Wet Stories
Thursday, 9 June, 21:45 - 23:15 / Kijkhuis 2
Saturday, 11 June, 21:30 - 23:00 / Kijkhuis 2
What happened by the water? The films in this session are all set by bodies of water, where stories flow, sea monsters emerge, the heat rises, and characters allow the tide to take them. Hybrid in genre and style, this session is filled with shorts that might submerge you, refresh you, and potentially, drag you under.
Tags: Environment, Eroticism, Sexuality, Geography | Content Warning: Sex, Sexual Violence
On Thursday 9 June and on Saturday 11 June, Luciënne Venner (director of Silent Heat) will join us for a Q&A.
Duration
90 min.
The ocean is the only crossing to arrive to the Mount Analogue. Through each wave, which breaks into each of the primary colors, a gateway opens to a new perception...
On a remote coast of the Russian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.
A black comedy about an unidentifiable strange creature that will satisfy the desires of those who seek fear for sheer pleasure.
Late 1970s. The Flemish writer Louis (37) decides to go to the fashionable Côte d'Azur. He hopes this new place will bring him inspiration, as after the success of his first novel he has trouble finding the inspiration for a new story; in Flanders there is too much pressure and distraction.
A lonely chubby mermaid is keen on peeking at people through the water pipelines using magic. One day she falls in love with a man and, blinded by passion, comes into his apartment to satisfy her burning desires.
On a vacation with her girlfriend Lyla’s fantasies are triggered in an unexpected way. After she is stung by a sea urchin she meets the sensual Valéry who takes her to an underground sub culture with a peculiar fetisj.