Come Here

Belgium2020fiction26'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2021)

Sam is a shy and sensitive animal care worker at a dog shelter in Ostende. She prefers to hang back and conscientiously perform her everyday duties, such as cleaning, feeding and walks. Koen, a behaviourist, works with new dog owners. When a neurotic owner of a Belgian shepherd appears at the shelter, Sam decides to help her. Full of warmth and sympathy for the protagonists, the films tells a charming story about the feeling of being lost, the need of closeness, a second chance and the overcoming of one’s own fears, but above all about the powerful bond with four-legged friends.

directed by
Marieke Elzerman, portret reżysera
Marieke Elzerman

She was born in 1996 in Amsterdam. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent. In May 2018 she took part in the workshop with Werner Herzog ‘Filming in Peru’. In the same year she also participated in an internship in Lisbon where she worked with Salomé Lamas, a Portuguese director. Her graduation film “Come Here” (2020) has been screened, among others, at Premiers Plans Festival d’Angers and at the International Short Film Festival in Leuven, where it won the Jury Award for the Best Actor.

cinematography
Frank Schulte
script
Marieke Elzerman
cast
Loes Swaenepoel, Anna Franziska Jäger, Koen Van Daele
music
Massimo Colombo
sound
Zita Leemans
editing
Marieke Elzerman
production
Marrit Greidanus
Photo
Kadr z filmu Come Here
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