This fifth edition of SHHH is slightly smaller, more intimate and therefore extra cozy. Last year we went big and loud, with 35mm and techno – this year we’re going for the living room feeling by focusing on 8mm, intimate musical accompaniment and good food.

Artist Jasper Rigole will show a selection of home movies from the IICADOM archive (The International Institute for the Conservation, Archiving and Distribution of Other people’s Memories), which he founded and of which he is the sole archivist. The images selected by Rigole are provided with a soundtrack by Thomas Smetryns in collaboration with Marieke Berendsen and Jacob Vanneste.

Besides being a medium used to make countless holiday films, 8mm is an artistic medium. Artist Helga Fanderl shot more than a thousand films on 8mm since the 1980s, which she uses for screenings and exhibitions. For SHHH, she selects work that has a link to the sea. Silently, her images will be shown in De Klas of De Grote Post.

Besides Fanderl, artist Isabelle Cornaro is this edition’s artist in focus. Cornaro shows a selection of her work and brings it together with films from the historical avant-garde and experimental film, alongside work by contemporary makers.

With Steven Jacobs, we dive into Ostend’s art and film history. Filmmaker Henri Storck was friends with French surrealist and autodidact Felix Labisse. Labisse had settled in Ostend because of his fascination with Ensor. Together, Labisse and Storck made For your beautiful eyes, a surrealist film centered on eyes. Starting from this work, Jacobs takes us through a film lesson on eyes and Labisse. Jacobs’ lesson will be backed musically by Casper Jacobs.

For the first time, Seanemaximiliaan will be organized by the founders of Cinemaximiliaan, who swapped Brussels for Ostend a few years ago and decided to focus on their own artistic work. They invite the many friends they made over these years to a warm family day by the sea, a joint dinner and a program of silent films and videos. Curated by Gawan Fagard with works by Agata Jastrzabek, Gwendolyn Lootens, Saodat Ismailova, Nicolas Kozakis & Raoul Vaneigem, Angela Al-Souliman and Jacqueline Mesmaeker.

The festival ends with Ballade aux sources, Med Hondo’s first film that was only recently recovered. Unlike all the other films we are showing this year, this one was not originally silent, but only lost its voice many years later. Brussels-based slam poetry collective Carte Noire takes up the gauntlet and gives Ballade aux sources its voice back.

Friday 15 september, KAAP, Ostende20:00 - Jasper Rigole, Zeven Soorten ZeeLive music: Thomas Smetreyns, Marieke Berendsen, Jacob Vanneste    Cachelot – Jasper Rigole (Edit) – Be, 2023 – 8mm To Digital – 6’

• La Mer – Dhd – 8mm To Digital – 6’
• A Day At The Seaside – Anoniem – 9.5mm To Digital – 7’
• Amfibiguïteit – Jasper Rigole (Edit) – Be, 2023 – Super8 & 8mm To Digital – 11’
• Looking For Anna – Anoniem – Super8 To Digital – 16’
• La Mer Gelée – Anoniem – 8mm To Digital – Be, 1963 – 5’
• Springtij – Anoniem – 8mm To Digital – 5’
• Sea Gaze – Jasper Rigole (Edit) – Be, 2023 – 8mm To Digital – 6’
• Een Impressie Van De Zee – Anoniem – 16mm To Digital – 5’

22:00 - Isabelle Cornaro I, 44'

• Floues Et Colourées – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2010 – 16mm To Digital – 3’13”
• Figures – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2011 – 16mm To Digital – 2’27”
• Lemon – Hollis Frampton – Usa, 1969 – 16mm – 7’
• Color Sequence – Dwinell Grant – Usa, 1943 – 16mm – 2’30”
• Amplifications – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2014 – 16mm To Digital – 2’09”
• Cinq Minutes De Cinéma Pur – Henri Chomette – Fr, 1927 – 16mm – 5’
• Song Of Opposites – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2008 – 16mm To Digital – 4’40”
• Utah Sequences – Nancy Holt – Usa, 1970 – 16mm To Digital – 9’25” Escape Scenes – Kasper Feyrer – Can, 2014 – 16mm – 4’
• Transient – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2020 – 16mm To Digital- 1’18”
• Choses – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2014 – 16mm To Digital – 2’06”

        Saturday 16 September, De Grote Post, Ostende14:00 - Helga Fanderl: Am Meer I + II, 50'I (1993 – 1996)

• Grosser Platz Und Meer
• Sitzende
• Mauer Und Möwen
• Spaziergang Im Hafen
• Muschelfänger
• Vor Dem Fischfang
• Netzaufziehen
• Sardinenkörbe

II (1990 – 2023)

• Von Einem Spaziergang
• Sentier Littoral
• Muscheln Und Meer
• Wolken In Étretat
• An Einem Bodden
• Fischerboote
• Konversation Am Strand
• Menschen Am Meer

15:30 - Rondom mooie ogen, 57'With Henri Storck, Alain Resnais, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Francis Brugière & Oswell Blakeston, Takahiko Imura, British PathéLive Music: Casper Jacobs

• Voor Je Mooie Ogen – Henri Storck – 1929-30 – 6’40”
• Kunstenaarsontmoeting – Henri Storck – 1945 – 7’
• Visite À Felix Labisse – Alain Resnais – 1947 – 8’
• Emak-Bakia – Man Ray – 1926 – 16’
• Filmstudie – Hans Richter – 1926 – 3’50”
• Light Rhythms – Francis Brugiėre & Oswell Blakeston – 1930 – 5’19”
• On Eye Rape – Takahiko Imura – 1962 – 9’
• Pussy’s Glasses – British Pathé – 1930 – 46”

17:00 - Isabelle Cornaro II, 43'

• Premier Rêve D’Oskar Fischinger – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2008 – 16mm To Digital – 3’18”
• Celebration – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2013 – 16mm To Digital – 5’45”
• Themis – Dwinell Grant – Usa, 1940 – 3’30”
• De L’Argent Filmé De Profil Et De Trois Quarts – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2010 – 16mm To Digital – 1’56”
• Radio Dynamics – Oskar Fischinger – Usa, 1942 – 4’
• Projections – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2009 – 16mm To Digital – 1’54”
• Pillages – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2019 – 16mm To Digital – 1’30”
• Kristallen In Kleur – Jan Cornelis Mol – Nl, 1927 – 9’30
• Flowers – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2022 – 1’16”
• Untitles (Crutches) – Peter Wächtler – De, 2013 – 8’26”
• Eyesore – Isabelle Cornaro – Fr, 2020 – 2’29”

Saturday 16 September, KAAP, Ostende20:00 Seanemaximiliaan, 86'With Agata Jastrzabek, Gwendolyn Lootens, Saodat Ismailova, Nicolas Kozakis & Raoul Vaneigem, Angela Al Souliman, Jacqueline Mesmaeker, Med HondoLive slam poetry: Carte NoireSuperbody 861 – Agata Jastrzabek – Be, 2023 – 12’

• Moving Moments – Gwendolyn Lootens – Be, 2023 – 3’
• Her Right – Saodat Ismailova – Uz, 2020 – 15’
• A Declaration Of The Right Of Human Beings – Nicolas Kazakis & Raoul Vaneigem – Be, 2020 – 5’
• Ocean Tree – Angela Al Souliman – Be, 2023 – 11’
• Last Shot – Jacqueline Mesmaeker – Be, 2006-2010, 3’
• Until It Fitted – Jacqueline Mesmaeker – Be, 2007 – 6’
• Enkel Zicht Naar Zee – Jacqueline Mesmaeker – Be, 1978 – 6’
• Ballade Aux Sources – Med Hondo – Mr 1965 – 25’