Filmmaker Statement

Maalbeek is a journey into amnesiac territory, into the memory of the attacks of March 22, 2016 in Brussels. The visual concept is based on a hybrid montage of archival images and 3D animation. This tandem develops the motif of fragmentation. The film’s animation is composed of live footage, modified to create a mental landscape of fragmented views of the metro station, as if the image of these memories had also suffered the physical shock of the explosion. These point clouds express the mental instability of the main character, In addition to the hyperrealism of the archive images these layers of reality that persist through the animation participate in immersing the viewer into the emotional experience of amnesia.