A mysterious experiment inspired by one of Magritte's paintings “The Explanation and The Empire of Light”. The story takes place in abandoned zoo. The zoo itself is inspired by the zoo of Antwerp in the 19th century and is covered in a mysterious, environment such as the paintings of René Magritte: 'The Explanation and The Empire of Light'. Under a radiating sunny sky, the landscape is covered in darkness.
The opportunistic director of the abandoned zoo assigns a doctor to do some medical experiments on a gorilla, one of the few animals left in the zoo. If the experiment would succeed the zoo could become again the great attraction it ones was.
The gorilla has been artificial inseminated and therefore carefully observed by a camera during the pregnancy. The cage is lit day and night like a prison. The guardian of the gorilla is a devoted man.
Like the spectators he doesn’t know this forced pregnancy with NURU is a part of a dark experiment.
Info
| Title | NURU |
|---|---|
| Original title | NURU |
| Original version | Dutch |
| Status | Completed |
| Category | Shorts , Animation |
| Year of production | 2010 |
Credits
| Cast | Geert Burssens, Mark Van Strydonck, Danny Riesterer |
|---|---|
| Screenplay | Frederik Palmaers |
| Photography | Jan Mestagh |
| Editing | Alain Dessauvage |
| Music | Guy Van Nueten |
| Released | 20 February 2011 |
Technical specs
| Running time film | 14' |
|---|---|
| Release format | HD |
| Sound format | Yves De Mey |
| Colour | Colour |
Partners
| Supported by | Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF) |
|---|
Awards
Festival selections
2011: Anima - Brussels Cartoon and Animation Film Festival (BE)
Fantasporto features four filmmakers from Flanders
The 32nd Oporto International Film Festival (24 Febr – 3 March) has invited works from no less than four Flemish filmmakers for its line-up. Frank van Passel’s Madonna’s Pig, Jakob Verbruggen’s Code 37, Nuru, a short by Michael Palmaers, and Christophe Van Rompaey's Lena have been selected for Fest.
Code 37 became an instant box office hit in its home territory when released last fall. The film was running alongside Madonna’s Pig and Geoffrey Enthoven’s Come As You Are in theatres and together the films even managed to register over 80,000 admissions during one weekend. The film is to receive its market première at this year's European Film Market in Berlin. Code 37 director Jakob Verbruggen is now also set to direct the BBC mini-series The Fall, written by the BAFTA nominated Alan Cubitt.
Clermont-Ferrand selects shorts from Flanders
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (27 January-4 February) has selected Nicolas Provost’s Moving Stories, Michael Palmaers’s Nuru and Marc Roels and Emma de Swaef’s Oh Willy for its 34th edition. The minority co-production The Monster of Nix by Dutch artist Rosto also received a spot in the fest’s programme. According to the fest, ‘a selection for Clermont-Ferrand is participating in the biggest adventure a film can experience.’ The selections at the prestigious French short fest once again put shorts from Flanders in the international limelight.
Provost is now something of an old hand at Clermont-Ferrand after picking up a Special Jury Award for his short Plot Point in 2008. Last year, the festival even presented an overview of Provost’s major works and invited two of his shorts, Stardust and Storyteller, for competition.
Short Cinema celebrated at Leuven Short Fest
The 17th edition of the Leuven International Short Film Festival (3-10 December) again highlights talented short cinema from Flanders. With a strong Flemish short film competition, the VAF Wildcards and a number of professional activities, Leuven is for a short time the epicenter of short cinema in Flanders.
2011 has been a strong year for Flemish shorts with the Cannes Jury Award for Wannes Destoop’s Swimsuit 46 and the Grand Prize in Valladolid for Kevin Meul’s The Extraordinary Life of Rocky. Now the IKL fest has selected 20 short films from promising directors who may give us a new wave of international Awards in the future.
Last edited on 19 January 2012