Hoge Blekker cinematography still

Hoge Blekker

directed by Aylin Gökmen

A philosophical tale about the highest sand dune of Belgium. Shot on 16mm, this film is an ode to the relation between men and grain.

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Experimental
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Cinematographer
Director
Aylin Gökmen

Shot on 16mm, Hoge Blekker is a philosophical miniature about the highest sand dune of Belgium and the people drawn to it. Director Aylin Gökmen treats the dune as both location and metaphor: a mountain of loose grains that holds its shape only for a while, photographed on a medium that is itself made of grain. The texture of the stock and the texture of the sand become hard to tell apart, and that is the point: an image of permanence built entirely from particles. It is also the first of two collaborations between Gökmen and cinematographer Victor Maes, who reunited later for the 16mm documentary Ever Since, I Have Been Flying.

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Credits

Director

Aylin Gökmen

Cinematographer

Victor Maes

Assistant Director

Quan Nguyen Hong

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