15.01.26, 20:30, (Ver)vreemde Vogels

Cuckoo! KASKcinema spreads its wings during this winter journey through polyphonic short films. Fluttering past different styles and genres, these filmmakers fill our cinema nest with colourful feathers and bright colours. In this way, we pay tribute to animal elusiveness and show that diversity means that every bird sings as it is beaked.

We take flight with Icarus, Come (2024), in which KASK & Conservatorium alumnus Ziya Lemin takes care of a lost bird. In the feather-light Ray’s Birds (2010), Deborah Stratman visits British bird collector Ray Lowden. The Great Silence (2014) adapts a short story by sci-fi master Ted Chiang about communication between humans and parrots. La Perra (2023) uses the crane bird as a metaphor for queer coming of age. Because clay pigeons are overrated, we then give the stage to plasticine penguin Pingu in Pingu’s Parents Have No Time (1993). With Those that Desire (2018), Elena López Riera delves into the macho world of pigeon racing. We conclude with Stan Brakhage's air caresses Birds of Paradise (1999) before taking Anouk de Clercq's Birdsong (2023) as a swan song.

This evening will be accompanied by artist and Denderdier-expert Claire Stragier.