Be embraced by the shrill sound of the youyou, or zaghareet, practiced by diverse groups of women.
Myriam Van Imschoot is a performance artist from Brussels who has also been making films since 2013. She is fascinated by voice, consonance and the diverse vocal techniques used to communicate across long distances. The youyou (French) or zaghareet (Arabic) is a yodelling cry of joy, which has a special place in her oeuvre. It is a shrill, trilling sound, with which women express joy or other intense emotion in North and sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the Basque country.
Myriam Van Imschoot established youyou groups in Brussels, Jaffa, Grenoble and Oostende. Together with them, she gives vocal performances in theatres and in parks, city squares, on beaches and so on, in which she continually questions the cultural limitations of what is audible and what is not.
'Le cadeau' is a new episode. Yodelling is a metaphor for the voice that breaks, stumbles and trips at the very edge of virtuosity and vulnerability. Through portraits and witness accounts, an intimate portrait emerges: a cry in a time of migration.
Drinks and music in beurscafé after the film!
een film van Myriam Van Imschoot ⎪ regie: Myriam Van Imschoot ⎪ Portretten: Anissa Rouas, Fatiha EL Mrabet, Malika Mderreg, Sarah Leo⎪Performance door de Brusselse YOUYOU-groep: Annelies Tollet, Caroline Daish, Elke Gutierrez, Fatimazora Elgacham, Genevieve Prumont, Latifa Abdel-Kader, Lisbeth Schotte, Louiza Amghizzar, Myriam Van Imschoot, Nadia Khammal, Najatt Bouali, Souad Khelifa, Stéphanie Auberville, Talia De Vries, Nezha Haffou, Sonia Williams & Gabriel Poppe ⎪ camera, licht, colour grading: Thomas Shira ⎪ camera-assistentie: Valentine Morel ⎪ gaffer, key grip : Julien Thiebaut ⎪ geluid en mixage: Quentin Jacques ⎪assistent geluid: Gianluca Kegelaert Baccaro en Ludo Engels⎪ montage beeld: Myriam Van Imschoot en Luca Mattei⎪ montage geluid: Myriam Van Imschoot ⎪productie: Isabelle Vander Stockt ⎪ vertaling Arabisch/Frans/Engels en advies: Nezha Haffou ⎪ vertaling Nederlands: Adinda Van Geystelen ⎪ Ondertiteling: Myriam Van Imschoot ⎪ Eindredactie: Sarah Léo ⎪producent: Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek⎪ coproducent: Kunsthal Extra City, Beursschouwburg, Q-02 ⎪met steun van Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie en Darna- Expres⎪ Catering: Denise François, Joris Van Imschoot ⎪ met dank aan Angeliki Vassalou, Archief Général de l’ Etat, Amir Borenstein, Bea Albers, De Brusselse Woning, Emma Heijink, Gabriel Poppe, Irena Radmanovic, Rino Sokkol, Kaaitheater, Kristien Vanden Brande, Lemuel Quiroga, Michel Yang, Jorge Leon, Stijn De Meulenaere, Chaima Senhaji, Samah Hijawi, Fleur Khani, Khadija Lazaar, Sana Ghobbeh, Danae Theodoridou, Ann Lefever, Rika Colpaert, Fatiha Setouti, Eva Lubulwa, Shila Anaraki, Maria Boodschap-lycée. Lied 'Bella Ciao' uit de cd 'Canzoniere dell' emigrazione', uitgevoerd door de groep Bella Ciao van CASI-UO Brussel.
Bijkomend geluidsmateriaal uit Helfel, vocale performance geregistreerd door Stijn De Meulenaere in 2016.
Met bijzondere dank aan: Arkadi Zaides en Marcus Bergner.
De film is opgedragen aan Alima Moumni.
