Exchanges
First Elections
Sarah Vanagt
Belgium, 2006
Betacam SP (PAL) (Vídeo). 15min. VOSI
Sinopsis: First Elections is an edited single-channel version of the installation
Les Mouchoirs de Kabila.
Bio: Sarah Vanagt (1976) studied history at universities in Antwerp, Groningen and Brighton. Her passion for history is matched only by her keen interest in film. Sarah Vanagt looked to combine the two and decided to carry out historical research through film. In order to develop a cinematic language of her own she started training at the London National Film and Television School (documentary direction department). During that time she worked mainly with refugee children from Rwanda and their perception of and relation to the past. This resulted in the graduation project
After Years of Walking (2003). Her work has been shown at IDFA (Amsterdam), the Amnesty International Film Festival (West Hollywood), Tate Modern (London) and at Les Écrans Documentaires Val-de-Marne (Paris). She lives and works in Brussels.
