Belgian Bob
(Belgian Bob)
by Vito Passtoors
2024 - Belgium - 7:15 min.
Festival 2025 > Piccolo Festival Internaltional > Competition BY 14.18
Synopsis
A satire about an alien who lands in Belgium and tries to attain citizenship. During the integration programme he experiences discrimination and unfairness whilst he just wants to fit in with the rest.
“In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.” – Rudolf Arnheim
Biography and filmography
Vito Passtoors is an eighteen-year-old student with a long-standing passion for cinema. From a young age, he dreamed of capturing the essence of the emotions he felt when watching his favorite films for the first time. Cinema has never left his mind. According to him, you can study as much as you want, but without trying and failing, you’ll never be able to make a good film.
He has always written short stories, but with his final project about isolation, he wanted to create something meaningful. From this desire came Belgian Bob, his debut short film. The shoot was, for Vito, both the most stressful and the most exciting time of his life. Now, the only path he intends to follow is to keep making new films.
Production
Kunstkaai