ECHO
Echo
Under the tutelage of commander Walter Van Dyck, young recruits of the Belgian Armed Forces receive their basic military training. By means of role-play, an image of their future as Professional soldiers steadily appears. Echo meticulously documents this intentional metamorphosis, in which subjects are instructed in a new way of looking, listening and thinking.
The screening will be followed by discussion with its director Ruben Desiere.
Echo / Ruben Desiere / Belgium / 2022 / 74 min.
Dutch
Slovak, English
Political regimes and conflicts
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