Strange Bird

Original Title: Drôle d'oiseau

14' | 2015 (Completed)

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Director:	Anouk Fortunier
Producer:	Roxanne Sarkozi
Writer:	Anouk Fortunier

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A portrait of a man with bipolar disorder, as seen through the eyes of his 11-year-old daughter.

synopsis

A portrait of a man with bipolar disorder, as seen through the eyes of his 11-year-old daughter. The film becomes a bittersweet adventure with two unconventional heroes on a path of innocence and crude behaviourheroes set on a path of innocence and crude behaviour.
Mon papa m'a toujours dit qu'il me tiendrait sous son aile. Mais c'est un drôle d'oiseau. Parfois il vole bas, mais souvent il vole haut. Tellement haut qu'il parait tout petit. Mais seulement pour les gens qui ne savent pas voler.
Zoë wordt na een schooldag opgepikt door haar bipolaire vader, Pierre. Gewapend met haar fantasie tracht ze de problemen waarmee haar vader dagelijks kampt te verzachten.

Credits

Director
Anouk Fortunier
Producer
Roxanne Sarkozi
Writer
Anouk Fortunier
Cast
Tibo Vandenborre
Editing
Joppe Van Den Brande
Photography
Fiona Braillon
Costume
Carmen Van Nyvelseel
Sound
Thibaud Rie
Makeup
Leke Pham
Music
Ismael Colombani

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2015
Production status
Completed
Original title
Drôle d'oiseau

Technical specs

Running time
14'
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
stereo (2.0)
Available formats
DCP
Colour
Colour

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Contact

LUCA School of Arts

Paleizenstraat 70
1030 Brussel
Belgium

T + 32 (0)2 250 15 11
info@luca-arts.be

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2017: Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival (DE)
2016: Dames Draaien (BE), Filmfestival Delicatessen (BE), Ciné Privé (BE), Kort Geschoten (BE), Brussels Film Festival (BE), De Kortste Nacht - Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (NL), Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival (UK), Au Contraire Film Festival on Mental Illness (CA)
2015: Film Fest Ghent (BE), International Short Film Festival Leuven (BE)