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Big Ears Listen With Feet

Big Ears Listen With Feet

Ila Bêka, Louise Lemoine

France, Thailand | 2022 | 1 h 33 min
English |
Subtitles: English
Available on ARTS.FILM from July 12, 2024

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.
Other festival:
CAF Copenhagen, Sweden (2022)
Director Ila Bêka, Louise Lemoine
Director of Photography Ila Bêka
Colorization Melo Prino
Sound mixing Walter Amati, Fuji Studio
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Ila Bêka

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
Oslavia, The Cave Of The Past Future (2021)
Tokyo Ride (2020)
Homo Urbanus Venetianus (2019)
Butohouse (2019)
Louise Lemoine

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
Other films:
Oslavia, The Cave Of The Past Future (2021)
Tokyo Ride (2020)
Homo Urbanus Venetianus (2019)
Butohouse (2019)

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