THE ESSENCE (2025)
A film student struggles with heartbreak and makes a film to process his break-up. The harder he searches for the essence of what happened, the further he drifts away from it.
Written & Directed by Wouter De Paepe
1AD: Seppe Vanden Broeck
Camera: Zeno Willaert
1AC: Lucas Van der Rhee
2AC: Zeno Clemens
Gaffer: Ida Van Koolwijk
Electro: Judith De Ro
Color Grading: Kas Christiaens
Art Director: Wouter Decorte
Set dressing: Mats van Paridon
Runner: Diede Taillieu
Soundmix: Maroza Bischoff
Boom operator: Rose Verhaert
Drums: Flor Nackaerts
Music Mix: Zias Roeland
Starring
Pieter Van Dijk
Melanie Barelds
Dorelia Schraven
Xenia Borremans