shorts
CLERMONT-FERRAND / BERLIN 2016 #talentmatters
/ Hans is a 50-year-old businessman. He has a challenging job, a wonderful collection of ties and a pristine apartment. One day, when a crack appears in the wall of his home, Hans slowly starts losing control of his seemingly perfect life.
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GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Boris Kuijpers, Ruth Mellaerts SCRIPTED BY / Boris Kuijpers, Ruth Mellaerts CAST / Peter De Graef, Louis Talpe, Maaike Cafmeyer LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 17’30” PRODUCTION / a team productions YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Hendrik Verthé /
hendrik@ateamproductions.be
ALLEGORY OF THE JAM JAR
INT’L SALES / Magnet Film / Georg Gruber /
georg.gruber@magnetfilm.de
ORIGINAL TITLE / ALLEGORY OF THE JAM JAR
/ Renee sends a letter to his younger self about the unfulfilled expectations of his life.
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GENRE / experimental fiction DIRECTED BY / Emilie Verhamme SCRIPTED BY / Emilie Verhamme CAST / Simon Roobaert LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 11’ PRODUCTION / Holden Wallace YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Emilie Verhamme /
emilie.verhamme@gmail.com
ANTICHAMBRE ORIGINAL TITLE / ANTICHAMBRE
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An experimental story about a woman with an (inner) demon who haunts her in daily life. She attempts to avoid and ignore the monster until she comes to the revelation that she should accept and live with it.
GENRE / animation DIRECTED BY / Liesbet van Loon SCRIPTED BY / Liesbet van Loon LANGUAGE / no dialogues RUNNING TIME / 2’14” PRODUCTION / Liesbet van Loon YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Liesbet van Loon /
liesbetvanloon@gmail.com
THE BEAST ORIGINAL TITLE / THE BEAST
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Two young Bulgarian brothers have to help their uncle collect scrap metal in Belgium. Over the course of one day, their relationship is tested...
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Anthony Nti SCRIPTED BY / Anthony Nti, Chingiz Karibekov CAST / Nerhan Rominof, Marcelo Shibelev LANGUAGE / Bulgarian, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 15’ PRODUCTION / Anthony Nti, RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2016 CONTACT / Anthony Nti / anthony.nti@scarlet.be
BOI ORIGINAL TITLE / BOI
/ A cube and a sphere run into each other. While the cube wants to approach the sphere, the sphere keeps its distance. The result is a game of attraction and repulsion, in which repulsion prevails and forces them apart.
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GENRE / animation DIRECTED BY / Astrid Chamberland SCRIPTED BY / Astrid Chamberland LANGUAGE / no dialogues RUNNING TIME / 4’37” PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts,
Astrid Chamberland YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Greet Busselot / greet.busselot@luca-arts.be
COEXIST ORIGINAL TITLE / COEXIST
/ Admiral Crupus finds himself in dangerous waters when his tyrant Queen realises that her sneaky servant is not only obsessed with her beauty but also believes that she will marry him. But why would she, the Goddess Queen of the Island, ever marry the illegitimate son of an impoverished noble madman and his house pig?
GENRE / animation
/ A lonely astronaut is, due to a lack of human and physical contact, sexually attracted to his toothbrush. A story about the impossible combination of someone’s deepest desires and the world around him.
GENRE / animation, drama, comedy
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DIRECTED BY / Ives Agemans SCRIPTED BY / Ives Agemans LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 14’ PRODUCTION / Cyborn YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Ives Agemans / info@cyborn.be
CRUPUS ORIGINAL TITLE / CRUPUS
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DIRECTED BY / Levi Stoops SCRIPTED BY / Levi Stoops LANGUAGE / no dialogues RUNNING TIME / 4’57” PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Levi Stoops / sto.levi@gmail.com
D: 729. ORIGINAL TITLE / D: 729.
/ To truly live, one must stare Death into the eyes. Danse Macabre is an adventure following a young girl who is terrified of this fact, doing everything in her power to avoid even glancing. A story about fear of the unknown and acceptance of the inevitable, Danse Macabre shows us after all is said and done, things aren’t so bad as they seem.
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DANSE MACABRE
GENRE / youth DIRECTED BY / Michael Van Ostade SCRIPTED BY / Michael Van Ostade, Andrew Van Ostade CAST / Alix Cale, Kirsten Pieters, Maarten Mertens LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 20’ PRODUCTION / Minds Meet YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / tomas@mindsmeet.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / DANSE MACABRE
/ Against an artificial romanticised background, two young women meet. The summer day inspires them to reminisce about their former friendship and their lives, talking about their careers, families, loves and illnesses. Gradually it becomes clear that the life they talk about is a vision of a future yet to be lived.
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A DAY WILL COME MY FUTURE WILL BE YOUR PAST ORIGINAL TITLE / A DAY WILL COME MY FUTURE WILL BE YOUR PAST
GENRE / experimental DIRECTED BY / Sarah & Charles SCRIPTED BY / Sarah & Charles CAST / Bettee Molnár, Stine Sampers, Bryana Fritz, Elsa May Averill, Damien Chapelle, Emeline Depas, Arthur Egloff LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 25’17” PRODUCTION / O.C.A.M., Untitled Production YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Untitled Production / info@untitledproduction.be
/ The night hums. Thunder rumbles in the distance. Dogs bark and a man runs off. Mist dissolves and dawn is breaking. Three young sisters wake up in an empty house with their parents nowhere to be found. A long, hot day unfolds on the island, but the air is still loaded with the turmoil of last night. Oppressive nature surrounds the girls and a miracle takes place.
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DOG DAYS
GENRE / experimental, youth DIRECTED BY / Janet van den Brand SCRIPTED BY / Janet van den Brand CAST / Emma Kleij, Noëlle Hoekstra, Nikki van der Haar, Thomas Wander, Eva De Bleeker LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 19’ PRODUCTION / Janet van den Brand YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Janet van den Brand / janetvdbrand@hotmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / HONDSDAGEN
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FEEL SAD FOR THE BUNNY
Remy is 12 years old and lives with his older brother Bruno and their au pair Michaela. Remy looks up to Bruno who teaches him how to smoke, drink and shoot his father’s shotgun. Despite the age difference, Remy has a secret crush on Michaela. But things threaten to explode between the brothers when Bruno also takes an interest in her.
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Kenneth Mercken SCRIPTED BY / Kenneth Mercken, Monica Stan CAST / Arthur Masson, Yoann Zimmer, Lydia Indjova, Harry Cleven LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 18’ PRODUCTION / CZAR YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Eurydice Gysel / eurydice.gysel@czar.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / FEEL SAD FOR THE BUNNY
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Emiliana is a single mother trying to survive in a remote Bolivian mining camp 4,897 metres above sea level. She lives with her children in the middle of the paradise-like mountains of Mina Argentina. But appearances are deceptive: life in the camp is fierce and alcohol-driven. Those who find tin eat; those who don’t, don’t…
GENRE / documentary DIRECTED BY / Karen Vázquez Guadarrama SCRIPTED BY / Karen Vázquez Guadarrama LANGUAGE / Spanish RUNNING TIME / 22’52”
/ Visiophonics / 2015 CONTACT / Bart Goossens / PRODUCTION YEAR
bart@visiophonics.be
FLOWER OF A THOUSAND COLOURS ORIGINAL TITLE / FLOR DE MIL COLORES
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Nineteen-year-old Jasper tries to confront his first love with his feelings and has to deal with the following consequences.
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Anthony Schatteman SCRIPTED BY / Anthony Schatteman, Stephen Dhondt CAST / Ezra Fieremans, Maarten Ketels, Lien Maes LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 14’30” PRODUCTION / The New Generation YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Sven Spur / sven@thenewgeneration.be
FOLLOW ME
ORIGINAL TITLE / VOLG MIJ
Fragments of Gabi consists of a series of fragments from the life of Gabi, a 32-year-old Romanian mother adrift in a rootless urban landscape. The film follows her for 36 hours, but we only catch glimpses of what she is actually going through. As the action unfolds, we understand that Gabi is undergoing a silent revolution, trying to emancipate herself from her disconnected surroundings.
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FRAGMENTS OF GABI ORIGINAL TITLE / FRAGMENTS OF GABI
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Jaro Minne SCRIPTED BY / Jaro Minne CAST / Cristina Flutur, Vitalie Bichir LANGUAGE / Romanian RUNNING TIME / 15’ PRODUCTION / Jaro Minne YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Jaro Minne / jarominne@gmail.com
/ In a no-man’s-land between everything he left, everything he was and everything that may or may not come, a man wanders alone at night in a hotel. When people from his past life come to meet him, strange encounters take place.
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GUEST
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Moon Blaisse SCRIPTED BY / Moon Blaisse CAST / Peter Van den Begin, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Mark Verstraete, Katelijne Verbeke LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 20’08” PRODUCTION / De Wereldvrede YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Bram Versteyhe / post@dewereldvrede.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / GUEST
/ When an introverted teenage skateboarder falls in love with the girlfriend of one of his best friends, he is pushed to his limits by the people who are most close to him.
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HOLD BACK
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Steffen Geypens SCRIPTED BY / Steffen Geypens CAST / Ward Kerremans, Liliana de Vries, Willy Crank (Willem Vleugels), Ramsy Saïdi LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 18’57” PRODUCTION / Visual Creations YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Jimi Abidts / jimi@visualcreations.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / HOLD BACK
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INTO DARKNESS ORIGINAL TITLE / INTO DARKNESS
Little Mohamed and his family live in the small village of Taroudant, Morocco. Eleven of the family members are blind. Living in extreme poverty and excluded from society, they try to keep their hopes and dreams alive. Mohamed is smart and playful with one dream: to keep his sight. Naïma is the first who pursues higher education. But the constant lack of money makes her dream very uncertain.
GENRE / documentary
/ Felix (28) and 17-year-old Elise undertake a video project in which Felix tries to capture Elise’s sexual fantasies. As the project progresses, their visions seem to distance them increasingly from each other. Who will eventually take the lead in a game of obsession and manipulation?
GENRE / psychological drama, erotic
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JUNK OF THE HEART
DIRECTED BY / Rachida El Garani SCRIPTED BY / Rachida El Garani LANGUAGE / Arabic RUNNING TIME / 31’ PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Rachida El Garani /
rachida.el.garani@gmail.com
DIRECTED BY / Mieke Briers SCRIPTED BY / Mieke Briers CAST / Martha Vandermeulen, Sid Van Oerle, Jiepie Pilair LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 12’21” PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts, Mieke Briers YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Mieke Briers / mieke_briers@hotmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / JUNK OF THE HEART
/ Twelve-year-old Colin Macleod sees the world around him change fast as he realises that the isolated island he calls home is getting too small to follow his dreams. On the other hand there’s Colin Mackenzie, an old shepherd who has returned to the island after years of wandering around. Gradually he comes to the conclusion that his beloved island will never be the same.
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MAINLAND ORIGINAL TITLE / MAINLAND
GENRE / documentary DIRECTED BY / Ischa Clissen SCRIPTED BY / Ischa Clissen LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 18’ PRODUCTION / RITCS School of Arts YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Ischa Clissen / ischaclissen@gmail.com
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Two cellmates face yet another day together in prison. They do whatever they can to relieve their boredom, resulting in physically and verbally transgressive behaviour.
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Harm Dens SCRIPTED BY / Harm Dens CAST / Stefaan Degand, Titus De Voogdt LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 15’ PRODUCTION / Quetzalcoatl YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Marc Goyens / marc@quetzalcoatl.be
NOTHINGNESS ORIGINAL TITLE / NIEMENDAL
/ A series of events occur when a hunter finds a dead body in the woods. Strangers appear and manipulate the crime scene several times. The hunter doesn’t understand the strange spectacle, ending up entangled in a labyrinth in which he will put his own life at stake for the unknown corpse.
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GENRE / experimental fiction DIRECTED BY / Pieter Dumoulin, Timeau De Keyser SCRIPTED BY / Pieter Dumoulin, Timeau De Keyser CAST / Jan Bijvoet, Hans Mortelmans, Max Pairon LANGUAGE / no dialogues RUNNING TIME / 20’ PRODUCTION / Lunanime YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Annemie Degryse / mail@lunanime.be INT’L SALES / Lumière / sales@lumiere.be
THE RECONSTRUCTION ORIGINAL TITLE / DE RECONSTRUCTIE
/ Hevi, a teenage Yazidi girl, tries to survive with her mother and younger sister in war-torn Iraq. As armed men ravage the countryside, the family spends their days hiding in a cave near their abandoned village. In the midst of disaster, young Hevi is faced with a heartbreaking decision.
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SHADOW
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Bülent Öztürk SCRIPTED BY / Bülent Öztürk CAST / Xwiska Mezin Biseng Ünver, Dayik Pelin Batu, Xwiska Piçuk Rojïn Gür LANGUAGE / Kurdish RUNNING TIME / 17’ PRODUCTION / Minds Meet YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Tomas Leyers / tomas@mindsmeet.be
ORIGINAL TITLE / SÎ
/ A portrait of a man with bipolar disorder, as seen through the eyes of his 11-year-old daughter. The film becomes a bittersweet adventure with two unconventional heroes on a path of innocence and crude behaviour.
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GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Anouk Fortunier SCRIPTED BY / Anouk Fortunier CAST / Tibo Vandenborre, Elsa Houben LANGUAGE / French RUNNING TIME / 14’37” PRODUCTION / Roxanne Sarkozi YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Anouk Fortunier /
anouk.fortunier@gmail.com
STRANGE BIRD ORIGINAL TITLE / DRÔLE D’OISEAU
/ In this filmic essay set in a sleepy holiday village in the North of France, the filmmaker takes the viewer on her personal search for peace and quietness. She uses the camera as a tool to try and form an understanding of her surroundings. Her walks are accompanied by a dialogue between the filmmaker and an actress, reflecting on hope, changes, borders and film.
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THERE ARE NO WHALES IN FRANCE ORIGINAL TITLE / IN FRANKRIJK ZIJN GEEN WALVISSEN
GENRE / filmic essay DIRECTED BY / Eva van Tongeren SCRIPTED BY / Eva van Tongeren, Evgenia Brendes LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 19’29” PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Eva van Tongeren / eva.van.tongeren@hotmail.com
/ Axelle, a promising young tennis player, is left in increasing desperation when she learns that her attentive coach Jeremy has been detained for further questioning. While rumours and emotions fly, Axelle secretly harbours her deep-felt emotions awaiting their reunion. When Jeremy is permanently removed from her life, Axelle must accept that her silence was not enough to save her hero. For the first time in her life she experiences the loss of love...
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UMPIRE ORIGINAL TITLE / UMPIRE
/ Olivia and Vincent are on a first date in a local cosy café. In a subtle manner, they try to find out what the other’s intentions are. It soon appears that they both have different goals.
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GENRE / coming-of-age, drama, portrait DIRECTED BY / Leonardo Van Dijl SCRIPTED BY / Leonardo Van Dijl CAST / Benjamin Ramon, Lilith Kempynck, Mirthe Tavernier, Alexandra Lymarev, Laurence Roothooft, Ivana Jozic LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 17’48” PRODUCTION / Leonardo Van Dijl, Maïté Spaenjers YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Leonardo Van Dijl / vandijls@gmail.com
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Jacinta Agten SCRIPTED BY / Jacinta Agten CAST / Lauranne Paulissen, Stan Reekmans LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 18’45” PRODUCTION / Jacinta Agten YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Jacinta Agten / jacintagten@hotmail.com
VINCENT ORIGINAL TITLE / VINCENT
/ A poetic portrait of three Afghan children who incorporate Pashto culture and French language.
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GENRE / documentary DIRECTED BY / Margaux Dauby SCRIPTED BY / Margaux Dauby LANGUAGE / French, Pashto RUNNING TIME / 21’ PRODUCTION / LUCA School of Arts YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Greet Busselot /
greet.busselot@luca-arts.be
WHISPER ORIGINAL TITLE / ZAMZAMÁ
/ Soo Min, a young South Korean woman, is struggling to find a balance between her family and her career as a cellist. After a long absence, it is hard for her to resume her place in the family and she feels she has to compete with her six-yearold daughter for her husband’s love.
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WOLF’S SKIN
GENRE / drama DIRECTED BY / Louise De Groef SCRIPTED BY / Louise De Groef CAST / Amber Docters Van Leeuwen, Geert Van Rampelberg, Violaine Lobbestael, Sébastien Lervant LANGUAGE / Dutch RUNNING TIME / 26’ PRODUCTION / Louise De Groef YEAR / 2015 CONTACT / Louise De roef / louise.degroef@gmail.com
ORIGINAL TITLE / WOLVENVACHT
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