Short Pick Of The Day: ‘The Ape Man’ by Pieter Vandenabeele
“A pudgy little man lives on the top floor of a skyscraper. During the day, he’s a garbage man, but in the evening, he watches Tarzan movies and dreams off in his lush roof jungle. One day, when he hears the aggressive rants of his neighbor, he looks for the Tarzan inside to rescue his next-door Jane.”
Film by Pieter Vandenabeele, Belgium, 2017.
Screened at over 45 international film festivals including KLIK, Seoul Int’l Youth Film Festival, Athens Animfest, Anima Mundi, Anibar, Linoleum Festival, and Encounters.
Creative credits
Produced by Animal Tank
Written and directed by Pieter Vandenabeele
Voices: Karlijn Sileghem, Jelle de Beule
Animation: Karolien Raeymaekers, Jeroen Ceulebrouck, Eno Swinnen, Pieter Vandenabeele
Backgrounds: Maarten Zerelik, Pieter Vandenabeele
Compositing: Jakob Vandenabeele, Pieter Vandenabeele
Sound design, editing, mixing: Greg Scheirlinckx (Kabaal for Studio Thinkntalk)
Music: Peter Vermeersch and Toy-Box (Per Holm, Ami El-Falaki, Aneela Mirza)
Made with the support of Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Tax shelter of the Belgian federal government, Alph Studios, Sève Films