Crested Butte Film Festival

Narrative Shorts III: Leaving Home (Virtual)

Expired October 10, 2022 6:00 AM
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7 films in package
Narrative Shorts III: Leaving Home
Whether real or metaphoric, home is somewhere that we step away from
CLOSE TIES TO HOME COUNTRY
An immigrant dogwalker finds home in the hearts of the rich people’s dogs she dogsits.SHORT SYNOPSISMillennial immigrant Akanksha waits for her sister’s visit from India (they haven’t seen each other in nine years!) Meanwhile, she’s dogsitting the fancy Frenchie of Instagram influencers India and Harry, who themselves are on a trip to India’s namesake.
THE HEADHUNTER'S DAUGHTER
In this marvelous Philippine film, Lynn leaves her family behind and traverses the harrowing roads of her country's highlands to try her luck in the city as a country singer. She's well-equipped with a trusty horse and a marvelous voice.
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WIGGLE
An imaginative kid is afraid to get his tooth pulled. Filmed in Crested Butte by local actor and director, Mark Reeb.
PLUM TOWN
A young land developer returns to his childhood home in the Chinese countryside for the first time in a decade to convince his stubborn father to finally sell the failing plum orchard. When the two find themselves unable to understand each other, they turn to the old karaoke machine in the house to find a common language.
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BURROS
A young Indigenous girl discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has been separated from her father in the beautiful but dangerous Sonoran desert.
SPACEBOY
Two brothers share their passion for space, but their time together is limited.
This film is eligible for the 2022 Crested Butte Film Festival Audience Choice Award! (You must unlock the film to be eligible to cast your vote)
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Max is six years old and is discovering the world, together with his older brother Billy. However, Billy doesn't understand the world very well, but he does know a lot about space. The two brothers set out to send a message into space, but things do not go as planned.


Veerle De Wilde

Veerle De Wilde (the Netherlands, 1985) is a Dutch-Belgian filmmaker based in Ghent. After working as a psychologist for several years, she moved on to filmmaking. In 2020 she graduated from KASK School of Arts with the short film Spaceboy.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    22.0 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Belgium
  • Premiere
    Yes, it's a Colorado premiere
  • Rating
    Adults and teens (not for young children)
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  • Director
    Veerle De Wilde
  • Screenwriter
    Veerle De Wilde
  • Cast
    Luca Van Steen, Mistral Guidotti, Stan Martens, Melody Van Gompel, Trine Thielen, Peter Aers, Pieter De Cnudde
  • Cinematographer
    Pieter Van Campe
  • Editor
    Veerle De Wilde, Olivier Lambrechts
  • Composer
    Kasper Cornelus
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