“An adventurer can return home, an exile cannot. So I decided to make culture my home,” said Jonas Mekas, legendary filmmaker, critic, and curator. At 93, Mekas has survived Nazi persecution and spent five years in a refugee camp in Kassel before immigrating to Brooklyn, where he became the "godfather of American avant-garde cinema." A deeply moving tribute to a great artist and a unique work, narrated by Mekas himself from his memoir. From the director of Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait. Locarno 2016.
Douglas Gordon
Glasgow, Scotland. He is a visual artist and many of his films are also shown as video installations. His work also encompasses sculpture, photography, and text. He is the recipient of the 1996 Turner Prize and the Premio Duemila for best young artist at the 1997 Venice Biennale. Selected filmography: Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (Cannes 2006), The New Ten Commandments (2008), and K.364: A Journey by Train (2010).
