DESERT HAZE
2014, 110 min, 16:9, color, 5.1, BE/NL, English
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED Sofie Benoot
IMAGE Fairuz
SOUND Kwinten van Laethem,
PRODUCER Off World Frederik Nicolai
EDITING Nico Leunen
SOUND DESIGN Michel Shopping
COLOUR CORRECTION Veerle Zeelmaekers
CO-PRODUCTION Zeppers Film
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), The Netherlands Film Fund (NFF), Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles (CCA), The Belgian Tax Shelter for Film Financing
World premiere Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland, 2014
Official selection Docville, Leuven, Belgium, 2014, Special Mention
Official selection Film Festival Oostende, Belgium, 2014
Official selection DokLeipzig, Germany, 2014
Official selection Camden IFF, USA, 2014
Official selection Escales Documentaires, France, 2014
Official selection Signes De Nuit, Berlin - Paris, 2014
Official selection Big Sky Festival, Montana - USA, 2014
Official selection Cinema Vérité, Tehran, Iran, 2014
Official selection Docpoint, Helsinki, Finland, 2014
The American West. A world where human life seems to be impossible. An arid, mythical landscape characterized by the absence of water. But then traces start to appear and the film becomes a peculiar portrait of America, between present and past, myth and reality. Astronauts preparing for future missions to Mars, Japanese country singers, military archeologists, and many other forms of life.
