short films CLERMONT-FERRAND 2014
OFFICIAL SELECTION
THE HUNGER DE HONGER
Wednesday afternoon, 29 May 1963. Three boys
are playing in the vast dunes of the Flemish coast. 10-year-old little rascal Karel gets separated from his two friends. He makes a discovery between the
grass and sand that will permanently alter his life and can only be remembered in secrecy. director Benoit De Clerck running time 16’ 17”
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer | Ciné Cri de Coeur
www.cridecoeur.be | info@cridecoeur.be www.benoitdeclerck.com
sales Premium Films | jcm@premium-films.com www.premium-films.com
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I LOVE HOOLIGANS A football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity
in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him.
director Jan-Dirk Bouw running time 12’ 26”
year 2013 | country The Netherlands, Belgium Flemish co-producer Walking The Dog
frederik@walkingthedog.be | www.walkingthedog.be sales SND Films | sydney@sndfilms.com www.sndfilms.com
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BETTY’S BLUES A young guitarist tries his luck in an old blues dive in Louisiana. He remembers the legend of Blind Boogie Jones, in the New Orleans of the 1920s, a story of love and revenge.
director Rémi Vandenitte running time 11’
year 2013 | country France, Belgium Flemish co-producer Lunanime
annemie@lunanime.be | www.lunanime.be
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HEIR TO THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL The film is about religious-historical baggage. The
director, a descendant of French Huguenots and English Protestant missionaries who migrated to South Africa, is atheist-apostate-agnostic. In the
film she confronts her contradictory reactions to this inherited evangelical background. director Wendy Morris running time 6’ 55”
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Vertigo Productions bullybeef07@gmail.com
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ADRIFT A random refugee wanders without purpose or direction 150 kilometer above the arctic circle. director Frederik Jan Depickere running time 9'
year 2012 | country Belgium, Colombia
producer Cobra Films | contact@cobra-films.be www.cobra-films.be
PANORAMA | LA FUITE CLERMONT-FERRAND
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SWEET & SALT While preparing dinner for his spouse, a man contemplates his current predicament and comes to question his sanity. A tragicomedy about his inner
struggle to escape from an extremely dysfunctional relationship with his wife.
director Benoit De Clerck running time 13'10”
year 2012 | country Belgium
producer Benoit De Clerck, Jean Pourveur
benoit@benoitdeclerck.com | benoitdeclerck.com
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PANORAMA | LA FUITE CLERMONT-FERRAND
MIA 7-year-old Mia tries to liberate her overworked mother
from the clutches of an overpopulated metropolis. In her quest, she unlocks the hidden secrets that make the world turn.
director Wouter Bongaerts
running time 9' 3� year 2013
country Belgium, the Netherlands
producer Vivi Film | info@vivifilm.be www.vivifilm.be
OTHER DELIGHTS | KIDS CLERMONT-FERRAND
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CADET Steve, a 13-year-old athlete, is secretly being doped by
his father and coach Patrick to enhance his performance
on the track. Steve is faced with the hard choice between his self-esteem and his father's wishes.
BAD HUNTER
director Kevin Meul
running time 14’ 32”
Kurdistan, today. 19-year-old Bahoz goes hunting
and witnesses a rape. He scares the man away at gunpoint and tries to comfort the distraught girl. She is afraid to go back home…
year 2013 | country Belgium producer Kevin Meul
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director Sahim Omar Kalifa running time 14’
year 2014 | country Belgium
producer A Private View | info@aprivateview.be www.aprivateview.be
sales Premium Films | jcm@premium-films.com www.premium-films.com
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THE WAY OF ALL FLESH DE WEG VAN ALLE VLEES
Tibo works as a nurse on a palliative care floor. One day
his colleague asks him to spend the day with Frans,
SONGS FROM THE OUTSIDE
the only patient without any friends or family, because
A young entrepeneur, Horace, stands at the precipice
producer Bekke Films
today Frans will undergo euthanasia. A big favour for everyone who knows the racist and perverted Frans. director Deben Van Dam
of financial ruin. One night, a strange object comes crashing into his manor garden. It starts singing and Horace responds.
director Michael Van Ostade running time 30’
year 2014 country | Belgium, United Kingdom producer Geronimo | www.geronimo.be vanostade.michael@gmail.com
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running time 26' 50” | year 2013 | country Belgium bekkefilms@gmail.com
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MALAKIM Tom, a lonely 11-year-old, bumps into a living statue
on the street. Despite Tom’s multiple efforts to make the statue move, the angel remains still. Angry and desperate for attention, the boy challenges him.
SONNET 81
director Frederike Migom
Ten years since the passing away of Ellen, it’s the
producer Lise Lambert
running time 12’
annual reunion of her friends. Everybody has coped
in his own way with the loss. Where is the grief now? Where is someone, who died ten years ago? director Maaike Neuville running time 23’
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Sint-Lukas School of Arts daphne.pascual@luca-arts.be
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year 2013 | country Belgium riema@reybrouck.be | frederikemigom@me.com www.malakimthemovie.com
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GET RIPPED Although 20-year-old Niko and a personal trainer meet daily at their gym, their contact remains indifferent and silent. As Niko’s efforts yield results, a game of manipulation unfolds.
TAKE ME ALONG EMMENEZ-MOI
Three elderly women enjoy life. When one of them passes away, the connection between the other two seems lost.
director Leonardo Van Dijl running time 15’
year 2013 | country Belgium producer Leonardo Van Dijl vandijls@gmail.com
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director Anthony Van Biervliet running time 17’
year 2013 | country Belgium producer Niels Putman
anthonyvanbiervliet@gmail.com
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MONT D’OR Nine-year-old Nina gets dropped off by her mother to spend a short vacation with her older cousin Maren and
her boyfriend Marco. The young girl falls madly in love with 27-year-old Marco. This marks the beginning of a naive and highly impossible love story for Nina.
LILITH
director Karen Vázquez
Lilith is a vampire. But she's trying everything she
can to appear human in order to fit into the city she lives in. When she encounters Charlot, she begins to understand what it means to fully integrate.
running time 20'18"
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Earlybirds Films | info@earlybirds-films.be www.earlybirds-films.be
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director Maxim Stollenwerk running time 21'49”
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Maxim Stollenwerk
maximstollenwerk@gmail.com
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HART/COEUR Two young women spend a night out in a small Belgian
town. This night will take them to different places, weird
conversations, and a confrontation with a man who has a dark secret.
PORTE BAGAGE
director Koen Blauwblomme
Elise and her brother Morris sit silently in their car.
producer Koen Blauwblomme
They both seem deeply sunk in thought. Suddenly they reach a deserted crossing. That’s where they
decide to start a journey. They know where it starts but have no idea where it will end... If it ever ends. director Domien Huyghe running time 16'19"
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Earlybirds Films | info@earlybirds-films.be
 www.earlybirds-films.be
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running time 21' 35"
year 2013 | country Belgium
koen.blauwblomme@gmail.com F
THE LOST VOICE Salma, a famous Iraqi singer, is forced to leave her native country. She ends up in an asylum centre in
Belgium. She still conducts herself as a diva, but when she meets Hassan, a young Iraqi refugee, she gets
THE DAYS
confronted with the reality of things.
DE DAGEN
director Bavi Yassin
Maria (30), a deaf woman, has just moved into a new apartment. Simon (20) comes to paint a room in the
apartment. They both have their own language and
emotional perception. In the dark they find their own and sincere way of communication. And after their
time together they leave again. The room is finished. director Mathilde De Wit running time 18’ 36”
year 2013 | country Belgium producer Siel Van Daele
eiae@telenet.be | www.kask.be F
running time 19' 43"
year 2013 | country Belgium, Iraq
producer | Bavi Yassin, Nore Maatala
bavinobi@gmail.com | nore@telenet.be F
BLUE MONDAY After many years, Jonas and Merel meet again. Old
memories and new events intertwine on a dreary autumn day.
director Jelle Gordyn
YEARNER
running time 14' 9”
year 2013 | country Belgium
HUNKER
A man lives in the house behind his pregnant
producer Jelle Gordyn | jelle.gordyn@gmail.com
girlfriend's lingerie store. He is a caring person who
tries his best for his surroundings and who's taking his future fatherhood very sincere. One day he comes home with a stuffed heron. director Harm Dens running time 23'
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Harm Dens - KASK School of Arts eiae@telenet.be | www.kask.be
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WOLF’S MILK
WOLFSMELK
After being imprisoned for several years Marcus is
determined to settle a score with his brother Simon. Wolf's Milk is a story about brother love, a family struggling decomposition after a terrible white lie.
HOUSES WITH SMALL WINDOWS 22-year old Dilan has shamed her family and must die. And as tradition will have it, the killing must be compensated. Yet another victim is made. director Bülent Öztürk running time 15’
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Clin d’Oeil Films | hanne@clindoeilfilms.be www.clindoeilfilms.be
sales Premium Films | jcm@premium-films.com www.premium-films.com
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director Hans Vercauter running time 15’
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Caviar | eva.van.riet@caviarcontent.com www.caviarcontent.com
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ALSO AVAILABLE Ana Luz
This is Ronald
decides to go look for her son, who immigrated to
Although he didn't do anything wrong, he becomes
After the recent death of her husband, Ana Luz
Ronald's neighbours accuse him of strange practices.
Brussels long ago.
isolated from the people in his neighbourhood.
15’ | Felipe Mafasoli | info@mindsmeet.be
19’ | Jules Comes | julescomes@hotmail.com F
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Baghdad Messi
The Fall
He and his friends are eagerly looking forward to
small roads. Suddenly the man realizes he has lost his
Little Hamoudi is totally obsessed with football. the Champions League finale but then Hamoudi’s television set breaks down...
17’ | Sahim O. Kalifa | hendrik@ateamproductions.be F
A couple on vacation. They drive past green hills and way. How thin is the veneer of civilization?
17’ | Kristof Hoornaert | kristof@mindsmeet.be F
Robbie Rocket
Tsjernobyl Hearts
heat wave brings his grandmother's health in danger
to live in but only to find their past in an unrecognizable
Robbie is a small hero with a big imagination. When a Robbie decides to take action.
24’ | Wim Geudens | geudenswim@gmail.com F
Jules and Adrien decide to revisit the house they used state.
21’ | Emilie Verhamme | marc@mindsmeet.be
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Time Overflows
Until It Hits You
of modeling. When an important shoot turns up, his
the holidays in their caravan in the middle of a vast
A young man tries to find his way within the world heart begins to fill with doubt.
A young couple and their ten-year-old son spend wood. Then, the unthinkable happens: the little boy disappears.
23’ 15” | Ruben Vandersteen |
ruben_vandersteen@hotmail.com
19’ | Jan Van Dyck | pdm@potemkino.com F
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DOCUMENTARY EXPERIMENTAL
CHANGING SPEEDS In 1950 a man decides to cycle to Rome with his best
friend. A journey that is in sharp contrast with the rest
28 RUE BRICHAUT A history is not only a narrative of things past, it is also a mode of belonging together, a way of sharing individual and collective experiences, as well as the forms and signs that give them shape.
of his less adventurous life. director Janneke Swinkels running time 21'21
year 2013 | country Belgium, the Netherlands
producer KASK | jeanmarie.demeyer@hogent.be sales Janneke Swinkels | info@jannekefilmt.nl D
director Hannes Verhoustraete running time 31'30"
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Hannes Verhoustraete
hannes.verhoustraete@gmail.com
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MAYBE DARKNESS
PEUT-ÊTRE LE NOIR
An old family flat left at a standstill for 150 years as if
stuck in time. Years pass by as generations come back every summer during the holidays.
DER KREISLAUF
director Juliette Joffé
Der Kreislauf depicts a unique game that is played on Belgium's beaches in the summer. When the
weather is good, one can find colourful flowers for sale in small, impromptu-build shops. These flowers are made of paper.
director Katrien Vermeire running time 29’
year 2014 | country Belgium
producer Katrien Vermeire | info@katrienvermeire.com www.katrienvermeire.com
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running time 25' 52"
year 2013 | country Belgium, France, Belize producer Sint-Lukas School of Arts daphne.pascual@luca-arts.be
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PS SAO PAULO Two men are walking in the big city at night. They are having the kind of conversation that only lost souls can have.
director Leni Huyghe
FABRIC OF TIME
running time 15'
year 2013 | country Belgium, Brazil
Fabric of Time takes us to 1980s Hungary through
producer Leni Huyghe | leni_huyghe@hotmail.com
sound recordings, photographs and performative
re-enactments of childhood. By means of a threelayered structure, the cinematic experiment implicitly talks about the author's point of view on his family's history and domestic conflict. director Miki Ambrózy running time 40'
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Miki Ambrózy Film Productions
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WAVES
GOLVEN
The world is loud. It crisps, cackles, stomps and
rumbles and we are here to listen. We cry, sing and shout and hear that we’re together. By opening our ears
we achieve new ways of experiencing. Waves is a trip
THING
through the silence of a room and the noise of the city.
An architect talks about the city he has built.
year 2013 | country Belgium
director Nina de Vroome
Gradually we realise that the city is imaginary. His account is an attempt to give his ideas a fixed shape.
running time 30'
producer Nina de Vroome | ninadevroome@gmail.com E
director Anouk De Clercq running time | 18'
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer Auguste Orts | marie@augusteorts.be www.augusteorts.be
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ALSO AVAILABLE Shimi
Semalu
eccentric and attractive Mairi, their new-formed
Cheras, a suburb in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
When Keely, a lonely 16-year-old, meets the friendship starts to get a frighting dimension when Keely is getting obsessed with Mairi.
20' | Kate Maveau | senne@bworg.be
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A cinematic portrait of the abandoned children of
19'40" | Jimmy Hendrickx | jh@portactif.com
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Tokyo Giants
Two Bastards in Beijing
streets of Tokyo in search for the mystery of reality.
a film. They want to recreate a shot, but are prevented
all have in common that their paths cross and merge
spiral out of control and into excessive partying.
Provost takes his hidden camera to the hyperkinetic
Ivo and Joni go to China with the intention of making
A serial killer, a rapist, a terrorist, a cult, the Yakuza,
from doing so because of the weather conditions. They
into a powerful climax that can not be resolved.
24' 23” | Joni Schoonjans, Ivo Neefjes jonischoonjans@hotmail.com
22' | Nicolas Provost | provost@online.no E
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ANIMATION
DIAMOND
Diamond looks for the true nature of the world outside us. The fact that each individual has his own perception of reality, and there is only one, requires us to examine the glasses through which we look at our environment.
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director Kris Mergan
One day, all the poultry has dissapeared by gluttony
producer Mergans Telewerk | kris.mergan@telenet.be
running time 12' 26"
of people. The film is about the mass consumption
of animals and by switching the lives of men and animals, we suddenly feel uncomfortable about how these creatures live their lives every day. director Leen Asselman running time 7’ 6”
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer KASK School of Arts
schoolofarts@hogent.be | kask.be A
year 2013 | country Belgium www.lionangel.be
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CASH REGISTER 9 KASSA 9
Cashier Olga spends her days unnoticed in the supermarket. An insignificant incident upsets her daily rut. For a spell we get a glimpse of her private dreams.
VOL AU VENT
director Anna Heuninck
plane up into the air. But the wind drops and the
annaheuninck@gmail.com | jeanmarie.demeyer@hogent.be
Somewhere in an autumn park, a boy throws a paper plane lands in the hair of a knitting old lady. director Isabel Bouttens
running time 8' 31"
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer KASK School of Arts
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running time 7’
year 2014 country Belgium
producer Lunanime | annemie@lunanime.be www.lunanime.be
sales Lumière | sales@lumiere.be www.lumiere.be
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ONE, TWO, THREE, PIANO! EÉN, TWEE, DRIE, PIANO!
The rules of the game are simple: the first player that
reaches the gameleader wins. Only move when she's
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not watching, or you’ll have to start all over again.
After being alone on guard for more than 6,000 days, an elite robotic soldier encounters his first contact. But things don’t go as planned...
director Nienke Deutz running time 5'05"
year 2013 | country Belgium
producer KASK School of Arts jeanmarie.demeyer@hogent.be
director Raf Wathion
running time 14' 27”
year 2013 | country Belgium producer Zonderling
fred@zonderling.be | www.zonderling.be
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ALSO AVAILABLE 850 meters
Little Ryan
fortune. To reach his goal, the knight is ready to go
he sees up in the sky. He wants to fly just like them.
A not-so-brave Knight is on a quest for fame and far. Maybe even as far as 850 meters…
A small bird has a limitless admiration for the airplanes
4' | Aad Verstraelen | verstraelenaad@hotmail.com
15’ | Joeri Christiaen | joeri@thuristar.com A
Kookoo
When a butterfly lands in a desolate landscape, a hump grows in the sand underneath it, and a character is born out of the earth.
9'47" | Hilaire Van den Broeck | hilere@gmail.com
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Mind Trip
Toby is lying in a coma with his conscience trapped
in a dreamlike world. He gets hospital visits from his girlfriend. Her actions in the real world affect his inner body experience.
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3’ 33” | Sander van Kessel |
twisted.animators@gmail.com A
Norman
Orlando’s Book
details and strange habits. Nervous and alone, he
who grew up on mission stations in southern Africa in
Norman looks too hard. He is obsessed by small wanders the city.
10' | Robbe Vervaeke | leen@cinnamon-entertainment.be A
the 19th century.
3’ 52” | Wendy Morris | bullybeef07@gmail.com
One for the Road
Tortured by a broken heart Thierry attempts to commit suicide. However, Grim Reaper arrives late.
11’ | Lander Ceuppens | leen@cinnamon-entertainment.be A
A book of English landscapes was awarded to a boy
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The Wake
The story of an introverted man whose wife is in a coma after a car accident.
20’ | Pieter Coudyzer | linda@soilart.be A
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