‘Moi, l’Elephant’, Flacc Open Huis, Genk Festivals and screenings: --2010 -- Horst Pistes, Centre Pompidou Paris - Kran Film Brussels - Entrée Latérale , Halles de Schaerbeek Brussels - EMAF, Osnabruck - NGBK, Berlin - Arsenal, Berlin - FIFF Créteil --2009 -- SKIFF, Goma, DR Congo - Wo ist jetz?, Stuttgard - Transmediale, Berlin - With/in/out the margins, Ghent - Les Mardis Documentaire, Scam, Brussels - Intermediae, Madrid - Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen - Archival Process, Madrid, Kaskade, Ghent -- 2008 -- Festival International du Film de La Rochelle - TriContinental Film Festival, South Africa - Imperial War Museum, London - Alternativa, Barcelona -- 2007 -- Afrique taille XL, Brussel - Belgrade African Museum, Belgrade - Cinematexas, Austin- -Courtinsane, Gent (1e prize Belgian competition) - Curtas Vila do Conde, Vila do Conde - De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam - Ecart, Bremen - Europen Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (Dialogue Award) - Evolution, Leeds - Experimenta, Mumbai - FID Marseille, Marseille - Indie Lisboa, International Independent Film Festival, Lisboa - Instants vidéo, Marseille - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Oberhausen - Kinomeuseum Oberhausen - Next Festival, Vilnius - One world Inernational Human Rights Film Festival, Prague - Perspektive, Nürnberg - Pris de Courts, Paris - Reina Sofia, Madrid - Stuk, Leuven - Muhka, Antwerpen (Videogasten) - Argos black box - Whitechapel, London - ErrorOne, Antwerpen - Underdox, Munchen - Netwerk Aalst - Code: Blue Exhibition, Beijing -- 2006 -- Transmediale, BerlinVideoZone, Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv - 49th Leipzig DOK Festival - Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest (Golden Key Award) - DocHouse, ICA, London - One World International Film Festival, Prague - Visions du Réel, Nyon - Anniversaire Vidéogr@phie(s), Liège - Canariasmediafest, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Prijs Experimentele Documentaire) - Cinémaf 2006, Borgerhout - Cinematexas international short film festival, Austin - Impakt Festival, Utrecht - Kansk Festival - Songe d'une nuit DV, Paris - Transat Vidéo, Caen - Videomedeja, Novi Sad - Sala Alterna, Bogota - Medienhaus Hannover - Electrofringe Newcastle - Amantes Art Space, Torino - Izolenta, St-Petersburg - Athens Video Art festival - Anigma, Novosibirsk - plug.in, Basel - transit_06, Minsk - Tesla im Podewils'schen Palais, Berlin -- 2005 -- Crossing Borders (seminar series) Tate Modern London - PAX 2005, Augsburg - Argos Festival, Brussel - Visions du Réel, Nyon - One World International Human Rights - Documentary Film Festival Praag - DOK Leipzig - Beirut International Film Festival - Film Festival Kigali - Reina Sofia, Madrid - ZKM, Karlsruhe -- 2004 -- Siena Short Film Festival - Brief Encounters Bristol - Shadow Festival Amsterdam - Imperial War Museum Film Festival London (Award for the Best Creative Response to the Subject of War) - Cinequest San Jose International Film Festival (California) - Filmundo Milano - Reina Sofia Madrid - BXLBRAVO Arenberg Brussels - IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam - Sheffield International Documentary Festival - Film Festival Clairmont-Ferrand (African Perspective) - Oxdox International - Documentary Festival Oxford - Festival of European Film Schools Bologna - Human Rights Watch Film Festival London - One World 2004 - Human Rights Documentary Festival Prague - Amnesty International Film Festival USA - West Hollywood Book: ‘Once, No Longer’, with photos by Sarah Vanagt, texts by Frank Van Vree, Tom Rummens, Giorgio Agamben and an email discussion between Sarah Vanagt and the Congolese filmmaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo |
