
Eric Pauwels
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Born: 1953-11-02 · Antwerp, Belgium
Biography
Filmmaker, writer and film lecturer Eric Pauwels started his career with what he calls ‘cinéma mémoire’, or ethnographic documentary. He obtained his PHD in cinematography in Paris with a documentary on the ‘possessed’ in Indonesia. Afterwards, eager to step out of his role of being a spectator, Pauwels begins to make dance videos and works of fiction. The latter are so-called ‘half films’: half documentary, half fiction. But which distance does one keep to one’s subjects? Pauwels’ answer is cle
🎬 Movies (19)

Journal de septembre
2019
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Cabin trilogy : a conversation
2017

The Second Night
2016
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To Split or not to Split
2016
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The Dreamed Films
2010
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Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter
2000
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Pour Toujours
1998
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The fragility of appearances
1995
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Letter to Jean Rouch
1992
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The River Banks
1991
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Trois danses hongroises de Brahms
1990
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The Iconographic Journey: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
1989
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Face à face (part of Pas de Danse)
1989
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Face à Face
1988
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Un film
1986
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Violin Fase
1986
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Hamlet ou les métamorphoses du jeu
1986
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Improvisation
1986
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Rites de Possession en Asie du Sud-Est
1986
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