Today We Escape: close-up of a boy's bare legs in white socks and worn sneakers on dirt

Today We Escape

directed by Floris van Severen

An intimate portrait of Olav, whose arrival in his friend Aaron's family causes the family dynamics to shift and turn.

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Format
Fiction
Role
Cinematographer
Director
Floris van Severen

Today We Escape is an intimate fiction short by director Floris van Severen about Olav, whose arrival in his friend Aaron’s family quietly tips the household’s dynamics off balance. It is a film of small shifts rather than big events, and the camera stays close and observational, reading the family through glances and proximity rather than exposition. The look favours available light and unforced framing, so the tension surfaces in the ordinary rather than the staged. Photographed by Victor Maes.

Today We Escape: a boy sits on a kitchen counter by an open window in soft daylight
Today We Escape: a boy with a scraped shoulder gazes out a bright kitchen window
Today We Escape: a teenager's shadowed face peers past a pale door edge at dusk
Today We Escape: a dark-haired woman watches through window glass streaked with reflections
Today We Escape: a boy in profile at night watches blurred paper lanterns glowing outside
Today We Escape: a woman in a beige jacket glances sideways at a night gathering under a red lantern
Today We Escape: close-up of a boy's downcast face in warm orange night light
Today We Escape: a boy lies awake in bed, his face barely lit in blue darkness
Today We Escape: silhouette of a boy watching a bonfire blaze in the dark
Today We Escape: rim-lit profile of a boy in darkness beside a blurred flame
Today We Escape: a woman in a white shirt stands at a bedroom window in blue morning light
Today We Escape: close-up of a boy with wet hair and downcast eyes after a bath

Credits

Director

Floris van Severen

Cast

Evarist Grauwe

Jaco Lagrange

Janicq Goethals

Joris Bultynck

1st Assistant Director

Barbara Loots

Josse de Maesschalk

Annabelle van Campenhout

Cinematographer

Victor Maes

Gaffer

Sam Baguet

Lino de Koninck

Electrician

Jonas Hollevoet

1st Assistant Camera

Lino de Koninck

Giel Dhaenens

Nathan Verhaeghe

2nd Assistant Camera

Frederik Stuur

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