There are no whales in France

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.

Info

Original language: Dutch

Subtitles: English

Year: 2015

Credits

Written by: Eva van Tongeren & Evgenia Brendes

Image: Cedric Vankerckhoven

Sound: Lode Wellens

Editing: Anne-Sophie Sonnet

Advice: Els Opsomer & Herman Asselberghs

Production: LUCA school of Arts, Brussels

Technical specs

Running time film: 19’29”

Release format: DCP, Blu-ray, dvd, ProRes444/ProRes422

Sound format: Stereo

Colour: Colour

Awards

2016

Special Mention Filmmaker of the Future – Cambridge Watersprite Festival (UK)

1st Price – IN OUT Festival Gdansk (PL)

 

2015

VAF Wildcard Filmlab (BE)

Screenings

2017

Unexposed Film Festival (VS)

 

2016

Cambridge Watersprite Festival (UK)

Images Festival Toronto (CA)

IN OUT Festival – Gdansk (PL)

Het Bos – Antwerpen (BE)

Het Grote Ongeduld! Xtra – Brussel (BE)

Short Film Corner Cannes (FR)

 

2015

International Short Film Festival Leuven (BE)