Month: June 2023

Nuisibles (Pests) is a sonic study in the process of dehumanisation. Touching on themes of police violence and systemic racism.

Created by Ka-Young Park a documentary maker based in Seoul, specialising in immigrant issues, and Dimitris Roidis a performer and sound artist based in Athens.

Special thanks to: our professor and mentor, Frédérique Pressmann, for her unwavering support, valuable guidance, and unique energy. We are deeply grateful for her honest mentorship. Also, we owe a lot to Pascaline Perreti from Louis Lumière for her support in the research and production as well as to Charlotte Rouault for her invaluable initial feedback and mentorship. Lastly, we would like to thank Stavroula Karatheodorou for her help with translation during several on-site interviews.

First played in London at In The Dark Radio’s ‘What’s New?’ night

We easily recall the images, smells and tastes that have marked our lives, but what about the sounds? What about the voices of those who are no longer with us? What ultimately stands the test of time?

An intimate acoustic work by director Hrvoje Korbar and sound engineer Marija Pečnik Kvesić, La nave partira (The Ship Sails On) is a nostalgic dedication to family legacy, an audio reconstruction of fragments of personal and family memories and a farewell to a lost world and its languages.

Starting from the recording tapes the author found while clearing up the apartment after the death of his grandparents, the authors construct a collage of documentary footage, ambient sound, poetic autofictional texts and musical memories. The ephemeral nature of sound and human voice stands in opposition to the material nature of objects and images, the impermanence of memory trying to find its final form.

Winner of Best Short Form at the Prix Marulić (2024)

Producer: Adriana Kramarić
Director: Hrvoje Korbar
Sound engineer: Marija Pečnik Kvesić
Other key staff: Actors: Maruška Aras, Rok Juričić Composers: Sara Jakopović, Lovro Stipčević