12 Jul 2007
Paranoid Park
A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".
plants with spikes or thorns
An experimental short film about sensory seeking behaviour in childhood. Filmed on VHS.
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Soeteken Elens Child
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