Except the past

a film by Sanaz Azari
Documentary
2025
Length 69'
Format HD
Sound 5.1
Language FR, NL
Subtitles FR, NL, EN

Synopsis

Synopsis

How do you reimagine a museum that was built over a century ago as part of colonial propaganda? After a 5-year renovation, the Africa Museum in Brussels has reopened its doors, introducing new exhibition forms. Inside, we meet groups of visitors exchanging views with their guides, but also people exploring on their own. Everyday museumgoers shed light on a place where, despite its new narrative, the past doesn’t seem to pass.

Team

Writer & Director Sanaz Azari
DOP Vincent Pinckaers
Additional images Johan Legraie & Florian Vallée
Sound engineer Ludovic Van Pachterbeke & Bruno Schweisguth
Drawer Clauvis Uwonkunda
Editor Amir Borenstein
Editing advisor Effi Weiss
Sound editor & mix Pierre Dozin
Original soundtrack Sanaz Azari & Pierre Dozin
Color grading Miléna Trivier
Graphic design Anatole Lachassagne

With the guides Benjamin Dujardin, Yannic Lunaya Heremans, François Makanga & Béatrice Sibi

Production

Produced by Iota Production,
in coproduction with While we’re here and Magellan films,
in coproduction with Les Films du Pommier,
with the support of the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles,
in coproduction with RTBF (Belgian Television – Documentary Unit) and Le Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA),
with the support of the Fonds Audiovisuel de Flandre (VAF),
with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government,
with the support of the Service de l’Egalité des chances.

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