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We follow the last moments of 3 people who commit suicide for total different reasons.

  • Glenn Brughmans
    Director
  • Glenn Brughmans
    Writer
  • Jonne Bennenbroek
    Key Cast
  • Davy Vermeulen
    Key Cast
  • Rit Ghoos
    Key Cast
  • Hilaire Erckens
    Key Cast
  • Joziena Slegers
    Key Cast
  • Bensound.com
    Music
    Tomorrow
  • Bensound.com
    Music
    Better Days
  • Jelle Lapeire
    Equipment
  • Yoshi Van Sichem
    Equipment
  • Sonja Van Mirlo
    Special thanks to
  • Eric Brughmans
    Special thanks to
  • Freesound.org
    Special thanks to
  • Family Bennenbroek
    Special thanks to
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    3x
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 22, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium
  • Language:
    Dutch
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital SLR
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Antwerp Shortfilm Screening
    Cinema Klappei, Antwerp
    June 12, 2015
Director Biography - Glenn Brughmans

Glenn is 21 and born with a great amount of fantasy and creativity. When he was 12, he got his first camera and since then he's gone totally lose with it.

Evolving from funny action videos to drama and trying to tell real dramatic story's, Glenn won his first national price on his 18th birthday. With his film "Noir" he convinced the jury of "Canvascollectie 2012" with his visual style.

One year later Glenn won the international contest "Mixed Fruit" on Festival do Minuto with his shortfilm "Blikveld". An autobiographical story about his bisexuality. This film was also selected for more international filmfestivals such as the "Up-and-Coming int. Filmfestival Hannover".

Glenn is currently studying Audiovisual Arts at RITCS (Royal Institute for Theater, Cinema & Sound) in Brussels (Belgium).

Movies that inspire Glenn are: Cloud Atlas (2012), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Matrix (1999) and eXistenZ (1999)

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Director Statement

I wanted to explore what people do just before they commit suicide. When I was looking up some information about suicide I came across a few articles that explained that 3 people a day commit suicide in Flanders of Belgium only. I was shocked. When I started thinking, I knew quit a few people who comitted suicide. And that was my inspiration to do 3 story's in one bigger story.

After going trough some online forums I began writing. I tried to find a sort of parallel line in the story's. I didn't really want to tell the backstory of each character. But in 2 of the 3 story's the backstory was really needed for the character to react as they do. The "why"-question was not so importent for me, it was more an exploration of their last moments. The first character thinks about life and allready knows from the start that he will commit suicide, the second character dicides to hide the letter of the euthanasia of his wife that is refused and dicides to give her to many pills so she would die without knowing it and commits suicide himself. The last character is someone who sees no other way that die because of the constant bullying. He ends his life impulsive.