Forged in Fire

Fragmentary experiences of little Tinus in which direct confrontation with life and suffering is never far away.

A restless young man roves in the gay hotspots of a metropolis. Anonymous places dressed in mirrors, intense colors and kitschy decors are the landscape for this stranger in search of comfort, connection and himself.

The night is blue and the moon is yellow. A renowned private eye is hired to observe a lonesome pianist.

When a mysterious young man interrupts a radio broadcasting, the dark night is lightened by colour, conversation, and jazz.

A sensory portrait of a father and his family, displaced into the anonymity of a hotel. In his quiet attempts to rebuild a sense of home, routine becomes a fragile act of resistance.

A passing meteorite connects a roaming young woman, a burned-out factory worker and an unemployed young man during a long winter night. A portrait of the night and the people in it.

When Sarah follows a mysterious sound deep into the forest, she enters the world of The Wild Woman.

When Lily wakes up in a surreal cosmetic clinic with someone else's lips on her face, she is determined to find out what happened to her. A colorful, stylized trip with killer lipstick.

Amidst an icy dreamscape, a woman takes refuge in a black metal karaoke bar. Outside, she finds a lone penguin stranded in a tree, cut off from its colony.

Once upon a dream, a young woman stumbles upon her childhood home. As the house continues to shift its shapes, it comes to lay bare the memory of a loved one.

From the music of American composer Daniel Hart, Belgian filmmakers Wannes Vanspauwen and Pol De Plecker craft a story of a man struggles with his umbrella during a heavy rain storm.. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

When nightclub singer Poppy is confronted by a black-eyed man she is filled with fear. The event triggers a buried trauma that she must overcome in a caleidoscopic world of glitter, music and blood.

41 participants explore the echoes of their pasts and futures through film, pouring their dreams into one-shot stories, interviews, and scripted scenes.