2006 the only year that i remember
2019 · 14m · Documentary
Alberto Van den Eynde's work investigates two conceptions of the image: as a capturer or rescuer of past moments and as a cause of the anguish implied by its recovery. The author's approach to his twelve-year-old self is articulated through a mosaic of vacation videos found in an old family camera. These memories form a touching, nostalgic, self-parody warp, the digital remnants of a new generational sensibility.
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