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Brick
fiction, Mon, 17:00

Netherlands , 2013, 13'15''
Director: Viktor van der Valk
Producer: Erik Glijnis, Hanne Sinninghe
Cinematographer: Emo Weemhoff
Writer: Viktor van der Valk, Kasper van Beek
Composer: Eren Önsoy
Editor: Lot Rossmark
Synopsis: Jeffrey, who lives in a small town near Arnhem with his father and his girlfriend, is about to become a dad. He spends his days working in the local brick factory and leads a life of routine. But this all changes when he has to supervise Kevin, a new coworker. When Kevin tries to become intimate with him, Jeffrey knocks him to the ground. Yet he can’t seem to get Kevin out of his head and starts to question everything that he was once so sure of.
Director: Viktor van der Valk
Viktor Bjarni van der Valk (Reykjavik ’87) studied for three years at HKU (School of the Arts Utrecht) before he started at the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. Viktor’s films can be characterized by characters struggling with a feeling of imprisonment in their lives.
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