Wishful Filming Sarah Vanagt

18:30 (doors)
19:00 film
19:40 talk
20:10 drinks @ foyer
21:30 (end)

A pedestrian – the filmmaker equipped with a tiny pocket camera – wanders through Brussels and encounters Polish, Iranian, Brazilian, Belgian, and Moroccan workers. They slip small pieces of paper into the columns, the walls, and the floors of construction sites: secret wishes intended for future generations. As she roams the city on a playful but also politically charged journey, filming the messages hidden behind the bricks, beneath the cobblestones, on the traffic poles and at the bases of statues, the wanderer wonders: “You may be walking on a builder’s wish.”

about

Sarah Vanagt (1976) makes documentaries, video installations and photos, in which she combines her interest for history with her interest for (the origins of) cinema. Vanagt's film The Porters (2022) premiered at IDFA, Amsterdam (Special Mention / international short film competition). Her latest film Wishful Filming (2025) premiered at Doclisboa and won the Healthy Workspaces Film Award. Vanagt also made an artwork for a metro station in Brussels, which will soon be inaugurated.