Synopsis

Set in a timeless world, Nathan Rijckx captures the shadows of men and women who are about to die. He performs this task for a strange collector in the hope that he will be released from this fate and be reunited with the woman that he has loved since he first laid eyes on her, just before his death, when he was a soldier during the First World War… More information

Awards

• Best Flemish Student Film (‘Het Grote Ongeduld’ Student Film Festival, Belgium)
• Best European Fantastic Short (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Belgium)
• Best Cinematography in a Short Film (Cyprus International Film Festival, Cyprus)
• Best Short Film (Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania)
• Special Honourable Mention (San Lorenzo Festival – Atalo En Corto, Spain)
• Best Direction, Best Original Score, Best Effects and Second Prize For Best Short Film (CinemadaMare Film Festival, Italy)
• Best Narrative Short (Sacramento International Film And Music Festival)
• Nomination for Best Narrative Short (International Film Festival of South Africa)
• Best Fiction Film (Pisek International Student Film Festival, Czech Republic)
• Best Short Film (Festival International d’Ecoles de Cinema Huey, Belgium)
• Best Director of a Short Film, Audience Award for Best Short Film (The International Sweet Onion Film Festival, USA)
• Best Cinematography, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film (Heart Of Gold International Film Festival, Australia)
• Top Award of Excellence for Production Design & Best Début Film / Certificate of Distinctive Achievement for Best Costumes and Makeup & Best Director of a Short Film (The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, USA)
• Best Short Film (Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre, Argentina)
• Best Foreign Short Film (Queens International Film Festival, USA)
• Finalist for Best Short Film (Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival, Canada)
• Nomination for Best Narrative Short Film (Oxford Film Festival, USA)
• Nomination for Best Sci-Fi and Best Director (Show Off Your Shorts Film Festival, USA)
• Best Foreign Film (Foursite Film Festival, USA)
• Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Maarten Claeyssens) (Tenerife International Film Festival, Spain)
• Best Student Film (California Independent Film Festival, USA)
• Honourable Mention – Best Science-Fiction Film (International Festival Of Cinema and Technology, touring worldwide)

• Original title:

  Dood van een schaduw

• Title:

  Mort d’une ombre

• Director:

  Tom Van Avermaet

• Screenplay:

  Tom Van Avermaet

• Music:

  Raf Keunen

• Photography:

  Stijn Van der Veken

• Producer:

  Ellen De Waele

• With:

  Matthias Schoenaerts, Laura Verlinden, Peter Van Den Eede, Benjamin Ramon