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Find out more about one of the most important festivals in the history of avant-garde cinema through photographs, documents, accounts and much more.
About EXPRMNTL
A unique event in the history of avant-garde filmmaking
EXPRMNTL was a film festival organised by Jacques Ledoux and the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique from 1949 onwards. Held on five occasions in total, four of which took place at the Knokke casino, EXPRMNTL became a haven not only for avant-garde filmmakers, but also for visual artists, poets and writers, who would gather to watch innovative films and discuss the future of artistic experimentation.
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Context, posters and programmes for 1949, 1958, 1963, 1967 and 1974.
A growing catalogue of works that competet in Knokke.
Filmmakers, jurors and others who took part in the festival.
Anecdotes and first-hand accounts from the five editions.
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