Short film

Pithead
2026 · 16 min
A haunting, dreamlike plunge into isolation and surreal imagery, where a black metal karaoke bar and a stranded penguin create an unsettling, melancholic atmosphere.
- Directed by
- Pol De Plecker, Wannes Vanspauwen
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Fumiyo Ikeda, Joeri Happel, David Mutamba
- Overview
- Amidst an icy dreamscape, a woman takes refuge in a black metal karaoke bar. Outside, she finds a lone penguin stranded in a tree, cut off from its colony.
- How it feels
- Eerie, melancholic, dark and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Isolation, identity, grief, survival
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Pol De Plecker, Wannes Vanspauwen
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Fumiyo Ikeda, Joeri Happel, David Mutamba

