Dream Box

Original Title: Dream Box

42' | 2017 (Completed)

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Director:	Jeroen Van der Stock
Producer:	Steven Dhoedt
Writer:	Jeroen Van der Stock

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Cages of cats and dogs are delivered to Shikoku Island.The animals are at the beginning of a process of waiting, in which they either just seem to be killing time or enter the 'Dream Box'.

synopsis

On Shikoku Island, the smallest and least populous of the four main Japanese islands, is an unspecified generic building in the middle of some woods. While the remains of the morning fog hanging over the mountain forests are slowly clearing, a couple of puppies sunbathing outside the building are startled by the sudden arrival of a small truck. A few unidentified men who unload the vehicle seem to be pretty seasoned in handling the various cages of which the load consists. Trapped in the cages are a number of cats and dogs. Some of them are moving around nervously in their tiny compartments; others are quiet and calm. The animals are at the beginning of a process of waiting, in which they either just seem to be killing time or enter the Dream Box. In the woods, trees are swaying in the wind as the sun disappears behind the clouds...
In een mysterieus Japans woud op het eiland Shikoku, het kleinste en dunst bevolkte van de vier grote Japanse eilanden, staat een onopvallend gebouw waar honden en katten naartoe worden gebracht. Waar komen ze vandaan en gaan ze ook weer terug? En wat bevindt zich binnenin de geheimzinnige 'dream box'? Technisch vernuft, hygiëne en mechanisch handelen contrasteert met de viezigheid van zwerfdieren. Dream Box nodigt uit tot nadenken over onderwerpen als dierenethiek, consumentisme, wegwerpmaatschappij en leven en dood.

Credits

Director
Jeroen Van der Stock
Producer
Steven Dhoedt
Writer
Jeroen Van der Stock
Editing
Bram Van Paesschen
Photography
Xavier Van D'huynslager
Sound
Boris Debackere

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Experimental, Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2017
Production status
Completed
Original title
Dream Box

Technical specs

Running time
42'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub)
Available formats
Blu-Ray
Colour
Colour

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Contact

Visualantics

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1000 Brussel
Belgium

T +32 2 361 51 65
info@visualantics.net

www.visualantics.net

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Sales

Visualantics

Hooikaai 17
1000 Brussel
Belgium

T +32 2 361 51 65
info@visualantics.net

www.visualantics.net

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2017: International Film Festival Rotterdam, Midlength Program (NL); DOCUMENTAMADRID (ES); DocuTIFF (AL); Festival de Cine Lima Independiente (PE); Image Forum (JP); États généraux du film documentaire (FR); IFF Pacific Meridian (RU); DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (KR)