Between 2000 and 2016, Belgian filmmaker Eric Pauwels crafted three highly original, distinctly artisanal works that he referred to as his “Trilogie de la cabane” (“Cabin Trilogy”). The title refers to the blue hut in Pauwels' garden, but it also evokes a fertile space of memory and imagination. In Lettre d’un cinéaste à sa fille, the filmmaker playfully answers his daughter’s question: “Daddy, why don’t you make films for children?” In Les films rêvés, Pauwels dreams of a film containing all the other films he has ever imagined, while La deuxième nuit revisits his relationship with his mother and how her passing has changed his way of seeing the world. Together, these films form an oeuvre that is both deeply personal and highly imaginative: an adventurous celebration of the power of dream and art.
A playful, personal film in the form of a letter and an answer to the question posed by the filmmaker’s daughter: “Daddy, why don’t you make films for children?”
Tucked away in a small blue cabin at the end of his garden, a filmmaker dreams of a film containing all the others he has ever imagined. Everyday objects become vessels of memory, setting off an adventurous, playful wandering through time, space and the human imagination.
After the death of his mother, a filmmaker reflects on how her passing has changed his way of seeing the world, and revisits how their relationship has made him free. The result is an intimate film, a vibrant collage of colours, textures, and memories, unified by the mother’s gentle gaze.