Short Calf Muscle | A Place for Everyone - Shorts | BendFilm Festival 2021

BendFilm Festival 2021

A Place for Everyone - Shorts

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When viewed side by side, stories of our differences become proof of our sameness. Here is a beautiful collection of stories about the various ways in which we can all relate to each other’s experiences of feeling ‘different’.

Short Calf Muscle is an absurdist black comedy about Anders. And Anders is different. But he doesn't know that. Yes, he's also gay, but that's not the point. There is also something else that others see in him that he doesn’t.

About the Director:

Victoria Warmerdam won the Burny Bos Talent Award at the Cinekid Festival with her sci-fi feature idea SpaceKees shortly after graduating in 2015. Since then she wrote the short Soap and Short Calf Muscle that has played at over 130 festivals amongst Oscar-qualifying festivals at Leuven, St.Louis, Winterthur, Edmonton, Gijon, Foyle and Show Me Shorts, but also at Aesthetica and Asiana. In 2019 she wrote and directed her short film ISFFF, which received over 25 international awards including the IRIS Prize of 30.000 pounds. Currently she is working on several new short and feature film scripts.

Runtime
13 minutes
Language
Dutch
Country
Netherlands

Director
Victoria Warmerdam

9 films in package

The Best Orchestra in the World

Ingbert, a sock, applies for a position as a double bass player at the Vienna State Orchestra.

The coming-of-age story of a boy with Down Syndrome, navigating the world with an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush.

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In a fabric society, a young figure diverges from rigid gender binaries to explore where their identity lies.

Michael was a ballet prodigy with a stellar career ahead of him. He transformed into a Russian ballet instructor named Madame Olga as a way to both embrace himself as an artist and reconcile with the trauma from his past.

Short Calf Muscle

Anders is different, but he doesn't know how. Or, is he?

The Black Stonefly

Gian Lawrence found salvation and purpose in fly fishing. Fly fishing can be about finding a new identity thanks to pioneers like him.

On the Couch With My Depression

Full of excited anticipation, a poet plans to go to a book party. Then along comes depression.

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Rat Tail is a self-deprecating look at director Chad Sogas’ battle with depression using archival footage and ephemera from his past, focusing primarily on the rat tail he had for ten years that his parents still keep in the storage room of their basement.

A Place for Everyone - Shorts Q&A

This virtual screening is eligible for audience awards! Unlock it to cast your vote.

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When viewed side by side, stories of our differences become proof of our sameness. Here is a beautiful collection of stories about the various ways in which we can all relate to each other’s experiences of feeling ‘different’.

Short Calf Muscle is an absurdist black comedy about Anders. And Anders is different. But he doesn't know that. Yes, he's also gay, but that's not the point. There is also something else that others see in him that he doesn’t.

About the Director:

Victoria Warmerdam won the Burny Bos Talent Award at the Cinekid Festival with her sci-fi feature idea SpaceKees shortly after graduating in 2015. Since then she wrote the short Soap and Short Calf Muscle that has played at over 130 festivals amongst Oscar-qualifying festivals at Leuven, St.Louis, Winterthur, Edmonton, Gijon, Foyle and Show Me Shorts, but also at Aesthetica and Asiana. In 2019 she wrote and directed her short film ISFFF, which received over 25 international awards including the IRIS Prize of 30.000 pounds. Currently she is working on several new short and feature film scripts.

Runtime
13 minutes
Language
Dutch
Country
Netherlands

Director
Victoria Warmerdam