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Episode Title

Four seasons in a day

A film by Annabel Verbeke

Every day, the Carlingford ferry takes people across the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, at a time when the debate on Brexit is predominant. Staying or leaving, both options raise equally big questions about the future. A short journey across the vast sea brings different thoughts and reflections to the surface, while the border remains hidden in the sea. The film creates a kaleidoscopic narrative based on how people’s daily lives and thoughts relate to this imaginary line. How visible would this border eventually become?

The crossing by ferry on the lough between Ireland and Northern Ireland, obliges the passengers to reflect on the future form of the frontier, which lies somewhere hidden in the sea.

The crossing by ferry on the lough between Ireland and Northern Ireland, obliges the passengers to reflect on the future form of the frontier, which lies somewhere hidden in the sea.

Credits

Awards & Festivals

Press

Credits:

Directed by
Annabel Verbeke

Written by
Annabel Verbeke
Frederik Nicolai

Director of photography
Pieter-Jan Claessens

Edited by
Simon Arazi

Assistant-director
Ross McClean
Domenico Centrone

Production manager
Setareh Samavi
Samuel Chestnutt
Iva Tkalec

Sound engineer
Marijn Thijs

Sound edit & design
Rune Hansen

Original music by
Frédéric Vercheval

Sound mix
Jean-François Levillain

an Off World Production

In co-production with VRT Canvas, Kinoteka, Relation04 Media, Inscript, Umedia in association with uFund

With the support from Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Screen Brussels / Brussels Capital Region, the Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter

with the support from Creative Europe MEDIA Programme

with the support from Norwegian Film Institute, Film Fond Nord, Nordnorsk Fimsenter

with the support from Croatian Audiovisual Center, Lithuanian Film Center

Awards & Festivals:

WORLD PREMIERE: HOT DOCS, Toronto, Canada, April 29-May 9, 2021;

Winner Emerging international filmmaker award – Hot Docs

Winner Jean-Loup Passec Award, Melgaço Doc Festival, Portugal, 2022

Winner Meestervertellers Award, Amsterdam, 2022

New York Film Week, New York, USA, October 18 – 24, 2021;
Winner Best Film Award

Saratov Sufferings Film Festival, Saratov, Russia, September 9 – 16, 2021;
Special Mention of the Jury

Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest, Mallorca, Spain, July 26 – August 26, 2021;

DocsIreland, Belfast, Ireland, August 25 – 29, 2021;

Lemesos International Documentary Festival, Lemesos, Cyprus, September 1 – 8, 2021;

Film Fest Gent, Gent, Belgium, October 12 – 23, 2021;

Inconvenient Films, Vilnius, Lithuania, October 14 – 31, 2021;

Gangneung International Film Festival, Gangneung, South Korea, October 22 – 31, 2021;

Sydney Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, November 3 – 21, 2021;

Verzio film Festival, Budapest, November 10 – 14, 2o21

London Migration film Festival, London, December 1, 2o21;

Edinburgh Close Up Film Festival, Edinburgh, 2021

Fipadoc, France, January, 2o22;

Docville, Belgium, 2022

Manlleu Film Festival
Opening Film, Spain, 2022

Melgaço Doc Festival
Portugal, 2022

Broadcasted on VRT-Canvas (Belgium), RTE (Ireland), LRT (Lithuania), ERT (Greece)

Nominated for Ensor Best Documentary Film, 2022

Press:

“Annabel Verbeke’s kaleidoscopic documentary vibrantly captures the human ebb and flow” – Screen Daily

“Impressive feature debut” – Filmuforia

“Verbeke is clearly a formal talent” – In the Seats

Interview for Women & Hollywood: Hot Docs 2021 Women Directors

Interview for Business Doc Europe: Hot Docs Interview

Interview for Belfast Telegraph: A closer look at life on both sides of the border

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