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Charles-André Coderre



Un film de Charles-André Coderre
Musique de Jerusalem In My Heart
Avec la collaboration de l'Aide au Cinéma Indépendant du Canada (ACIC)
Productrice : Johanne Bergeron
Coordonnatrice : Marie-Christine Guité
Distributeur: Light Cone, Vidéographe



2021 | Hybrid | 13minutes

This film documents the circumstances surrounding the creation of Jerusalem In My Heart’s live recording of “Wa Ta’atalat Loughat Al Kalam” (The language of speech has broke down) in 2017 (Beirut, Lebanon).

Ya Garat Al Wadi is a popular piece of Egyptian music arranged by the legendary composer Mohammad Abdel Wahab and written by the poet Ahmad Shawqy in 1928. Over the years, it has been interpreted by many influential artists, such as Fairuz, and the Rahbani brothers. Most notably, towards the end of the 1960s, the Lebanese singer Nour el Houda made an unforgettable contemporary rendition of this composition for television. More than 90 years later, this piece continues to fascinate the cultural imaginary, to the point where in December 2017, with the initiative of the experimental composer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem in My Heart), an orchestra of 15 musicians was formed over the period of five days in Beirut to once again reinterpret this great classic of Arab music for a contemporary audience.

With Abed Kobeissy, Ali El Hout, Bashar Farran, Eliana Awad, Firas Andary, Imad Hashisho, Jad Saliba, Jihad Assaad, Layale Chaker, Reda Bitar, Sam Shalabi, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Sharif Sehnaoui, Tony Elieh, Fadi Tabbal



* Juror’s Award Ann Arbor Film Festival 2021* 

2025
Focus sur Charles-André Coderre - soirée Labo K
Focus sur Charles-André Coderre - soirée Braquage
2023
Programme proposé dans le cadre de la série Champ libre par Sylvain L’Espérance au Cinéma Public (Montréal, Canada)
2022
Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria 
Festival Oodaaq, Rennes
Festival Vues sur mer, Gaspé
Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal 
2021
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM)
Cinema on the Bayou, Louisiane
Antimatter Media Art, Victoria
Cairo Video Festival (Medrar)
Revolution Per Minute Festival, Boston
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series, Hudson
Ann Arbor Film Festival 
Mark

CONTACT : charlesandre.coderre[at]gmail.com

Charles-André Coderre vit et travaille à Tiohtià:ke/Montréal.
Il réalise des films et travaille sur des projections 16mm en direct pour plusieurs performances et concerts de musique.
Il s'intéresse plus particulièrement aux différentes techniques d'altérations photochimiques de l'image. Sa pratique s'oriente notamment sur la dimension performative, mécanique et contaminée propre au cinéma analogique. Ses films sont distribués par Light Cone (Paris), CFMDC (Toronto) et Vidéographe (Montréal). Depuis 2017, il co-organise les évènements de musique expérimentale et cinéma élargi OK LÀ!,
à Verdun (Canada).

Charles-André Coderre lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. He makes films and works on 16mm live projections for several film and music performances. His films are distributed by Light Cone (Paris), CFMDC (Toronto) and Vidéographe (Montréal). Since 2017, he co-organizes the OK LÀ! music & expanded cinema series in Verdun (Canada).