Signed
The latest cinematic adventures of some of the most original filmmakers of our time. Signed celebrates those with a unique artistic signature, beyond the canon.
Synopsis
Since 1990, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected 600 business cards—from a hairdresser, a therapist, a textile artist. Together they form an archive of encounters. The title of this imaginative essay film, Every Contact Leaves a Trace, is a basic principle of forensic science, coined by Edmond Locard, a pioneer in the field. And any trace can link a person to a place, another person or an object. If that’s true, Sachs wonders, might every personal encounter not also leave a trace on your being?
To find out, she tracks down some of the people behind the business cards. The thread connecting these hundreds of cards is Sachs herself, so the filmmaker naturally becomes the center of the film. Yet the focus is not on her; as in many of her works spanning more than three decades of film making, she merely provides the perspective—the point of departure.
With her warm, contemplative voice-over and playful visual invention, Sachs weaves countless faces and voices into a patchwork of connections. These encounters—whether forgotten or remembered, faint or vivid—have become part of her being.
| Date | Location | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 17 Nov 18:00 | Eye: Cinema 2 | Welcome & Introduction, Thank you moment |
| Tue 18 Nov 13:30 | Tuschinski 4 | Welcome & Introduction, Q&A |
| Thu 20 Nov 21:15 | Pathé City 4 | Welcome & Introduction, Q&A |
| Fri 21 Nov 11:30 | Kriterion 1 | Welcome & Introduction, Q&A |
| Sat 22 Nov 21:00 | Pathé Noord 11 | Welcome & Introduction, Q&A |
