Finalist
New Pigs on the Block
Uued kärsad
2023
2023
Entry 23-836 | Belgium | 2022 | 66’ | Language: English
Dutch | Subtitles: Estonian
Luc, Mia and Anja are pigs. They live on a piece of no man's land between a railway and a small parking lot on the edge of the city. They are the protagonists of a neighborhood project in which they are fed surplus food by a group of volunteers. At first, this appears to be an earthly paradise for pigs, where they receive human affection and where good food abounds. But their peaceful existence is increasingly disturbed by the world around them. As summer gradually turns into autumn, their pastures are falling into disrepair and the hierarchy between the pigs is becoming more and more grim.
Director
Jimmy Kets
| Cinematography
Jimmy Kets
| Editing
Febe Simoens & Jimmy Kets
| Composer
Ruben Machtelinckx
| Producer
Jurgen Buedts
| Production Company
LAs Belgas
| Original Title
New Pigs on the Block
2023
A masterpiece of author cinema that offers the viewers a true artistic and emotionally touching experience. It shakes our world view and in addition to the animals the film tells a lot about us. It is a big story shot in a limited space.
2023
An exquisitely crafted story in which we, as the human and viewer, are forced to question our relation with animals whether they be wild or domestic. The films balance is achieved through a mastery of its form; it’s sound design, cinematography, and storytelling are outstanding. Despite the lack of a human narrator, the story is provocative, and through the animals perspective perhaps we learn something about ourselves.
| Director | Jimmy Kets |
| Cinematography | Jimmy Kets |
| Editing | Febe Simoens & Jimmy Kets |
| Composer | Ruben Machtelinckx |
| Producer | Jurgen Buedts |
| Production Company | LAs Belgas |
| Original Title | New Pigs on the Block |
| Entry Number | 23-836 |
| Country of Production |
Belgium
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| Year of Production | 2022 |
| Running Time | 66’ |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| Subtitles: | Estonian |
