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A Long Goodbye

VR installatie door Kate Voet & Victor Maes met muziek van Joep Beving
VIERNULVIER

Step into the fading world of Ida, a pianist living with dementia.

A Long Goodbye tells the story of Ida, a 72-year-old pianist living with dementia. In this animated, interactive VR experience, we walk in Ida’s shoes. We experience a day in her life, as her reality is fading. The apartment, where she spent a lifetime with her beloved husband Daniel, first feels empty and undefined. When we interact with objects and play the tape recordings of her husband, her playful world gradually comes to life, as if drawn in paint before our eyes.

Like pieces of a puzzle, memories and conversations help Ida to rediscover herself. But we also discover Daniel’s struggles, as he hopes to stay connected and realizes their remaining time together may be short. A Long Goodbye is a poetic experience about the impact of dementia, but above all it is about love and the long goodbye of two lovers who shared a life together.

Interactieve VR installatie 

Genre - fictie, animatie
Duurtijd - 25-30 minutes
2 personen per tijdslot

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Kate Voet

Kate Voet is a Belgian film director and screenwriter from Brussels, educated in English literature, theater studies, and film directing. She has participated in notable workshops and markets like the Torino Film Lab and the Venice Gap Financing Market. Voet gained recognition for her short films and co-directed the interactive VR film "A Long Goodbye," which portrays a 72-year-old pianist with dementia. This film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, winning the Venice Immersive Achievement Prize, and has since been showcased at various international festivals. 

Victor Maes

Victor Maes, a graduate of LUCA School of Arts, has worked as a camera assistant and cinematographer on several projects since 2016. He co-directed "A Long Goodbye" with Voet, which has also garnered awards and recognition at multiple festivals. Maes is keen on exploring new technologies in filmmaking. 

Joep Beving

Joep Beving, a Dutch composer and pianist, is known for his emotionally resonant music. His debut album "Solipsism," initially created for personal reasons, gained widespread attention on Spotify, leading to his rise as a performing artist. His music, characterized by its simplicity and emotional depth, has accumulated over 190 million streams.

Credits

Written & directed by Kate Voet & Victor Maes Cast Elizabeth Counsell (UK), Richard Wells (UK), Marlies Heuer (NL), Derek de Lint (NL) Composer Joep Beving CG supervisor Gael Chaize Art director Daniel Balage
Digital art studio Velvet Flare Lead developer Frederik Smolders for Polygoat Sound designers Niels van der Leest & Lars Tesselaar for Game Audio Squad 2D animations Mathieu Jadin, Tom Lemmens, Pieter Vanluffelen Additional design & coding Victor Maes Producers An Oost, Emmy Oost Co-producers Donato Rotunno, Richard Valk A co-production by Cassette for timescapes, Tarantula, Valk Productions Supported by Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Film Fund Luxembourg, Netherlands Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, written with the support of the New Media Fund of PICTANOVO with the support of the Hauts-de-France Region and the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, deAuteurs Sales Unframed Collection

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