Savage Film

Set in contemporary Japan, "Silent Visitors" portrays people whose lives are immersed by surreal abandoned sites. While the film submerges us in a world of transient beauty and decay, the aftermath of the tsunami shimmers on the horizon.

Credits

Director: Jeroen Van der Stock

Photography: Emmanuel Gras

Editor: Bram Van Paesschen

Sound: André Philips, Manuel Vidal 

Producer: Bart Van Langendonck - SAVAGE FILM (B)

With the support of: the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), the Japan Foundation, the Media Development Program of the E.U., Super Hotel Japan

Festivals & Awards

CPH: DOX (World premiere, Denmark, 2012)                                                                                              

Festival International du Cinéma Ethnographique Jean Rouch Festival Paris (France, 2012)                                    

L'ISELP - Festival du Film sur l'Art (Belgium, 2012): Best Film

Budapest Architectural Film Days (Hungaria, 2013)

Jeonju IFF (South Korea, 2013)

Planete + DOC Filmfestival (Poland, 2013): screening May 19

Links

www.jeroenvanderstock.com

• International poster