Worn out by everyday routine, fifty-nine-year-old fishmonger Sabine decides to leave her fish shop and ventures into the world outside of her countryside village. Her quickest escape, the village school bus, brings her to the museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, where a museum audio guide helps her find the elevation she unknowingly sought.

written and directed by NELSON POLFLIET

with MARIJKE PINOY, TOMAS PEVENAGE, LOTTE DIEPENDAELE, GUNTER LAMOOT, ILSE DE KOE, LUCA VAN STEEN, VINCENT BROES

produced by ANIMAL TANK & BAGAN FILMS

director of photography SANDER VANDENBROUCKE
line producer YUNI MAHIEU
art director JENS BUREZ
editor TOM DENOYETTE
sound engineer FERAS DAOUK
sound design & mixing SENJAN JANSEN

pitched at FEST PORTUGAL 2020 & EUROCONNECTION 2021

with the support of
FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF)
TAX SHELTER OF THE BELGIAN FEDERAL GOVERMENT
STAD GENT
CNC

with the participation of FRANCE TELEVISION

festival distribution NEXT FILM DISTRIBUTION & DALTON DISTRIBUTION

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

International Short Film Festival Leuven (BE) 2022
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival (CA) 2023
Le Festival Courts de Loire (FR) 2023
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (JPN) 2023
Les Capucines du Cinéma Français Festival (FR) 2024
Sydney Short Film Festival (AU) 2024
Jacksonville Film Festival (USA) 2024
Brussels Short Film Festival (BE) 2024
Annual Aarhus Film Festival (DK) 2024
L'étrange festival in Forum des images in Paris (FR) 2024
Fantastic Festival (FR) 2024
New York New Waves Showcase (US) 2024
L'étrange festival, Paris (FR) 2024
Chouette festival, Rieux Minervois (FR) 2024
Rome Cinéma Indépendant (IT) 2024

AWARDS

International Short Film Festival Leuven // Audience Award Best Fiction