INTERNATIONAL FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL KÜSTENDORF | 17 - 23. 01. 2012.
LUNCHBOX STORY
Pieter Dirkx
Belgium | 2010
Programme Date:
19.01.2012 Programme Time:
21.00

Synopsis

A woman tries to put some new life into her failed marriage by delving into the world of Japanese pop-culture. Every morning, she prepares a cute Japanese lunchbox (Bento) for her husband. 

Awards:

Canvas Award
SACD Audience Award

Genre:
Short Fiction

Director:
Pieter Dirkx

Screenplay:
Pieter Dirkx

Director of photography:
Benjamin Lauwers

Film Editing:
Pieter Dirkx

Producer:
Pieter Dirkx

Production Companies:
Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel

Cast:
Bea Duchateau, Dirk Lavrysen, Bram Van Outryve

Duration:
27’07’’

Director Biography

Pieter Dirkx

Pieter Dirkx, born in 1984, is a Belgian film director and painter. Pieter Dirkx first studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp before starting film studies at Sint-Lukas Brussels. His first short in film school was The Geometry of Beetles, about a lonely man who considers his framed insects to be his only friends. For his graduation project, Dirkx made Bento Monogatari (Lunchbox story). The film was first screened at ‘Het Grote Ongeduld!’, a showcase for Belgian film school graduates, where it won the CANVAS award (Belgian cultural television station) and the SCAM/SACD Audience Award. Bento Monogatari aka Lunchbox story was screened at the Cinéfondation programme of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Other festival selections include the Hamburg Short Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival and Brussels Film Festival.

List of Competition Programme Movies

  • Lee Filipovski
    Canada, Estonia | 2011
  • Christophe Nanga-oly
    France | 2010
  • Marko Grba Singh
    Serbia | 2011 
  • Bartlomiej Zmuda
    Poland | 2011
  • Yana Skopina and Eugene Kostkin
    Russia | 2011
  • Giacomo Abbruzzese
    Italy, France | 2011
  • Bartosz Kruhlik
    Poland | 2011
  • Jelena Gavrilović
    Serbia | 2011
  • Pieter Dirkx
    Belgium | 2010
  • Vadim Viner
    Russia | 2011
  • Matis Burkhardt
    Germany | 2009
  • Ognjen Glavonić
    Serbia | 2012
  • Aygul Bakanova
    Kyrgyzstan, UK | 2011
  • Gil González Penilla
    Mexico | 2011
  • Simão Cayatte
    USA, Portugal | 2011
  • Sonya Karpunina
    Russia | 2011
  • Ivan Stojiljković
    Serbia, Germany | 2011
  • Fernando Pomares
    Spain | 2011
  • Piotr Subbotko
    Poland | 2010
  • Jani Bojadzi
    Macedonia | 2011
  • 17.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      3-IRON
      Kim Ki-duk
    • 12:30h
      ARRI ALEXA
      WORKSHOP
    • 16:30h
      OPENING CEREMONY
      Thierry Frémaux Presents
    • 20:00h
      ARIRANG
      Kim Ki-duk
      WORKSHOP - Kim Ki-duk - film director
    • 00:00h
      PELAGEYA
      Russia

    18.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      MADAME BOVARY
      Claude Chabrol
      WORKSHOP - Isabelle Huppert - actress
    • 17:00h
      4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH
      Abel Ferrara
      WORKSHOP - Abel Ferrara - film director
    • 21:00h
      TULIP, TEXAS AND US
      Lee Filipovski | Canada, Estonia 2011
      ---
      MOUSSA
      Christophe Nanga-oly | France 2010
      ---
      WE'RE GETTING THERE
      Marko Grba Singh -|Serbia 2011
      ---
      BARBAKAN
      Bartlomiej Zmuda | Poland 2011
      ---
      COUNTRYSIDE
      Yana Skopina & Eugene Kostkin | Russia
    • 00:00h
      THE ROSENBERG TRIO
      The Netherlands

    19.02.2012

    • 10:00h
      A PROPHET
      Jacques Audiard
      Tahar Rahim - actor
    • 13:00h
      A BETTER LIFE
      Cédric Kahn
    • 13:00h
      CHICKEN WITH PLUMS
      Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
      WORKSHOP - Marjane Satrapi - film director
    • 21:00h
      FIREWORKS
      Giacomo Abbruzzese | Italy, France 2011
      ---
      VANISHING
      Bartosz Kruhlik | Poland 2011
      ---
      BOYS, WHERE ARE YOU
      Jelena Gavrilović | Serbia 2011
      ---
      LUNCHBOX STORY
      Pieter Dirkx | Belgium 2010
    • 00:00h
      STRIBOR AND THE POISONERS
      Serbia

    20.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      BAD GUY
      Kim Ki-duk
    • 13:00h
      CORPO CELESTE
      Alice Rohrwacher
    • 17:00h
      NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION
      Asghar Farhadi
      WORKSHOP - Leila Hatami - actress
    • 21:00h
      CABBAGEMINCER
      Vadim Viner | Russia 2011
      ---
      LEERFAHRT
      Matis Burkhardt | Germany 2009
      ---
      MADE OF ASHES
      Ognjen Glavonić | Serbia 2012
      ---
      THE SONG OF THE RAIN
      Aygul Bakanova | Kyrgyzstan, UK 2011
    • 00:00h
      ADAM STINGA
      Moldova

    21.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
      Zoran Tairović
      ---
      BALKAN STAR
      Andrey Gligoryev
    • 13:00h
      SMALL TOWN
      Nuri Bilge Ceylan
      WORKSHOP - Nuri Bilge Ceylan - film director
    • 16:30h
      STOPPED ON TRACK
      Andreas Dresen
      WORKSHOP - Andreas Dresen - film director
    • 20:00h
      SMILE
      Gil González Penilla | Mexico 2011
      ---
      THE TRIP
      Simão Cayatte | USA, Portugal 2011
      ---
      MARINA
      Sonya Karpunina | Russia 2011
    • 00:00h
      BOBAN & MARKO MARKOVIC ORCHESTRA
      Serbia

    22.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      MILENA
      Čarna Radoičić
      ---
      HAPPY NOW
      Frederikke Aspöck
    • 13:00h
      NICOSTRATOS THE PELICAN
      Olivier Horlait
      WORKSHOP - Olivier Horlait - film director
    • 17:00h
      ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
      Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    • 21:00h
      FRAGMENTS
      Ivan Stojiljković | Serbia, Germany 2011
      ---
      ALTO SAUCE
      Fernando Pomares | Spain 2011
      ---
      GLASGOW
      Piotr Subbotko | Poland 2010
      ---
      THE END OF THE WORLD
      Jani Bojadzi | Macedonia 2011
    • 00:00h
      SONIDO GALLO NEGRO
      Mexico

    23.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      DISTANT
      Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    • 13:00h
      MOZZARELLA STORIES
      Edoardo De Angelis
    • 17:00h
      OUT OF BOUNDS
      Frederikke Aspöck
      WORKSHOP - Frederikke Aspöck - film director
    • CLOSING CEREMONY AWARDS CEREMONY

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