GIFT

A world premiere at this year’s Film Fest Gent and VIDEODROOM! Japanese composer Eiko Ishibashi will present her new project GIFT: involving her live performance and a brand-new film by Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, whose previous film - Drive My Car, also with music by Ishibashi - won the Oscar for Best International Film. She returns to the WSA this year, where her music will be performed live by Brussels Philharmonic. The duo’s new collaboration is a silent film completely supported by Ishibashi’s dynamic live performance. GIFT evolved in conjunction with Hamaguchi’s latest feature film, Evil Does Not Exist, which provided the source material for the silent film in GIFT. In GIFT we follow Takumi and his daughter who lead a modest life in the village in the middle of nature. One day Takumi receives word that there are plans to build a glamping site near his home. The discovery that wastewater will be piped into the village’s water source not only causes unrest among the residents, but also affects Takumi’s life.