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FFG Offroad - Waarom Wettelen?
Program
| 18:30 | 20:00 | 21:00 |
|---|---|---|
Picknick with music |
Filmtalk with director Dimitri Verhulst |
Film screening Waarom Wettelen? (open air) Audio & subtitles in Flemish |
Picknick with music
Starting from 18:30 you can bring your picknick blanket and food & snacks into the garden. If you don't feel like bringing your own food, you can also enjoy something from our foodtruck Falafolie. While eating dinner, we'll enjoy some musical accompaniment by the students of CVO.
Talkie with Dimitri Verhulst
At 20:00 Film Fest Gent will engage in conversation with director Dimitri Verhulst about his debut film Waarom Wettelen? and other films that inspire him.
Rainy weather?
In case of rainy weather the whole program will take place in a venue of the secondary school Het Spectrum, next to the garden. No reason to hesitate!
About the film
In Dimitri Verhulst's absurd comedy Waarom Wettelen? (Why Wettelen?), we meet a group of relatives and friends at the funeral of the deceased Christine. Suddenly, the lost foster son and the notary turn up, saying that Christine wanted to be buried in Wettelen. ‘A typo?’, one of the daughters thinks. No one knows the village but soon the gang sets off for Wettelen with the hearse. They pass Flemish fields, fairground races, empty churches and an old circus. In short, the prettiest and ugliest of Flanders. Along the way, it turns out that no one really knew Christine, or each other. While family secrets are unearthed, we also learn that (fatherly) love turns out to go not only through the stomach, but through the gut.
Dimitri Verhulst, the award-winning author of De Helaasheid der dingen and Problemski Hotel, is making his debut as a film director. In the process he does not lose a shred of his signature humour. Waarom Wettelen? premiered at Film Fest Gent 2024.Practical info
- Address: Centrum Voor Volwassenenonderwijs (CVO) Ghent - Martelaarslaan 13
- The program will take place in the garden of Het Spectrum. Follow the arrows at CVO.
- Free entrance for the full program
