Lost on Arrival

11.06.2021 21:30 Eng. subtitles Open Air Kino HKW (Tickets)
In Short Film Program #1, with:
SONGS OF THE SHIRT (1), FURY IS A FEELING TOO, NIGHT FOR DAY

A man lived on the Caribbean island of Curaçao for many years during his working life. After his retirement he wants to spend his last years there. The preparations are going well: he sells his house and all his possessions are put into boxes. But then his health fails him. By the time he leaves, dementia has affected his memory.
This drama is portrayed using extremely minimalist means. Except for the opening scene, all we see is the view from a tropical veranda. At the same time we hear the man having telephone conversations with his son, in which he gradually acknowledges that he is losing his grip on reality. He may have gone to Curaçao, but he never actually arrived. (PolakVanBekkum)

Production PolakVanBekkum. Production company PolakVanBekkum (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Directed and written by  PolakVanBekkum. Cinematography PolakVanBekkum. Montage PolakVanBekkum. Sound Arno Peeters. With Jan Van Bekkum, Ivar Van Bekkum. World sales LIMA.

PolakVanBekkum are Esther Polak, born in 1962 in Amsterdam, and Ivar van Bekkum, born in 1965 in Rotterdam. Their work deals with movement and landscape. Over the years, they have developed a cinematographic method for synchronizing audio recordings with mapped routes, thus realizing documentaries based on movement. This allowed them to create films that proceed within projected satellite images from Google Earth. Their films are shown internationally at film festivals.

Films: 2011: Etak: A navigation Opera (4 min.), What is done cannot be undone (6 min.). 2013: n boy (9 min.). 2014: The Mailman’s Bag (60 min.). 2016: Once We Get There (49 min.). 2017: Homestead II (1 min.), A Collision of Sorts (17 min.). 2018: The Fortune (1 min.), Gaan om te Zijn / Go Move Be (9 min.). 2019: Daily Life at the Crossing (4 min.), De Rit / The Ride (12 min.). 2021: Lost on Arrival.