Filmography
Documentaries
Elena Lee Pioneer Gallerist (Elena Lee Galeriste Phare)
Portrait - documentary 40 minutes
Director: Danièle Bellemare Lee
Camera: Danièle Bellemare Lee, Mark Lee
Extra pictures: Marc-Antoine Reid, Olivier Colpin, Mireille Ayotte,
Janne Reuss, Eric Blouin,
Marie-Ève Drolet et Caroline Rivest
Editing: Danièle Bellemare Lee. Music: Sylvie Payette
With: Elena Lee-Galerist, Joanne Guimond-Director Galerie Elena Lee 1989-2004, Diana Walton
Director Galerie Elena Lee 2010-2014
Artists: Patrick Primeau, Annie Cantin, Caroline Ouellette, Maryse Chartrand, Sébastien Duchange, Carole Frève,
Montserrat Duran Muntadas, David Frigon-Lavoie and featuring the works of 30 artists including Daniel Crichton and François Houdé.
Synopsis
Elena Lee Pioneer Gallerist (Elena Lee Galeriste Phare)
Elena Lee's determination, sincerity and passion successfully led her to follow her dreams. This documentary is a tribute to a gallerist who devoted her life to the development of Canadian glass art. She made it her mission to gain recognition for this little-known art form as a contemporary art and enable Canadian artists to propel themselves onto the international art scene. Much like an artist for his work, she gave this mission all of her energy and passion.
Elena Lee brings to light the reality and challenges of a gallerist's work with great openness. When she started in Montreal, she was initially perceived as naive and eccentric but her profound convictions and modesty established her as a leading figure in her field. Elena stands by her choices. She does not aim to please but rather to promote and shed light on her artists.
Dark times revealed the inner strength of this pioneering woman. This portrait of her work invites others to venture beyond their comfort zone. For Elena there are no regrets; only learning opportunities.
Von Narren und Hexen ...
(Of Jesters and Witches ...)
Ethnological documentary - 2014 - Duration: 108'
Regie: Danièle Bellemare Lee, Assistant: Mark Lee.
Camera: Danièle Bellemare Lee and Mark Lee.
Editing: Danièle Bellemare Lee. Music: Nancy Carney, Sylvie
Payette, Johannes Kayser and Thomas Frick.
With: Jürgen Hohl (Expert), Andreas Reutter, Klaus Müller †, Maria Hipp †,
Martin Hipp, Christoph Stehle, Rudolph Hämmerle, Markus Würstle, Andreas Bachmann.
Synopsis
Von Narren und Hexen ...
(Of Jesters and Witches ...)
It is fascinating to see the passions released by Fastnacht. For some, it is the greatest thing on earth, while others react almost allergically at the mere thought of it. But what lies behind this carnival?
„ Of Jesters and Witches... ” is an ethnological documentary about one of the most important traditions in southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria: the swabian-alemannic Fastnacht. The film anchors it's story in characters strongly involved, each in their own way, in shaping the face of Fastnacht in upper Swabia. There is space for history, social reflexions, songs, wit, conflicts, anecdotes, friendship, beautiful costumes and of course, plenty of strong opinions.
Opposing tradition and modernism, the film unlocks the reasons for the passion driving the protagonists. Conflicting views, unite behind a common cause: the urge to perpetuate Fastnacht across generations to come.
Danièle Bellemare Lee was alien to this tradition before she embarked on her seven year long journey, to find out what is behind all this devotion; learning to seize the essence of a custom for which scholars never stop to develop new theories. Thanks to her impartial vantage point she shows Fastnacht in a condensed and amusing way. 115 minutes.
Exhibits
Von Ort zu Ort - Robert Schad
(From place to place)
Documentary 2019
Exhibit by Robert Schad - Städtische Galerie Fähre Bad Saulgau
July 6th - September 1st 2019
The film was also presented during Gallery crawl in Ravensburg and in the exhibit artgerechteHALTUNG.
Synopsis
Von Ort zu Ort - Robert Schad
(From place to place)
Documentary (35 minutes-German) Portraying the artist Robert Schad and his project: Von Ort zu Ort - 70 sculptures in 40 places in 5 counties in Upper Swabia and along lake Constance (Germany).
The Filmmaker Danièle Bellemare Lee follows the internationally acclaimed artist over a period of two days.
Begegnungen
Exhibit Markus Meyer with a portrait film from Danièle Bellemare Lee about him and his work.
July 3rd 2017 - August 7th 2017
Volkbank in Ravensburg, Marienplatz 36
Comme une étrangère (Uprooted Home)
Art film - 2012 - Duration : 11"
Director : Danièle Bellemare Lee.
Concept: Danièle Bellemare Lee and Janne Reuss.
Text : Danièle Bellemare Lee. Singer: Anne Guilbault.
Music: Anne Guilbault and Nancy Carney.
Arrangement : Rémi Morissette
Synopsis
Comme une étrangère (Uprooted Home)
A trip through the emotions brought forth by a voluntary exile. Mental images that show doubt,
discovery, loneliness and fulfillment.
Video, photography,painting, music and text translate the loosing of one's bearings into a universal language.
Burn out
Art film - 2012 - Duration : 4' -
Director: Danièle Bellemare Lee et Susanne Allgaier.
Voice and original music: Anne Guilbault and Lucie Moisan.
Synopsis
Burn out
The physical burningout of a tree stem as symbol of the human burn-out.
Motion Painting concepts
Exhibit: "In Beziehung treten" (establishing relationships)
Maria Niermann-Schubert and Danièle Bellemare Lee
Painting and video
September 20th - November 22nd 2012 - Justitia-Kunstverein-Landgericht Ravensburg.
Danièle Bellemare Lee brings acrylic paintings of Maria Niermann-Schubert to life. She sheds a different light onto Maria's work, she takes the painting's symbolic figures, and creates video clips. Both works become interdependent and co-exist, completing each other. These videos are called "Motion painting", because a single painting is the main actor of each individual clip.
The "Motion painting" series is composed of four clips:
- 1. Craving for happiness
is based on the painting "Suche nach dem Glück" ("searching for happiness"). 2'33
Synopsis
sucht nach Glück
It shows men moving in loops forwards and backwards driven by the rythm of a clock. Danièle Bellemare Lee combines the acting painting with external elements such as a city scape and water. The video encourages the spectator to re-discover and to re-interpret the painting himself.
- 2. Chaos and coziness
is based on the painting "Doppelrolle" ("double role"). The music for this video is composed and interpreted by Anne Guilbault and with the participation of Lucie Moisan. 5'11
Synopsis
Chaos und Geborgenheit
In this video Danièle Bellemare Lee emphasizes elements of Maria's painting to address life in a world of global conflicts. On one side there is the violent outside world, on the other side, the cozy home where one finds protection and can recover from all the rest.
- 3. One's missing
is based on the painting "Eine fehlt" ("one is missing")
The music is an improvisation by Nancy Carney and Anne Guilbault 5'11
Synopsis
Eine fehlt (one is missing)
The film is inspired by the painting "eine fehlt".
This film expresses the search for one's own identity and fulfillment as a woman. A woman has left, why? where is she? what is she doing? will she return? Can she recover her place? Will she be different? The score is an improvised performance by Nancy Carney and Anne Guilbault.
- 4. Life
is based on the painting "Immer wieder Frauen" ("women, again and again"). The music is performed by Nancy carney and arranged by Rémi Morissette. 4'26
Synopsis
Leben
His video visualizes the different stages of a woman's life, using effects and external images to Transmit the perception of the outside world as it could be felt at each stage of life.
Special projects and short films
Schau genau! Kunst und Natur
Documentary - 2012 - Duration: 21" 17'
Danièle Bellemare Lee
Project selected and financed by Stiftung Ravensburger Verlag.
Synopsis
Schau genau! Kunst und Natur
Children discovering art and nature during a week in the forest instead of the classroom.
Unter Wasser Welten
Documentary - 2011 - Duration: 46' -
Danièle Bellemare Lee.
Project selected and financed by Stiftung Ravensburger Verlag.
Synopsis
Unter Wasser Welten
Accompanying the creative process of a school class around the theme of water.
Le Retour
Interview -
2011 -
Durée : 14′30″ -
Réalisation : Danièle Bellemare Lee.
Synopsis
Le Retour
Portrait of a french family moving back to France after having lived 3 years in Germany.
