WTFF7 – Feature Films & Medium-length Films Competition
Fiction
By Benjamin Deboosere
Belgium, 2023, 75’
o.v. Dutch, Dutch Sign Language, English, Italian subtitles
Regional Premiere
November 13, 2024, 9.00 PM, Cinema Odeon
Synopsis In this subversive and queer reinterpretation of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel, Benjamin Deboosere questions the myth of Robinson Crusoe. The colonialism of the white man, the exploitation of the island’s indigenous inhabitants, and the anthropocentric and macho perspective are overturned by a cast composed entirely of black actresses (and a few goats) and a mix of humour and surrealism on 16 mm film.
Director’s bio-filmography Benjamin Deboosere (1984) makes socio-political work with a playful approach. Their first fiction short Of Not Such Great Importance won the Kryzstof Szot Award at the Lublin Film Festival 2019, the Jury and Audience Award at Ongezien Kort 2020 and Best Short Film Award at Working Title Film Festival 2020. The Life and Strange… is their debut feature film.
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Directed by Benjamin Deboosere
Screenplay Benjamin Deboosere, Elisabeth Mohr
Cinematography Hans Bruch Jr.
Sound Gizem Karaosmanoglu
Editing Benjamin Deboosere
Sound Mix Aline Gavroy
Music Gizem Karaosmanoglu aka Koo, Oriana Ikomo
Cast Oriana Ikomo, Bernice Leming, Blanche Pembe
Production Untitled Production, Hilife Cinematography
Distribution Film Republic
Web Site untitledproduction.be