38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Flatlife
Belgium
2004 Fiction 11 min
4 people living in the same building and a series of everyday events (hanging up a painting, building a house of cards, doing the laundry, watching TV) that make them realize the ups and downs of being neighbors.
Screenplay : Jonas Geirnaert
Editing : Jonas Geirnaert
Sound : Louis Demeyere et Geert Vergauwe
Music : Ward Seyssens
Production : KASK Hogeschool
Distribution: Els Deventer // Email : els@neveneffecten.be
Jonas Geirnaert was born in 1982. Flatlife is his graduation film from KASK – Hogeschool in Gand. His first short film, The All-American Alphabet (2002), won the Best Short Film award at the Evora International Short Film Festival (FIKE) in 2003. Flatlife was awarded the short film Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Jonas Geirnaert is also part of the Belgium actors' group "Neveneffecten" as well as an improv theatre group "The Luatics".