Except The Past
A film by Sanaz Azari
2024 | CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY | 90’ | IN PRODUCTION
François Makanga, Béatrice Sibi and Benjamin Dujardin are guides at the Africa Museum in Tervuren.
The museum reopened in 2018 after 5 years of renovation. The big challenge of this renovation is to exhibit a contemporary and decolonized vision of Africa in a building that was originally designed for colonial propaganda. The film follows the museum journey of these 3 guides, each offering visitors a unique story. Three guides, three stories, three visions that will question us on how to decolonize our glance.
CREDITS
Written & Directed by Sanaz Azari
Produced by IOTA PRODUCTIONS, co-produced by WHILE WE’RE HERE
With the support from LE CENTRE DU CINÉMA ET DE L’AUDIOVISUEL, CENTRE DE L’AUDIOVISUEL DE BRUXELLES, DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES, FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF), THE BELGAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAX SHELTER BY TAXSHELTER.BE
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Sanaz Azari was born in Isfahan (Iran) in 1981. She grew up and lives in Brussels, where, after studying photography, she went on to study scenography at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre. Parallel to her studies, she took intensive acting classes for three years using the Stanislavski method. She created scenographies and urban installations before writing and directing his first documentary, Salaam Isfahan, in 2010, followed by I comme Iran and Faites sortir les figurants (Backstage Action).
