Veerle Appelmans

Frydenlund Hair Parlour

When 17-year-old Anna Lorentz returns to Narvik in 1940 with her older sisters and brother, they find their town destroyed. They recover the family home, and survive the years that follow by running a hair salon. All this time, Anna nurtures her own dream.

The Memory Shop

In the year 2036, a woman visits The Memory Shop. Innovative technology ensures that you can relive your memories there and have them recorded on film. She returns to the Lac de Berléand for a short while on May 7, 1990 for an intense, loving moment with her husband who is now demented.

This No Land

An old cowboy mourns at a little girl’s grave. He returns to his pickup, to take a seat next to 8 year old Laura. He promises her to take her to Disneyland. It’s the beginning of a peculiar journey where they come across two couples in a gas station shop. But all is not what it seems …

High Heels, Low Tide

Four girl friends in their late twenties go on a reunion weekend to the sea, to the house where they spent their teenage years. What should have been a convivial gathering deteriorates into an unavoidable personal and mutual confrontation. They understand that they must reassess their friendship and realize that their lives have changed for ever.

Natasha

About a Russian bear and the love of his life.

Another Day

Short film without dialogue about the intimacy between lovers

Dreamwalker

Lucy is like any other 11-year-old girl, but lately she suffers from sudden sleep attacks. When she is diagnosed with a rare sleeping disorder, called narcolepsy, her life takes a sudden turn. Her parents become very protective, limiting her freedom. Her reluctance to talk about her condition only makes her drift even further away from her friends. One day a boy appears in her dreams. He has lost his memory and seems to be stuck in Lucy's dream world. After some initial resentment, she bonds with her strange visitor, and they embark on a dreamy quest to find the key to his mystery. During the journey, the boy will help Lucy to take back control of her life, and accept her condition. Simultaneously, Lucy will need to fight a battle in the real world to save her new-found friendship.