The Chinese Wall
10 minutes, colour, 16mm
director SYTSKE KOK
script ROSAN DIEHO-HAMME
d.o.p. NICOLE BATTEKE
editor TAREK
music DAVID VAN DER HEYDEN
art director ROLAND MYLANUS
line producer ROBBERT BECKER
palmares
Audience award Lausanne, Swiss, 2005
Audience award Ankara on Wheels, Turkije, 2003
Audience award Lyon, France, 2003
Audience award Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2003
Best Actress Expresion en Corto, Guanajarato, Mexico, 2003
Best Script INcurt, Tarragona, Spanje 2003
Press- & Jury prijs in Clermont-Ferrand, Frankrijk 2003
Best Film Interfilm International Film Festival Berlijn, 2002
Nomination Gouden Kalf best short film in Utrecht, 2002
Aagt (Celia Nufaar) is a lonely woman. Bruised by life. Her marriage was a failure, she missed the love of her life, her only son stood up against her, her daughter in law was a bitch and her husband died in his chair sitting next to her. During her visit to the Chinese restaurant, on her regular table, we get to know her by her thoughts. She is a straight, even stiff woman, but with a sense of perspective and humour. Aagt reflects her life on that of the other guests. It turns out that things aren’t always what they seem.
short film, 2002