Naked Heartland

Original Title: Naked Heartland

15' | 2016 (Completed)

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Director:	Willy Vanderperre
Producer:	Els Voorspoels
Writer:	Willy Vanderperre

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A short film set against the flatness of the Flemish polders where young people in their late teens are growing up living in an isolated (self-created) world of micro-cosmoses of social media platforms.

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Jan is being bullied. Ann, raised under a strict regime at home, finds a way out in her own created dream world. And then there is Rob, whose difficulties with the acceptance of his sexuality are being emphasised by his upbringing in a vulnerable environment. Social media is the only platform where they share their emotions, desires, doubts and insecurities. Once they get on the bus on their way to a long-awaited event, they are surrounded by lost, isolated and like-minded peers, all with sexual desires and frustrations - afraid to leave their childhood but fearful of becoming adults. When the kids arrive at their destination, a retreat in the polders, an abrupt ending tears them apart.
Jan wordt gepest. An zoekt door het strenge regime thuis haar toevlucht in een droomwereld. En er is Rob, wiens moeilijkheden met het aanvaarden van zijn seksualiteit worden versterkt door het zwakke milieu waaruit hij komt. Ze zijn verknocht aan sms, chat en andere sociale media, het enige platform waar ze hun emoties, verlangens, twijfels en onzekerheden uiten. Ze stappen op de bus, omringd door soortgenoten. De sfeer is vervuld van verlangen en seksualiteit. Wanneer de jongeren aankomen bij hun eindbestemming, een retraite in de polders, komt aan hun samenzijn een onverwacht einde, veroorzaakt door extreem geweld.

Credits

Director
Willy Vanderperre
Producer
Els Voorspoels
Writer
Willy Vanderperre
Cast
Line Pillet, Nicolas Scheltens, Aäron Roggeman
Editing
Els Voorspoels
Photography
Nicolas Karakatsanis
Art direction
Pepijn Van Looy
Costume
Olivier Rizzo
Sound
Senjan Jansen
Makeup
Gina Van Den Bergh
Music
Amenra

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2016
Production status
Completed
Original title
Naked Heartland

Technical specs

Running time
15'
Aspect ratio
1.33:1 (4:3)
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub)
Available formats
Apple ProRes 422
Colour
Colour

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4 Oktober bvba

Louiza-Marialei 2
9000 Antwerpen
Belgium

willy@4oktober.be

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the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)

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