Trailer
Let French-Italian filmmaking duo Bêka & Lemoine take you on a breathtaking road movie through Thailand, as they follow Boonserm Premthada, one of the country’s most famous contemporary architects. Permthada was born deaf, and his architecture is particularly sensitive to sound vibrations. From Bangkok’s chaotic concrete jungle to rural communities, this film reveals how his moving story has shaped his unique and perceptive approach to architecture.
Bêka & Lemoine are film poets with an ease and a grasp of the craft in both film and architecture. They are never afraid of challenging the audience and therefore dare to hold a scene until illumination and poetry show up. — Politiken
So moving, intimate, poetic and beautiful! — Designboom
A hand to hand with the tropical heat and the endless means of transport of Bangkok that makes this film very physical, just like the space is for Boonserm Premthada. A film to listen less with the ears or watch with the eyes but more to feel with the body. — Esquire
This incredible film tells how disability leads an architect to listen and feel space in a different way, learning from elephants that “despite their large ears they perceive sound with their feet through the vibrations of the ground. — ArchDaily
Bêka & Lemoine are film poets with an ease and a grasp of the craft in both film and architecture. They are never afraid of challenging the audience and therefore dare to hold a scene until illumination and poetry show up. — Politiken
So moving, intimate, poetic and beautiful! — Designboom
A hand to hand with the tropical heat and the endless means of transport of Bangkok that makes this film very physical, just like the space is for Boonserm Premthada. A film to listen less with the ears or watch with the eyes but more to feel with the body. — Esquire
This incredible film tells how disability leads an architect to listen and feel space in a different way, learning from elephants that “despite their large ears they perceive sound with their feet through the vibrations of the ground. — ArchDaily
Other festival:
CAF Copenhagen, Sweden (2022)
CAF Copenhagen, Sweden (2022)
| Director | Ila Bêka, Louise Lemoine |
| Director of Photography | Ila Bêka |
| Colorization | Melo Prino |
| Sound mixing | Walter Amati, Fuji Studio |
In Partnership with
Session
• Centre Canadien d’Architecture
Thursday, march 16, 2023, 05:30 p.m. — 07:15 p.m.
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Big Ears Listen With Feet
Production
Ila Bêka
Italian artist and filmmaker. Ila Bêka trained as an architect with a degree from the IUAV of Venice and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Paris-Belleville. For the past twenty years he has been working in duo with the French visual artist Louise Lemoine. Together they experiment with new narrative and cinematic forms questioning how people experience, perceive and relate to space through an emotional, social and cultural perspective. Their films are regularly presented at international film festivals and biennials as well as in renowned museums and cultural institutions. Bêka & Lemoine have produced more than thirty films together, shot in twenty different countries, among which ‘Koolhaas Houselife’ (2008), ‘Barbicania’ (2014), ‘The Infinite Happiness’ (2015), ‘Moriyama San’ (2017) and ‘Tokyo Ride’ (2020).
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Oslavia, The Cave Of The Past Future (2021)
Tokyo Ride (2020)
Homo Urbanus Venetianus (2019)
Butohouse (2019)
Tokyo Ride (2020)
Homo Urbanus Venetianus (2019)
Butohouse (2019)
Louise Lemoine
French visual artist, graduated in art history from the Sorbonne in Paris. For the past twenty years Louise Lemoine has been working in duo with the Italian artist and filmmaker Ila Bêka. Together they experiment with new narrative and cinematic forms questioning how people experience, perceive and relate to space through an emotional, social and cultural perspective. Their films are regularly presented at international film festivals and biennials as well as in renowned museums and cultural institutions. Bêka & Lemoine have produced more than thirty films together, shot in twenty different countries, among which ‘Koolhaas Houselife’ (2008), ‘Barbicania’ (2014), ‘The Infinite Happiness’ (2015), ‘Moriyama San’ (2017) and ‘Tokyo Ride’ (2020).
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Other films:
Oslavia, The Cave Of The Past Future (2021)
Tokyo Ride (2020)
Homo Urbanus Venetianus (2019)
Butohouse (2019)
Oslavia, The Cave Of The Past Future (2021)
Tokyo Ride (2020)
Homo Urbanus Venetianus (2019)
Butohouse (2019)
