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Sabzian is an international film journal, hailing from Belgium. → www.sabzian.be

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Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“The function of the mother will no longer be ‘this gigantic scam that consists in reproducing gestures that are never paid.’” New on Sabzian: Volker Pantenburg on Anne-Marie Miéville’s Papa comme maman (1977)

Gestures That Are Never Paid, Volker Pantenburg, 2023

Anne-Marie Miéville has always been notoriously shy about the specific character of her collaboration with Godard. In her later work, the films between Le Livre de Marie (1984) and Après la reconcilia...

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Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On the occasion of the centenary of filmmaker and political activist Pere Portabella, Filmoteca Española and Filmoteca de Catalunya are organising 'Acció Portabella', a series of activities throughout 2026 and 2027, originating from a wide range of institutions.

An International Programme Celebrating Pere Portabella

Filmoteca Española and Filmoteca de Catalunya celebrate filmmaker and activist Pere portabello with 'Acció Portabella', a series of activities throughout 2026 and 2027.

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Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Why does this shot, for me, point to an unmistakable freedom? What conception of freedom would be relevant here? And why might cinema be the privileged medium to make manifest such freedom?” – Stéphane Symons on a shot in the Dardennes’ Le gamin au vélo sabzian.be/text/an-endi...

An Ending Deferred, Stéphane Symons, 2026

A boy of about twelve years old on a bicycle. He rides as fast as he can. In sheer desperation, he has just violently robbed two people. The whole world is on his heels and is about to catch up with h...

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Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“For the first time in my life I found myself behind a movie camera... . And the actors too were in front of a movie camera for the first time. What was I supposed to do, work a miracle? Yes, of course, Fellini had been expecting a miracle.” – Pasolini

The Vigil, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1960

What is it, in essence, that Fellini doesn’t like? The poverty, the sloppiness, the coarseness, the awkward, almost anonymous pedantry with which I’ve shot the scene. Fine, I agree. It was my first ex...

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Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“At the foot of the stairs, a woman pulls a mirror out of her stuffed bunny purse and decides to apply a bit more make-up. It’s all quite banal. Why is it, then, that the viewer feels a tug at his heartstrings?” – Jacques Rancière on Some Came Running

Some Came Running, Jacques Rancière, 2015

At the foot of the stairs, a woman pulls a mirror out of her stuffed bunny purse and decides to apply a bit more make-up. It’s all quite banal. Why is it, then, that the viewer feels a tug at his hear...

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Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New on Sabzian: a collection celebrating 100 years of André Delvaux, who according to Luc Dardenne was “the greatest and perhaps the last Belgian filmmaker.” Texts by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Michel Ciment, Adolphe Nysenholc, Johan Daisne and Bram Van Beek

COLLECTION: André Delvaux, a Belgian Filmmaker

André Delvaux (1926-2002) is counted among the most important filmmakers in the history of Belgian cinema. Although he started making films relatively late and without a formal education, Delvaux mana...

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Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Discover 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞, our issue on Georges Rouquier’s 1946 magnificent chronicle of a year in the life of a farming family in the Aveyron. With texts by James Agee, Georges Sadoul, Jean Painlevé, André Bazin, Georges Rouquier... → sabzian.be/issue/the-case-of-farrebique

Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“I would also like to express my affection for Jocelyne. ... Few other people have suffered so much to preserve their self-esteem and survive in a meaningful way in a world as hostile and indifferent as ours.” - Etel Adnan

For Jocelyne, Etel Adnan, 2014

I would also like to express my affection for Jocelyne. On the strength of her films and the way she has lived her life to date, I consider her one of the bravest, most intelligent and above all frees...

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Sabzian@sabzian.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“Can it be simply by chance that most films created by women give as much importance to sound, to music, to the timbre of voices recorded or captured unawares, as they do to the image itself?” – Assia Djebar

A Woman’s Gaze, Assia Djebar, 1989

Can it be simply by chance that most films created by women give as much importance to sound, to music, to the timbre of voices recorded or captured unawares, as they do to the image itself? It is as ...

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