Capitol Film Works

Overview

The Melbourne Festival will shine a light on the works of Wang Bing, Cyprien Gaillard, Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine, as part of their free Capitol Film Works program, running every weekend during the festival.

On October 12 and 13, Living Architectures mixes the mediums of cinema and architecture, with Parisian filmmakers Beka and Lemoine taking viewers through the everyday lives of some of Europe’s most beautiful buildings, including the Guggenheim Museum and the Jubilee Church in Rome.

The epic's of Chinese documentarian Wang Bing will screen at two different locations. On October 19 and 20, the Capitol Theatre will project his two magnum opi: the nine hour long West of the Tracks, about a dying industrial district in Shenyang, as well as the even longer Crude Oil, a 14-hour, real time portrayal of oil workers in Qinghai. Melbourne’s Chinese Museum will also screen Fengming: A Chinese Memoir and Man with No Name on a loop throughout the duration of the festival.

Shot on an iPhone in war-torn present day Iraq, Cyprien Gaillard’s experimental Artefacts will play on repeat across October 26 and 27, bringing the Capitol Program to a close. Gaillard will also be present for a Meet the Artist Q&A, as will Beka and Lemoine.