Cirkel / Circle

Film by Swoon.
Cirkel - Circle was made from 11 poems by 11 different Belgian writers.
A story through 11 poems told by 3 voices and played by 2 actors.
Cirkel - Circle is a story of life, lust, love and loss.

This project was made possible with the support of 'Stad Antwerpen', 'Het Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren' & 'VONK & Zonen vzw'

Poems (in order of appearance):
Meer tijd - More Time (Jan Lauwereyns)
Tel Aviv - Tel Aviv (Michaël Vandebril)
Over de afstand tussen twee vogels (III) - On the Distance between Two Birds (III) (Lies van Gasse)
Het komt - It Will Come (Stefan Hertmans)
!!! - !!! (Xavier Roelens)
Krop - Crop (Leonard Nolens)
Of wel - Or Will It (Marleen de Crée)
Een hele kleine oorlog - That Little War (Yannick Dangre)
De reu rouwt, de mens steelt - The Hound Mourns and People Steal (Delphine Lecompte)
Dertien vragen en geen antwoord - Thirteen Questions Without An Answer (Stijn Vranken)
Onvoltooid - Unfinished (Charles Ducal)

Translation:
Willem Groenewegen

Voices:
Vic De Wachter (poems 1, 6, 7, 8)
Michaël Pas (poems 2, 4, 10, 11)
Karlijn Sileghem (poems 3, 5, 9)

Voice recordings: Alan De Feyter

Actors:
Katrijn Clemer
Mathieu Courtois
Rommel

Music:
'Morning Light on the Lafferty Place'
'Voice of the Flatworm'
'Interior Field Trip'
'Redwing (a traditional - for Grandpop)'
(Hanklebury)

'Undone'
'Night & Moonlight'
(Lunova Labs)

'Two Women'
(Swoon)

Production:
Michaël Vandebril
Katrijn Clemer
Swoon

Concept, Camera, Editing & Direction: Swoon

Thanks:
Stad Antwerpen
Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren
Vonk & Zonen vzw