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Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames

Of course there are always walls, streets, furniture, objects and people... Of course we build, we break, we move, and we start again, here as everywhere... And yet, here or elsewhere, it's not the same. Here is our home and there is theirs. Everyone does things according to their own culture and past.

 

Looking at one's surroundings can be learned too. And a kaleidoscope is a very tricky way to learn: it slices up the most common places into slices of life, organizes little strips of glances and lets the particular shine through. By neighborhood, by shopping mall, by factory, aboard an ocean liner, in a polar village, in a school or hospital, on a brownfield site or in a tourist resort, everyone thinks of their world and organizes their territory... That's how people live.

 

Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames is a 33 x 26-minute television series designed to make us aware of the places we live in every day. It tells their stories and their ongoing transformations.

 

From episode to episode, Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames travels across Europe and the world, telling the story of our changing lifestyles. We move from an ocean liner to a prison, from an alternative community to a kibbutz, from the development of an industrial wasteland to the rehabilitation of a village, from allotments to a refugee center, from a university to an oasis... This is how Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames takes its camera from the far west of Europe (the Aran Islands) to the far east of Eurasia (Vladivostok).

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Concept : Marc-Henri Wajnberg and Rogier Van Eck

Director : Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Paul-Jean Vranken, Gerry Meaudre, Rogier Van Eck, Marta Bergman, Madeleine Caillard, Rob Rombout, Dominique Guerrier, Peter Krüger, Peter Brosens, Alain de Halleux, Benoît van Wambeke, Micha Wald, Claudio Pazienza , Anne Levy-Morelle

Duration : 33 x 26 minutes

Year : 2002 - 2006

A Wajnbrosse production

In co-production with Panic Productions and ARTE France

With the support of the French Community of Belgium, the National Lottery, the CNC and MEDIA

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EPISODE 1

Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, Brussels, Belgium

directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg

 

EPISODE 2

The Gasometers in Vienna, Austria

directed by Paul-Jean Vranken

 

EPISODE 3

The liner "SS Norway", Caribbean

directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg

 

EPISODE 4

Ibiza, Spain

directed by Rogier Van Eck

 

EPISODE 5

Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway

directed by Gerry Meaudre

 

EPISODE 6

Bretonneau Hospital, Paris, France

directed by Gerry Meaudre

 

EPISODE 7

Emscher Park, Germany

directed by Rogier Van Eck

 

EPISODE 8

Berlin, Tiergarten, Germany

directed by Marta Bergman

 

EPISODE 9

Hakka villages, China

directed by Gerry Meaudre

 

EPISODE 10

Casa de Velázquez, Spain

directed by Rogier Van Eck

 

EPISODE 11

Christiania, Copenhagen

directed by Gerry Meaudre

EPISODE 12

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

directed by Madeleine Caillard

 

EPISODE 13

Overloon Prison, Netherlands

directed by Rob Rombout

 

EPISODE 14

Babelsberg Studios, Germany

directed by Dominique Guerrier

 

EPISODE 15

Karlovy Vary Spa, Czech Republic

directed by Peter Krüger

 

EPISODE 16

Americano Togni Circus, Italy

directed by Gerry Meaudre

 

EPISODE 17

Les Jardins Ouvriers, Dieppe, France

directed by Peter Brosens

 

EPISODE 18

The Grand Hotel Europe, Saint Petersburg, Russia

directed by Rogier Van Eck

 

EPISODE 19

The Fraipont center for asylum seekers, Belgium

directed by Dominique Guerrier

 

EPISODE 20

The Lac-Simon Indian community, Canada

directed by Alain de Halleux

 

EPISODE 21

The Denpasar Market, Bali, Indonesia

directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg

 

EPISODE 22

Benediktbeuern Monastery, Germany

directed by Peter Krüger

EPISODE 23

The Oasis of Ksar Ghilane, Tunisia

directed by Dominique Guerrier

 

EPISODE 24

The University of Krakow, Poland

directed by Rob Rombout

 

EPISODE 25

The troglodytes of Göreme, Turkey

directed by Peter Brosens

 

EPISODE 26

La Cité Radieuse, Marseille, France

directed by Benoît van Wambeke

 

EPISODE 27

"La Baraque" neighborhood, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

directed by Micha Wald

 

EPISODE 28

The Aran Islands, Inis Meáin, Ireland

directed by Claudio Pazienza

 

EPISODE 29

Brackenhurst Campus, Great Britain

directed by Anne-Levy Morelle

 

EPISODE 30

The Military Academy, Portugal

directed by Dominique Guerrier

 

EPISODE 31

Mishmar Ha'emek Kibbutz, Israel

directed by Gerry Meaudre

 

EPISODE 32

The Trans-Siberian Railway, Moscow-Vladivostok, Russia

directed by Rogier Van Eck

 

EPISODE 33

Bollywood, Mumbai, India

directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg

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