On the tracks of the honey ant
A film by Valérie Mégard
Where I come from in France I saw a painting: the Dreaming of the Honey Ant. In this Dreaming there are some dots, some crescents, some lines... There is no particular way to look at them. I am overwhelmed but I don't know why. These signs are like tracks to follow. They took me along to a red desert, the Australian desert. In Papunya I am now living with the Aborigenes of the Desert. I am asking them about the story of the Honey Ant. They are telling me Tjukurrpa, the Dreaming.
2007 / 47' / Beta Num
Photography and sound : Valérie Mégard
Editing : Rudi Maerten
Sound Editing and mixing : Etienne Curchod
An alter ego films and Agat films & Cie production with the support of Centre de l'Audiovisuel et du Cinéma du Ministère de la Communauté française de Belgique, Planète câble, Cityzen TV, TV5 Monde, CNC.
Distributor in Belgium : alter ego films
Distributor in France : Doc and co
- The Pacific International Documentary Film Festival - FIFO Tahiti, 2008
- Cinema Pacific Film Festival, Rochefort-sur-Mer, France, 2008
- International Film Festival Islang Groix, Ile de Groix, France, 2008
- Les écrans documentaires, Arcueil, France, 2008
- Portobello Film Festival, London, 2008
- Traces de Vies, Rencontres du Film Documentaire , Clermont Ferrand, France, 2008
- Militant Film Festival Festival, Aubagne, France, 2008
- Antipodes Film Festival, Saint Tropez, France, 2008
