fantasy, drama, horror / Belgium, Netherlands / 2022 / 16 min 16 s
When her father goes missing, young Rhena enters the woods to seek out a mythological creature believed to collect the stories of dying beings.
director: Frank van den Bogaart screenwriter: Frank van den Bogaart cast: Adriana Bakker, Jan Bijvoet, Daan Stuyven, Jolente De Keersmaeker, Peter Gorissen cinematography: Pieter Van Campe editing: Olivier Lambrechts music: Matthias Dewilde language: Dutch subtitles: Polish, English film’s age rate: 12+
Frank van den Bogaart Dutch filmmaker based in Ghent, Belgium, and Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent in 2021. In 2020, he made his first short film “Dryad.” “Darker” (2022) is his second short.