Pithead

Pithead

Short films competition

Wannes VANSPAUWEN and Pol DE PLECKER

BelgiumFrance

Short 2026Dutch 17 mn Quinzaine des Cinéastes- CANNES, L'Étrange Festival , Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Strasbourg european film festival, Filmfest Sundsvall, Un Festival c'est Trop Court, Grimmfest Manchester, Film Fest Gent - International Film Fest Ghent, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, Leiden International Film Festival, Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI), Uppsala Short Film Festival, Festival International de Winterthur (Kurzfilmtage), Festival du Film Court, Festival européen du film court de Brest, Les Arcs Film Festival, Vilnius Short Film Festival, London Short Film Festival

Amidst an icy dreamscape, a woman takes refuge in a black metal karaoke bar. Outside, she finds a lone penguin stranded in a nearby tree, cut off from its colony.

Direction Wannes VANSPAUWEN and Pol DE PLECKER
Cast Ikeda FUMIYO, Mutamba DAVID and Joeri HAPPEL
Screenplay Wannes VANSPAUWEN and Pol DE PLECKER
Cinematographer Matthee VAN HOLDERBEKE
Editor Pol DE PLECKER, Wannes VANSPAUWEN and Frank VAN DEN BOGAART
Music Matthias DEWILDE and VERTIGE
Sound Raf ENCKELS and Pol DE PLECKER
Production
Animal Tank
Sven SPUR
Brecht VAN ELSLANDE
Sales oriGine Films
Distributor 2 oriGine Films

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