WTFF7 – Feature Films & Medium-length Films Competition
Documentary
By Annelein Pompe
Belgium, 2021, 47’
o.v. Dutch, French, Italian subtitles
Regional Premiere
November 13, 2024, 7.00 PM, Cinema Odeon
Synopsis The Shadow Workers is a fable-documentary in which the upside-down-pigeon named Lukaku tells us the story about Usman, who works in a night shop, and the Dutch Good-For-Nothing, who works in a honey shop. Together they embody the non-stop working rhythm of the world we live in today. The bird Lukaku takes us on an anthropologic journey, reflecting on the role of dreams in the lives of these two working humans in the city of Ghent.
Director’s bio-filmography Annelein Pompe (1988) is a Dutch filmmaker living and working in Brussels, who graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Her first film The Shadow Workers (2021) had its world premiere at DOK-Leipzig and won the Brussels Art Film Festival’s SCAM Prize. In 2023, she was selected for the Artistes en Residences residency in Clermont-Ferrand. Her new film Where Are You, Faby Books? was released in 2024.
Trailer
Directed by Annelein Pompe
Screenplay Annelein Pompe
Cinematography Annelein Pompe
Sound, Sound Editing Achilles van den Abeele
Editing Pierre De Bellefroid
Music Bart Hoevenaars
Cast Usman, Eric Pauwels, Clara Spilliaert
Production Looking at the Crossroads, Atelier Graphoui
Distribution Atelier Graphoui
Web Site anneleinpompe.com