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Walter Hus, A Musical Journey

DIRECTED by Astrid Mertens

Best documentary about Music - 7th Music Festival - 2022
Walter Hus, A Musical Journey
doc - completed - 2021
Documentary, 67 min
With : Walter Hus

During his thirty-year career, internationally renowned Belgian composer Walter Hus, has taken a thousand musical faces. While working on a new composition, a crisis is blocking his creation.

Trying to understand it's causes, he arrives at an existential question: "Who am I - musically?"

Through the portrait of this multi-facetted composer, as abundant as fascinating, the film aims to give access to his creative process and by there to the endurance and beauty of creation.

Cast, crew & partners

Author Astrid Mertens

Director Astrid Mertens

Director of photography Virginie Surdej

Sound recordist Carine Zimmerlin

Editor Jan de Coster

Sound editors Jérémy Hassid and Jeroen Truijens

Mixer Philippe Charbonnel

Coproducer Inti Films (BE)

With the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Coproduction partner BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance

Coproduction partner RTBF

With the support of Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds

With the support of CBA

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FESTIVALS & AWARDS
BEST SOUND DESIGN - Liverpool Underground Film Festival - 2022 (United Kingdom)
Best Documentary about Music - 7th Music Festival - 2022 (Argentina)
LAPUA ART & FILM FESTIVAL - 2022 (Finland)
World Music & Independent Film Festival - 2022 (United States)
Brussels Art Film Festival: BAFF - 2022 (Belgium)
International Film Fest Gent - 2022 (Belgium)
Red Rock Film Festival - 2022 (United States)
Buenos Aires International Film Festival - 2023 (Argentina)
Shanghai TV Festival - 2023 (China)
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