Hantu(2021)
Written & directed by Kim Kokosky Deforchaux
An elderly widow from the former Dutch East Indies has been living in the Netherlands for decades, but is haunted by traumas of post-colonial turmoil and doesn’t want to burden her son with her past.
Short film | 00:19:00 | Narrative Fiction | Themes: Fantastic, Colonial Past, Horror | Colour | 1.85:1 | the Netherlands | Spoken language: Dutch | Subtitles: English | Format: DCP, ProRes | Dolby 5.1 & Stereo LtRt
Festival Selections:
- Netherlands Film Festival 2021, Gouden Kalf Competition, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Imagine Film Festival, 2021, mèlies competition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Go Short, 2022, Dutch Competition, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Revolusi! in EYE, 2022, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Fantaspoa – International Film Festival of Porto Alegre, 2022, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Vienna Shorts, late night programming, 2022, Vienna, Austria
- Leiden Shorts, short film competition, 2022, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Popcorn Frights Film Festival, 2022, Miami, US
- Tong Tong Fair, 2022, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Internationale Kurtzfilmtage Winterthur, 2022, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Minikino – Bali International Short Film Festival, 2022, Denpasar, Indonesia 🏆 (winner Best Fiction Short)
- L’Étrange Festival, 2022, international competition, Paris, France
- Shortcutz Amsterdam, 2022, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🏆 (winner Mr. Zee Best Cinematography, 2023)
- Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, 2022, Official Fantastic Competition, Sitges, Spain
- CinemAsia Film Festival, 2023, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Cinefantasy – International Fantastic Film Festival, 2023, São Paulo, Brazil