Movie Details
Original Language:English
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Divinations
DirectorSarah Vanagt
35 min
Plot
What kind of futures can be read in the impersonal fragments of our reality Its a question that inevitably gains attention and importance when its posed to those who the future preeminently belongs to Already in her debut film Little Figures 2003 Sarah Vanagt gauged the historical imagination of children by inviting immigrant children to improvise an imaginary conversation between three historical figures immortalized as statues in Brussels Fifteen years and many transformations later she decided to reverse the question and ask children to read the future in the elusive imprints of their city Onto countless abstract patterns brought to life with the help of an old magic lantern children from Brussels Athens and Sarajevo project their own impressions dreams and fears The result is a form of magical reading as the perception of unforeseen correspondences and constellations that confront us with the undercurrent of the present
