The prize-winning short film by Ellen Blom -who was given a Golden Calf for the Best Short Film at the last Nederlands Filmfestival -is based on two individual drawings by Peter van Straaten. The unhappy and clumsy adolescents of Van Straaten come to life and come together in an unusual way in a tragi-comic story with a surprising plot.
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Jigsaw
When an elderly single woman does a jigsaw puzzle in the evening, strange things happen. With each piece she puts down, something seems to be dragged up from her past. At the end, all the pieces inevitably fall into place. Music, montage and lighting serve to support the balanced tension in this mini thriller.
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Vet!
Sex is cool. That is the misunderstanding that rules and is maintained by adolescent girls in the big city. A group of girlfriends noisily keep up appearances under the hungry eye of their male contemporaries, even if the quick screws in a depressing hallway -just like the occasionally unavoidable consequences of them -are both short […]
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Stop!
A fatal raid in a video store is the starting point for this ultimate short film within a film (ad infinitum) that plays a bizarre and refined game with fiction and reality. Each reality shown turns out to be acted. An ironic and dizzying commentary on the endless stream of recordings of `real life` with […]
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Sale
During the sales in IKEA, a woman, accompanied by her husband and two children, is suddenly gripped by the enormous desolation of her life. Then an attractive unknown man passes. He ensures that her nightmare about kitchen tables and sofas changes into a beautiful and musical fairytale, with sparkling supporting roles for the staff and […]
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Long Distance
A little girl waits with her mother for her father to come home. They don’t know he has had a serious car accident on his way home. From the wreck, he tries to contact his family. He happens to get his daughter on the phone, who chatters away to him. It’s only when the phone […]
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De man in de linnenkast
A lonely, sombre and insignificant man discovers a special cupboard in the apartment he has just rented. Behind the heavy wooden doors, there is a complete garden. The discovery gives new meaning to his life, until other inhabitants of this paradise turn up and give the story a gruesome turn with Roald Dahl overtones.
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Beet
In this short film without dialogue, 16-year-old Sjoerd is stuck on a campsite with his parents and sister against his will. His aversion however changes when he sees his temporary neighbour. Thanks to a downpour and an irritated wasp, he gets to know her in a way of which he could only dream. Bite is […]
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Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2003
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 9"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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