EN - The Importance of Sweet and Salt is a black comedy about a man's inner struggle to escape from an extremely dysfunctional relationship with his wife. While preparing dinner for his spouse, the man contemplates his current predicament and comes to question his sanity.
FR - The Importance of Sweet and Salt est une tragi-comédie sur le combat intérieur d’un homme qui essaie de s’extirper d’une relation extrêmement dysfonctionnelle avec sa femme. Alors qu’il prépare le dîner pour sa femme, l’homme réfléchit à sa propre situation et commence à mettre en doute sa santé mentale.
Info
| Title | The Importance of Sweet and Salt |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Importance of Sweet and Salt |
| Original language | Dutch |
| Status | Completed |
| Production | Majority Flemish |
| Category | Shorts |
| Genre | tragicomedy |
| Year | 2012 |
| World première / first public presentation | 2012-12-01 |
Credits
| Cast | Jan Vergote, Véronique Buysse, Bart Hollanders, Hélène Devos |
|---|---|
| Photography | Manu Vanderjeugd |
| Editing | Benoit De Clerck |
| Sound | Jeroen Truijens |
| Music | Karel Vercamst |
Technical specs
| Running time film | 13' 10" |
|---|---|
| Release format | Blu-ray, Apple ProRes |
| Aspect ratio | 1:2.35 |
| Sound format | Stereo |
| Colour | Colour |
| Available in | 2D |
Partners
Festivals
2012: International Short Film Festival Leuven (BE)
Awards
2012: International Short Film Festival Leuven - Jury Prize (BE)
Prey, The Importance of Sweet & Salt and DAY_6011 to LA Shorts Fest
Jonas Baeckeland’s short film Prey has been selected for this year’s Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. Also known as LA Shorts Fest, it is one of the largest American Oscar-qualifying short film festivals. The Importance of Sweet & Salt by Benoit De Clerck and Raf Wathion's animation short DAY_6011 are also added to the LA fest’s slate. The festival screens more than 250 short films from 5-12 September.
In Prey, director Jonas Baeckeland follows Algerian-born Ali Toumi, who has just escaped from a Belgian prison. Buying himself a new identity he hopes to make a fresh start and provide his family with a normal integrated life. But an unforeseen encounter with an old acquaintance makes Ali relapse into old habits.
Flemish Award winners at Leuven short Fest
Benoit De Clerck’s The Importance of Sweet and Salt, Tom Van Avermaet’s Oscar nominated Death of a Shadow, Wouter Bouvijn’sCrossroads and Roman Klochkov’s Natasha were the winners in the Flemish competition at the 18th Leuven International Short Film festival (1 – 8 December). The Humo Award, a guest competition, went to Kiss Me Softly by Anthony Schatteman (pictured on the left).
The Importance of Sweet and Salt, a tragicomedy about a man's inner struggle to escape from an extremely dysfunctional relationship with his wife, grabbed the Jury Award. The Award, which comes with a cash prize of € 2,000, also ensures the short a spot on the 2014 Academy Awards longlist. Meanwhile Wouter Bouvijn’s short Crossroads received the Award for Best Debut.
Last edited on 31 July 2014