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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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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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