After graduating, American filmmaker E. Elias Merhige (°1964, Brooklyn) started working in the New York theatre scene. In 1989 he made his feature film debut with Begotten which established him as a visionary artist concerned with myth, ritual and the cosmic. With Shadow of the Vampire (2000), starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, and Subject Zero (2004) he also reached a mainstream film audience. The epic film trilogy that began with Begotten was continued with a foray into cosmic psychedelia, Din of Celestial Birds, and completed in 2021 with the sci-fi opera Polia and Blastema.On Sunday March 26, Merhige will for the first time present the three films as one cosmic trinity, especially adapted for a screening at the dome of the Brussels Planetarium, but you can also join the esteemed director on Saturday March 25 at Cinema Nova for a masterclass in which he will explore his body of work, artistic vision and future projects in conversation with film writer Elena Lazic (Animus Magazine, Cineuropa).
After graduating, American filmmaker E. Elias Merhige (°1964, Brooklyn) started working in the New York theatre scene. In 1989 he made his feature film debut with Begotten which established him as a visionary artist concerned with myth, ritual and the cosmic. With Shadow of the Vampire (2000), starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, and Subject Zero (2004) he also reached a mainstream film audience. The epic film trilogy that began with Begotten was continued with a foray into cosmic psychedelia, Din of Celestial Birds, and completed in 2021 with the sci-fi opera Polia and Blastema.On Sunday March 26, Merhige will for the first time present the three films as one cosmic trinity, especially adapted for a screening at the dome of the Brussels Planetarium, but you can also join the esteemed director on Saturday March 25 at Cinema Nova for a masterclass in which he will explore his body of work, artistic vision and future projects in conversation with film writer Elena Lazic (Animus Magazine, Cineuropa).
