At the age of 92 the Belgian film pioneer Henri Storck died in Brussels. Just as Ivens, Storck began as a self-made filmmaker with a lyrical film about water and avant-garde experiments. Storck and Ivens met in left-wing circles in Paris where in 1933 the Belgian asked him to co-operate in the film about the consequences of a miners' strike in the Borinage. The film Misere au Borinage (Misery in the Borinage) (1934) became Storck's best-known film. It was shown on Belgian television as a tribute after his death. Two weeks later a documentary followed on the Wallonian station La Deux to pay tribute to Ivens and Storck, in which present-day poverty in the Borinage was pointed out. Ivens and Storck had co-operated in various organisations of documentarists and remained friends for life. On behalf of Marceline Loridan-Ivens and the European Foundation Joris Ivens, Jan and Tineke de Vaal and André Stufkens were present at the funeral.
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