SEE YOU TO MOrrOW

Nick and Michi are inseparable friends. As they roam the streets and meadows of their neighbourhood each day, they share their thoughts about school and memories or remain in comfortable silence, as only true friends can do. But when Michi surprises Nick with unexpected news, they each try to suppress it in their own way.

“Why are you moving to London?” - “Because I belong to London.”

In SEE YOU TOMORROW we are silent witnesses of the boys’ blissful summer days. They spend almost every day together, building bonfires, flying kites, and climbing trees. Nick and Michi understand each other blindly, even if there are fights between them on occasion. As the realisation of their time together coming to an end is setting in, they both try to push away the changes that are imminent once Michi is moving to London during the upcoming holidays. While Michi thinks he is more English than German anyway, Nick does not understand how he can just pack up everything and leave. After all, what about all his toys?

Director Kevin Biele manages to authentically capture the boys’ friendship. Carefully and timelessly wrapped in minutes, we are carried away in myths and stories full of adventures. The often playful, but also whimsical and wistful portrayal creates a quiet, intimate atmosphere, supported by the rejection of direct communication of his protagonists with the camera. We either sit alongside them on the grass, walk behind them, or observe them as they are eating ice cream, but always at eye level.

During all their shenanigans, the ups and downs friendship entails, time and space lose their relevance. What will become of the long-distance friendship in the end remains uncertain and is left to the viewers’ imagination.

Director: Kevin Biele DE 2022 | 20 min. Producer: Anna Weber, Produced by / sales: IFS Internationale Filmschule Köln Contact: festivals@filmschule.de

Camilla Böttinger & Linda Teutrine