Inspired by John Baldessari's 1973 short film, Title breaks down narrative cinema into a gamelike diagram of gestures, soundtracks, pickup shots, subtitles, and B-movie dialogue. Shot with students and friends across Paris, Lyon, London, and Menorca, the film stages a playful confrontation with 1960s and 70s formalism and conceptual art, reinterpreting it with new words, bodies and relationships.

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Shot and recorded in: Lyon, Mont d’Or and Paris, France; London, United Kingdom, Menorca, Spain

Music: Flamin’ Groovies, Steve Reich

In order of appearance: Fanny (the dog), Ece Powell, Judith Dalmoro, Aiana Chigzhit, Dan Li, Rock Coonghe, Alexandra Galeazzi, Hanah’s classmates (voice), Soyinka Gudin, Aina Canyelles Lladó, Pauline Rigal and her daughters, Andréa and Norma, Thomas Boutoux, Sacha Golemanas, Ren Ebel (voice), Lug Desalles, Flo Moore, Dimitri Alexandre, Jules Perot, Luce Bastid, Perrine Civetta, Jorge Diz and boat Etna, Hanah Ebel Lertxundi.

Camera and Editing: Laida Lertxundi
Sound Recording: Laida Lertxundi, Aina Canyelles Lladó, Jean Marc Guillot, Ren Ebel, Frida García Martin
Sound editing: Laida Lertxundi, Ren Ebel
Sound Mix: Christina Nguyen
Titles: Aina Canyelles Lladó
Film: Haghefilm
Color: Yannig Willmann

With help from: Iris Deporc, Marie Descombes, Valérie Champagnon, Gabriela Caicedo, Clare-Mary Puyfoulhoux, Nolan Muratory, Eli Lepeltier, Magdalena Timoner, Maxime Naudet, Leopold Gerard, Sara Diz, Raquel Martin and my students from Studio Games. Keira Greene’s Video Club at Chelsea College of Art, London. Enrico Camporesi, Clara Schulmann and Begoña Prado.

Made possible by: Chapelle Saint-Jacques centre d’art contemporain Ensba Lyon