DARKER

fantasy, drama, horror / Belgium, Netherlands / 2022 / 16 min 16 s

When her father goes missing, young Rhena enters the woods to seek out a mythological creature believed to collect the stories of dying beings.

director: Frank van den Bogaart
screenwriter: Frank van den Bogaart
cast: Adriana Bakker, Jan Bijvoet, Daan Stuyven, Jolente De Keersmaeker, Peter Gorissen
cinematography: Pieter Van Campe
editing: Olivier Lambrechts
music: Matthias Dewilde
language: Dutch
subtitles: Polish, English
film’s age rate: 12+

Frank van den Bogaart
Dutch filmmaker based in Ghent, Belgium, and Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent in 2021. In 2020, he made his first short film “Dryad.” “Darker” (2022) is his second short.

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