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Wasteland

An algorithmologist begins to question his beliefs when a woman shows up to his office uninterested in altering her discontent.

  • Servaes Dewispelaere
    Director
  • Servaes Dewispelaere
    Writer
  • Jan Bijvoet
    Key Cast
    "Eliot"
    Embrace of the Serpent (2015), Borgman (2013), Peaky Blinders (2016), The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
  • Virginia Newcomb
    Key Cast
    "Finn"
    The Death of Dick Long (2019), The Beta Test (2021)
  • Martha Canga Antonio
    Cast
  • Fernando Vandekeybus
    Line Producer
  • Gillis Cornelis
    First Assistant Director
  • Yann De Moerloose
    Cinematographer
  • Jasper Keymeulen
    Gaffer
  • Librecht Vanmechelen
    Art Director
  • Gonne Vanspauwen
    Costume Design
  • Magali Laroy
    Costume Design
  • Vincent Struelens
    Production Sound Mixer
  • Thomas Vertongen
    Sound Mixer
  • Joachim Gys
    Sound Designer
  • Görkem Ağar
    Composer
  • Simon van der Zande
    Editor
  • Servaes Dewispelaere
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Romance, Sciencefiction
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 32 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Arri Alexa Mini LF
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - KASK School Of Arts
Director Biography - Servaes Dewispelaere

25 year old Film student at KASK in Ghent, Belgium.
'Wasteland' is my master's graduation film.

My email:
servaes.dewispelaere@gmail.com

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Director Statement

For me, good sci-fi criticizes and reflects on our current realities. The driving force behind ‘Wasteland’ is one of personal necessity. I felt the need to explore happiness, suffering and freedom amidst oppressive technologies.

I find utopias and dystopias fascinating, how we are endlessly curious about the extreme possibilities of perfection and chaos. What is utopic for someone within a certain system can be viewed as dystopian by another. I believe the line between the two is very thin.

I'm interested in contemporary implementations, but also inspired by stories from the past. I decided to approach Wasteland like a period piece and to think about it as if we have real knowledge and facts about my imagined world.

With this film I pose these ideas from an empathic lens and hope to allow viewers to dwell on life and its absurdities.