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The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years All Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years All Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His

Program:

Forma

Year:

2023

Country:

Belgium

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

75ʼ

This film addresses the larger cultural myth that has grown from the premise of the book: a white man ‘civilising’ indigenous inhabitants of an island, and claiming the territory as his own property. It is a singular, subversive film, satirical and surprisingly charming at the same time, which makes sure to pay just as much attention to animals and the natural world as to the follies of human- constructed ‘anthropocene’ history. Ultimately, nothing is spared here: religion, authority, law and order.

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Benjamin Deboosere

Benjamin Deboosere, born in 1984, in Brussels, makes socio-political work with a playful approach. Their films have been shown at various international film festivals as Tallinn Black Nights (BNFF), Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Africadoc Bénin, Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis, Message to man, Brussels Art Film Festival, Achtung Berlin among others. Their first fiction short OF NOT SUCH GREAT IMPORTANCE won the Kryzstof Szot Award at the Lublin Film Festival 2019 (PL), the Jury and Audience Award at Ongezien Kort 2020 (BE) & Best Short Film Award at Working Title Film Festival 2020 (IT).

Filmography: Das muss man erst mal aussprechen können (2021), Of Not Such Great Importance (2019), Blue Birth (2015)

Creative team

Director

Benjamin Deboosere

Screenplay

Benjamin Deboosere, Elisabeth Mohr

Camera

Hans Bruch Jr., SBC

Editing

Benjamin Deboosere

Music

Gizem Karaosmanoğlu aka KOO, Oriana Mangala Ikomo Wanga