APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
by Sofie Benoot
En Compétition 2024
Official synopsis
Stones are at once the most foundational and the most overlooked parts of our lifeworld. When a retired nature documentary narrator passes a kidney stone, she decides to tell one more story about this forgotten world of stone . A hypnotic essay film asking urgent ecological questions, Apple Cider Vinegar takes the viewer on a journey meeting Palestinian quarry workers, passionate Britisch Geologist and People living on the lava fields of Fogo.
Biography and Filmography
Sofie Benoot (Bruges, 1985) lives and works in Brussels. Her films are patchworks of different stories, carefully assembled to reveal hidden connections. Fronterismo (2007), Blue Meridian (2010) and Desert Haze (2014) played at Visions du Réel (Switzerland), Camden IFF (USA), Torino FD (Italy), and BAFICI (Argentina). Benoot teaches in the Film master’s programme at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels. She co- directed Victoria (2020), which premiered at the Berlin FF and won the Caligari Prize.
2024 : APPLE CIDER VINEGAR - Sofie Benoot - Director
2020 : Victoria - Sofie Benoot - Director
2014 : Desert Haze - Sofie Benoot - Director
2010 : Blue Meridian - Sofie Benoot - Director
2007 : Fronterismo - Sofie Benoot - Director
by Sofie Benoot
Sofie Benoot (Bruges, 1985) lives and works in Brussels. Her films are patchworks of different stories, carefully assembled to reveal hidden connections. Fronterismo (2007), Blue Meridian (2010) and Desert Haze (2014) played at Visions du Réel (Switzerland), Camden IFF (USA), Torino FD (Italy), and BAFICI (Argentina). Benoot teaches in the Film master’s programme at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels. She co- directed Victoria (2020), which premiered at the Berlin FF and won the Caligari Prize.
2024 : APPLE CIDER VINEGAR - Sofie Benoot - Director
2020 : Victoria - Sofie Benoot - Director
2014 : Desert Haze - Sofie Benoot - Director
2010 : Blue Meridian - Sofie Benoot - Director
2007 : Fronterismo - Sofie Benoot - Director