Empire
Empire · dir. Kristof Hoornaert
Belgium 2015, 14’ · Polish premiere
16 October, 20:00 · CKK Jordanki
Late afternoon, somewhere in a big city, a man comes home to his wife and child — a portrait of a family in our modern civilization, captured in real time.
| Director: | Kristof Hoornaert |
| Screenplay: | Kristof Hoornaert |
| Cinematography: | Thomas Buelens |
| Cast: | Ina Geerts, Kris Cuppens, Jef Cuppens |
| Production: | Wim Vanacker |
| Awards: | MFF w Montrealu / Montreal World FF – oficjalna selekcja / Official Selection (2015); FFK w Londynie / London Short FF – oficjalna selekcja / Official Selection (2016) |
Kristof Hoornaert was born in 1980 in West-Flanders. He studied Audiovisual Arts in Ghent and Brussels. In 2006 he started working as a freelance director on several corporate films, publicity and commercials for various companies. In 2009, his first short film Kaïn premiered in the official competition of the 59th Berlin IFF.
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