Still From Afar

Original Title: Van ver staat het stil

18' | 2018 (Completed)

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Director:	Eva van Tongeren
Producer:	Brecht Van Elslande
Writer:	Eva van Tongeren

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An audiovisual essay based on the director's correspondence with Thomas, a jailed child abuser.

synopsis

In Still From Afar, Eva van Tongeren translates a months-long correspondence between the convicted paedophile Thomas and herself into an audiovisual monologue. The correspondence forces them to adjust their thoughts to the rhythm of each other's letters. His imagination takes her to deserts where westerns are filmed, along the largest trees in the world, to the busy streets of Los Angeles. She sends him fragments of memories that will never be his.
In Van ver staat het stil vertaalt Eva van Tongeren een maandenlange briefwisseling met de veroordeelde en opgesloten pedofiel Thomas naar een audiovisuele monoloog. De correspondentie dwingt hen om hun gedachten aan te passen aan het ritme van elkaars brieven. Zijn verbeelding brengt haar naar woestijnen waar western-films worden opgenomen, langs de grootste bomen ter wereld tot de drukke straten van Los Angeles. Ze stuurt hem fragmenten van herinneringen die nooit de zijne zullen zijn.

Credits

Director
Eva van Tongeren
Producer
Brecht Van Elslande
Writer
Eva van Tongeren
Editing
Febe Simoens
Photography
Cedric Vankerckhoven
Sound
Kwinten Van Laethem, Els Viaene, Ruben Nachtergaele

Format

Creation details

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

2018
Production status
Completed
Original title
Van ver staat het stil

Technical specs

Running time
18'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
1.85:1
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub)
Available formats
Apple ProRes 422
Colour
Colour

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Festivals

2018: Courtisane (BE)

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De Imagerie vzw

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Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)

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Flanders Film Funding

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Still From Afar

synopsis

Credits

Director

Producer

Writer

Editing

Photography

Sound

Format

Creation details

Type

Category

Production share

Genre

Year of production

Production status

Original title

Technical specs

Running time

Available in

Aspect ratio

Sound format

Available formats

Colour