A young Russian who travels to Belgium to achieve his boyhood dream of becoming a pro cyclist. His team coach forces him to use performance-enhancing drugs. Slowly but surely, he loses his grip on reality and is drawn to the dark side of the sport.
Info
| Title | The Letter |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Category | Shorts |
| Year of production | 2011 |
Credits
| Cast | Alexander Lyapin, Aristhar Venes, Georgi Ivanov, Sam Louwyck, Ryszek Turbiasz |
|---|---|
| Screenplay | Kenneth Mercken |
| Photography | Thomas Caselli, Roel Goyens |
| Editing | Roel Goyens |
Technical specs
| Running time film | 15' |
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Partners
VAF Wildcards 2011 announced
The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) has once again awarded five promising graduation filmmakers with a VAF Wildcard. This year’s winners are Kenneth Mercken’s The Letter and Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah’s Brothers in the fiction category, Kenneth Michiels’s Twenty-One + Seven and Jeremy De Ryckere’s The Heir for Documentary and Boris Sverlow’sShattered Past for Animation.
The VAF Wildcards are aimed at giving young filmmaking talent a chance to embark on a first professional project by providing a (starting) budget of €40,000 or €60,000, plus a professional coach. Now in its seventh edition, the VAF Wildcards have quickly become the most important awards in Flanders.
Last edited on 9 December 2011