Project Detail

Title

Luce, listening with a glass against the wall

Synopsis

Inspired by John Baldessari's 1973 short film, TITLE breaks down narrative cinema into a game-like 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.
Official Selection London Film Festival BFI 2026

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
19 min
Format
16mm
Director
Laida Lertxundi
Producer
Laida Lertxundi
Co-Producer
Chapelle Saint Jacques Centre d'art Contemporain
Executive Producer
Laida Lertxundi
Editor
Laida Lertxundi
Screenwriter
Laida Lertxundi
Director of Photography
Laida Lertxundi
Sound
Laida Lertxundi, Aina Canyelles Lladó, Jean Marc Guillot, Ren Ebel, Frida García Martin
Composer
Christina Nguyen
Principal cast
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.
Shot and recorded in
Lyon, Mont d’Or and Paris, France; London, United Kingdom, Menorca, Spain
Music
Flamin’ Groovies, Steve Reich
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
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

Production Status

Production Company

Laida Lertxundi

5 ave du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny
Boulogne Billancourt
92100 France

Sales Company

LUX

Waterlow Park Centre,
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF, UK
hanan[at]lux.org.uk / distribution[at]lux.org.uk

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