The fragile world of a couple is torn apart. Once they lived together in a home with a lighthouse on the shore. Now a turbulent sea is tearing them apart. Orville is stuck in the house on the cliff, Imme is trying to survive on a rock in the lighthouse in the middle of the roaring waves. He keeps trying to bring her back, but nothing works. Meanwhile, she sends him her sadness through birds. Suddenly the whole rock is starting to collapse and Imme’s life is in danger. Orville’s time is running out while he needs his ultimate solution as quick as possible.
nimmer
”Nimmer is my debut, in which a man is looking for the ultimate solution to save his wife from a falling cliff. The technical specifics of this project are especially challenging, mainly because I wanted to create a poetic atmosphere throughout a blend of live action, 3D-animation and a lot of post-production. This all results in a highly symbolic story that provokes sadness as well as hope.
Short movie (2011 - 2017)
Synopsis
Credits
Producer: Sieber Marly
Co-Producers: Potemkino – Komkom Doorn – Mollywood – Grid Film
Cast – Imme: Sarah Eisa
Cast – Orville: Geert Vandyck
Director of photography: Marc Van Acker
Editor: Mathieu Depuydt
Original music by Adriaan Swerts
Visual Effects: Pieter Swusten – Tim Vandekerckhove – Raf Schoenmaekers
Special Effects: Movie FX
Concept art: Marcus Hoogveld
Sound Effects: Srdjan Kurpjel
Animation: Elien Kellens – Stijn Valkenborg
Isaac Thorne reviews NIMMER & BIRTHDAY ft. Grimmfest (English)
Cinevox about Nimmer (Dutch)
Interview Leuven Short Film Festival (Dutch)
Winner
2019
Festival Montevideo Fantastico – Best Short FIlm (Uruguay)
2018
Speechless Film festival – Award Of Merit (US)
2017
Taos Shortz – honourable mention animation (Mexico)
35th Brussels International Festival of Fantasy – Price of RTBF (Belgium)
Vaughan International Film Festival – Best Film / Best Director / Best Cinematography (Canada)
Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival – Best Sound Design (Ireland)
Goddess On The Throne – Best Film (Kosovo)
Vortex Festival (Rhode Island International Film Festival) – First prize Best Fantasy Short (USA)
2016
LA Shorts Fest – Best experimental movie (Oscar Qualifying festival) (USA)
Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival-16 – Best VFX (India)
Noida International Film Festival – Best VFX (India)
Selected at
2018
Festimatge (Spain)
The Film and Video Poetry Symposium (US)
Transilvania International Film Festival (Romania)
Underground Filmfestival (Germany / Sweden / US / Iceland etc.)
Filmfest Weiterstadt (Germany)
Maniatic (Spain)
Ibiza Cinefest (Spain)
Montevideo Fantastico (Uruguay)
2017
Imagine Film Festival (Netherlands)
Ciné Privé (Belgium)
Derby film fest (UK)
Phoenix Comicon (USA)
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Korea)
Fantasia (Canada)
Bay Street Film Festival (Canada)
Breck Film Fest (USA)
ArtServe – Red Eye (USA)
We Are Filmquest (USA) (Top 10 Picks Short Films)
Lowlands Festival (Netherlands)
Sedicicorto International Film Festival (Italy)
Bolton Film Festival (UK)
Fright Fest (UK)
Horror Quest (USA)
GrimmFest (UK)
Razor Reel (Belgium)
Les Utopiales (France)
Interfilm (Germany)
Retour à l’Anormal (France)
2016
Oaxaca Film Fest (Mexico)
Toronto International Shorts Festival (Canada)
Dhaka International Film Festival (Bangladesh)
Juggernaut Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Film Festival (USA)
Leuven Short Film Festival (Belgium)
