ULTRAVIOLET
by Veerle De Wilde

24min |  Belgium/Netherlands | 2024

A young girl struggles to come to terms with her mother’s psychological problems as she searches for her own female identity.
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Year of production 2024
Length 24'
Country Belgium/Netherlands
Shooting Format 16mm
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Dialogue Dutch
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Director Veerle De Wilde
Production Krater Films
Producers Maarten D’Hollander, Tim Martens
Co-Producers Charlotte Driessen, Beata Saboova, Vincent Metzinger
Writer Veerle De Wilde
Cinematographer Pieter Van Campe
Editor Veerle De Wilde, Jan De Coster
Sound Mix and Design Francesco Cimino
Sound Mathias Pico
Production Design Kato Bulteel
Costume Design Ruby Renteurs
Set Dresser Samuel Van Broekhoven
Production Managers Marieke Bolle, Willem Kagenaar
Hair and Make-Up Nina Vial
Music Kasper Cornelus
VFX Audrick Mercier
​Cast Pip Campbell, Titus De Voogdt, Naomi Velissariou, Hadewych Minis, Fons Dhaenens , Maja Azila, Nica Neuman

Festival selections
Brussels Short Film Festival 2024, Belgium - World Premiere
Leiden Shorts 2024, Netherlands
​Anonimul Film Festival 2024, Romania
​Concorto Film Festival 2024, Italy
​Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2024, Ukraine
Desenzano Film Festival 2024, Italy - Best Short Film Award, Best Actress Award for Pip Campbell
​​​​Sedicicorto International Film Festival 2024, Italy 
​​Jakarta Film Week 2024, Indonesia
​​Scanorama European Film Forum 2024, Lithuania
​​​​Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest 2024, France - Special Mention (Young Jury)
​​Caminhos Film Festival 2024, Portugal
​Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2024, Greece
Festival du film d'éducation 2024, France
​Hainan Island International Film Festival 2024, China
​​Dhaka International Film Festival 2025, Bangladesh
​VERS Film Festival 2025, Netherlands
Ghent International Short Film Festival 2025, Belgium -Best Kids Film​ Award
​Akbank Short Film Festival 2025, Turkey
​Cinemagic Film Festival 2025, UK
​Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille 2025, France
​One Country One Film - Apchat-Issoire International Festival 2025, France
​​PORTO FEMME - International Film Festival 2025, Portugal
​Kristiansand International Children´s Film Festival 2025, Norway
Vienna Shorts 2025, Austria
FEMCINE, Festival cine de Mujeres de Santiago de Chile 2025
​Tegenstroom Film Festival 2025, Netherlands
ART FILM International Film Festival 2025, Slovakia
Festival du Film court en plein air de Grenoble 2025, France
​​European Film Festival Palic 2025, Serbia
​BUZZ - Buzau International Film Festival 2025, Romania
​Filmfestival Münster 2025, Germany - Special Mention
​Crested Butte Film Festival 2025, USA - ​Best Narrative Short Award
KIKI - International Film Festival for Kids 2025, Croatia
Filmfest Eberswalde Provinziale 2025, Germany
​Cinekid Festival 2025, Netherlands
VITAFEST - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes 2025, Chile
​Contemporanea International Film Festival 2025, Italy -Special Mention
​Juniorfest 2025, Czech Republic
​Lublin Film Festival 2025, Poland
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​Director’s Statement
How do you mourn someone who is still alive?
This question lies at the heart of Ultraviolet. Although the loss is just as profound, there is no final goodbye. Instead, there is this entirely new situation to be dealt with indefinitely. In Ultraviolet, Mathilde is forced to redefine her relationship with her mother, just as she is trying to navigate her own path as a young woman. I was interested to explore how this notion of grief and girlhood could go hand in hand, and how the one could influence and inform the other.

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