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Rosie (35mm) + A Greek Tragedy + Introduction

Cinema Restored x Flemish Film Classics

,Cinema 3
Two people sit together on the floor of a gridded room, one looking down, the other looking up with a serious expression.

Patrice Toye's quietly devastating portrait of adolescence follows a young girl navigating a life shaped by neglect, instability and fleeting moments of care.

Shot with an unflinching intimacy, Toye’s debut feature captures the fragility of childhood on the margins, as Rosie drifts between temporary homes and uncertain attachments, searching for a sense of belonging in a world that offers little security. Both tender and unsentimental, the film stands as one of the most affecting works of late 1990s Flemish cinema.

Screening alongside Rosie is A Greek Tragedy, the Academy Award-winning animated short by Nicole Van Goethem. At once playful and precise, the film reimagines classical antiquity through a sharply observed comic lens, as three caryatids struggle to hold up the ruins around them. Elegant in its design and timing, it exemplifies the wit and craftsmanship that have made Belgian animation internationally celebrated.

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This screening will be introduced by Wouter Hessels.

Wouter Hessels is a Belgian film historian and scholar. He studied French Literature, Philosophy and Audiovisual and Dramatic Arts in Antwerp and Brussels. Hessels teaches about film history at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound (RITCS, Brussels), the School of Arts in Erasmus University College, Royal Academy for Fine Arts in Antwerp (KASKA), Tallinn University, Baltic Film and Media School and a Summer School on European film history at the Vesalius College in Brussels. In 2007, he published Waarheid en werkelijkheid: feitelijke, fictionele en artistieke representaties van de realiteit [VUB Press], together with Ernest Mathijs. Hessels also co-created several projects with musician Marc Peire, blending music and poetry, including Verticaal ritme (2000), Ander Alfabet/Autre Alphabet (2002), Jarengetijden (2006), and the compositions Vertigo and Brussels North – Brussel Centraal – Bruxelles Midi (2011).

Film Programme

A Greek Tragedy (1985)
dir Nicole Van Goethem, Belgium, 7 min

Rosie [35mm] (1998)
dir Patrice Toye, Belgium, 90 min

Cinema 3

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.