22nd of May
DIRECTOR / KOEN MORTIER
Sam, a somewhat dreary forty-something, works as a security guard in a shopping centre. When a bomb explodes one mundane day, Sam tries to rescue the victims. When something terrible happens, he runs away until he falls down from exhaustion. A female voice awakens him. It turns out to be one of the victims he saved. She wants to know why the suicide bomber did it. After this, Sam meets more victims he saved. They all feel the same dejection and helplessness, which he also feels. Even the confrontation with the culprit is different from what he expected. Guilt and innocence are close...
22nd of May is a Belgian/German/Dutch co-production with CCCP. The project has received realisation support from the Filmfonds Vlaanderen and the Dutch and Rotterdam Filmfonds.
Credits
Festivals
// Cast
Sam Louwyck
Titus de Voogst
Jan Hammenecker
Wim Willaert
Barbara Callewaert
Gunter Lamoot
// Director
Koen Mortier
// Scenario
Koen Mortier
// Producer
Eurydice Gysel (EPIDEMIC)
// Co-producer
Marc Bary (IJswater Films)
Raymond van der Kaaij (Revolver Amsterdam)
Rebekka Garrido
Michael Reuter
Jan Stevens
Eric van Zuylen
Reinhilde Weyns
// Production management
Ingrid van Eig
// Camera
Glynn Speeckaert
// Sound
Luc Cuveele
// Production design
Geert Paredis
// Hair & make-up
Karijn van Brink
// Costume design
Catherine Marchand
// Editor
Nico Leunen
// Post production
Baked Beans
Nozon
The Post Republic
// Music
The Bony King of Nowhere
Mike Gallagher
// Funds/ financiers
Flemish Audiovisual Fund
Netherlands Fund for the Film
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté
Francaise de Belgique et des Teledistributeurs Wallons
Rotterdam Media Fund
Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government