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A Day in a Life

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Synopsis

Mario and Tom are two street punks who want to rob a bank. They ask the young Turkish Emin to be their driver that day. Emin can use the money and accepts, but he doesn’t have a getaway car…

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8 December 2008

A Day in a Life has received a new award at Short Cuts Cologne: International Short Film Festival. More...

3 November 2008

A Day in a Life has received a new award at Chicago International Children's Film Festival. More...

17 October 2008

A Day in a Life has received 2 new awards. More...

Awards

Critics Prize

11^th Brussels Short Film Festival, 2008

Golden Bear

36^th Festival of Nations, 2008

Audience Award

36^th Festival of Nations, 2008

Black Sea Award

3^rd Independent Producers International Film Festival, 2008

Audience Award

MediaBridge Youth Fest, 2008

Atlantis Award

9^th Moondance International Film Festival, 2008

Audience Choice Award

4^th NYC Shorts: New York City Short Film Festival, 2008

Best Short Film

Strasbourg International Film Festival, 2008

Best Adult-produced Short Film - MediaBridge Award

25^th Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 2008

Honorable Mention

11^th Short Cuts Cologne: International Short Film Festival, 2008

Current and Upcoming Screenings

2009

19^th Cinequest: San Jose Film Festival, USA

Starts 25 February

Previous Screenings

2007

34^th Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium

13^th International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium

2008

11^th Bermuda International Film Festival, Bermuda

2^nd NexT International Short and Medium Length Film Festival, Romania

11^th Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium

5^th Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival, Greece

Amsterdam Shorts! International Film Festival, Netherlands

36^th Huesca Film Festival, Spain

Jackson Hole Film Festival, USA

11^th Shanghai International Film Festival, China

36^th Festival of Nations, Austria

Shoot Me Film Festival, Netherlands

14^th Avignon/New York Film Festival, USA

2^nd Stolac Short Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina

3^rd Independent Producers International Film Festival, Romania

12^th Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA

MediaBridge Youth Fest, USA

12^th LA Shorts Fest, USA

6^th Puerto Rico International Short Film Festival, Puerto Rico

23^rd Odense Film Festival, Denmark

14^th Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA

9^th Moondance International Film Festival, USA

9^th Circuito Off Venice International Short Film Festival, Italy

15^th Oldenburg International Film Festival, Germany

Strasbourg International Film Festival, France

4^th NYC Shorts: New York City Short Film Festival, USA

Netherlands Film Festival, Netherlands

23^rd Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium

22^nd Edmonton International Film Festival, Canada

16^th Raindance Film Festival, United Kingdom

Eberswalde Film Festival, Germany

19^th New Orleans Film Festival, USA

52^nd London Film Festival, United Kingdom

2^nd Filmini International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria

25^th Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA

27^th Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, Canada

9^th International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey

35^th Brussells International Independent Film Festival, Belgium

2^nd Filmfest Passau, Germany

20^th Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey

6^th PLATFORMA Video International Film Festival, Greece

28^th Festival International du Film d'Amiens, France

23^rd Brest European Short Film Festival, France

30^th Namur Short Film Festival, Belgium

17^th St Louis International Film Festival, USA

17^th Sequence International Short Film Festival, France

34^th Filmets: Badalona International Short Film Festival, Spain

Jordan Short Film Festival, Jordan

13^th Siena International Short Film Festival, Italy

11^th Short Cuts Cologne: International Short Film Festival, Germany

5^th Bahamas International Film Festival, Bahamas

Filmmakers

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Screenwriter

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Director of Photography

Lieven Van Baelen

Sound Designer

Raf Enckels

Production Manager

Else Moens

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Press Reviews/Articles

REVIEW

"... Een mini-Pulp Fiction is misschien nog wel de makkelijkste manier om dit filmpje van Nicolas Daenens samen te vatten. De gebeurtenissen rond een bankoverval in Gent worden verteld aan de hand van korte verhaallijntjes omtrent de betrokkenen. ..."

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11 Dec 2008 | Ralph Dambacher | Filmorama

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"... Dans le même genre, on lui préférera le film flamand A day in a life de Nicolas Daenens (présenté hors compétition) à l’image et à la mise en scène plus soignées et originales. ..."

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2 Dec 2008 | Sarah Pialeprat | Cinergie

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"... Het succes van de screenings van Vlaamse films vorig jaar op het festival bewijst volgens de organisatoren dat er wel degelijk interesse bestaat voor artistieke films aan de andere kant van de taalgrens. ..."

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23 Sep 2008 | nieuws.be

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"... This film won AUDIENCE CHOICE in its Program (I voted for it!), and with good reason. It was gritty and slick at once, and it managed to make an unsavory subject (robbery) redeeming. The film is at once slick and gritty, and it reminded me of Tarantino ..."

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20 Sep 2008 | Stacie Perlman | Indie Express

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"... Chosen by audiences 400-strong at the Normal Theater, the MediaBridge Youthfest Audience Award was given to the gritty, live action short from Belgium, A DAY IN A LIFE. Directed by Nicolas Daenens, the film follows a quartet whose lives and fortunes ..."

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20 Aug 2008 | Animation World Network

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