Keely, a lonely 16 year old teenager and ballerina, meets Mairi, an eccentric and attractive girl who is her complete opposite. As the pair are drawn closer to one another, Keely’s limits of desire and self-control are put to the test.
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Steven Boen
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Het Groot ongeduld - Brussels
Museum Night Fever - Brussels
NOFI - Los Angelos/California
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile - Minsk/Belarus
Kaffee Atelier - Leuven/Belgium
Director’s Lounge - Berlin/Germany
Aviff - Cannes/France
Clermont-Ferrand Int'l Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand
Pride Azores - Sao Miguel/Azores
Serile Filmului Gay - Cluj Napoca/Romania
Scenic Film Festival - Amersfoort/Netherlands
Independent Days - Karlsruhe/Germany
The independent pixels - Aarhus/Denmark
Fiaticorti - Istrana/Italy
South Social Film Festival - London/UK
Celine Verbeeck
Céline Timmerman
Astrid Stoops
Steven Boen
Mario Desmet
Paul Leybaert
Kate Maveau
Britt Adams
Stijn De Ryck
Senne De Beul
Hyun de Grande
Korneel Moeyaert
Jonas Balmer
Johanna vanhaecke
Kobe Le Duc
Alexander Beyne
Roxanne Wylleman
Jurgen Willocx
Leijo Van Aubel
Robin Vanderwaren
Karloman Elbers
Niels Buyl
Peter Nietvelt
Stijn De Ryck
Karloman Elbers
Sven Delariviere
Joy Standaert
Simon Van Schuylenbergh
Ellen Stubbe
Wannes Blomme
Geert Maveau
Dorine Stroobant
Jason Verburgh
Hansina Dereymaker
Mary-Sue Verhaeren
Charlotte Van Hacht
Dorine Stroobant
Karen Vermeulen
Liesbeth De Smet
Bakkerij Deloof, Ghent
De Dulle Friet, Ghent
Moortgat
Lucky Cam
Lites
Caruur
Mi-Ka
Coyote Place
Joke Clerx
Gravensteen, Ghent
Wannes Blomme
Jason Verburgh
Oona Verburgh
Sabrina Byerley
City of Ghent
Leo Copers
The Colle Family
My grandparents
Josiane Stroobant
Rosa Gevaert
Franky Maveau
Krista Maveau
Mario De Smet
Heidi Verbrugghe
Eric Schotte
Carrefour Zwevezele
Figuration
Spaghetti-lovers
The boys from Chiro Essenbeek
Esther Hulsmans
John Giordano
The Bwoys
Shooting Format - Digital
Aspect Ratio - 2.35 : 1
Audio Format - stereo
Length - 20min
Language - Flemish
Subtitles - English
Genre - Narrative fiction, Experimental
"Shimi is a well composed short drama written and directed by Kate Maveau." - Lesbian Interest
"It’s an eyebrow-raising, strange film, daring in terms of cinematography and visual effects but equally expert in them too." - The edge
"Brimming adolescent fantasies, disciplined repression and shades of 'Suspiria' collide in this promising and beautifully captured film." - Bfi
"The bastard love child of Suspiria and Black Swan, you’ll positively drink its rich symbolism peppered amongst the repressed loathing between the dancers at the school. An ambitious short executed with quantifiable artistry." - The Pink Lens
"Extremely well made and with shades of Dario Argento’s Suspiria, Shimi is intriguing and somewhat mysterious, exploring the repressed sexual desire and awakening of a young woman in a rather fascinating way. As it continues it also reveals a darkness and complexity to its story that’s well worth sticking around for." - Big Gay Picture show
Interview: Kate Maveau talks SHIMI