A Long Goodbye
Directed by Kate Voet & Victor Maes, 2025
Main Info
Animated & interactive VR experience
Synopsis
A Long Goodbye tells the story of Ida, a 72-year-old pianist living with dementia. In this animated, interactive VR experience, we walk in Ida’s shoes. We experience a day in her life, as her reality is fading. The apartment, where she spent a lifetime with her beloved husband Daniel, first feels empty and undefined. When we interact with objects and play the tape recordings of her husband, her playful world gradually comes to life, as if drawn in paint before our eyes.
Like pieces of a puzzle, memories and conversations help Ida to rediscover herself. But we also discover Daniel’s struggles, as he hopes to stay connected and realizes their remaining time together may be short. A Long Goodbye is a poetic experience about the impact of dementia, but above all it is about love and the long goodbye of two lovers who shared a life together.
websiteScreening
Upcoming:
Breedbeeld Kortfilmfestival
8/11/2025 info & tickets
30 Oct – 09 Nov ’25
Greek premiere - Thessaloniki international film festival –
30/10/2025-9/11/2025 info & tickets
Dutch premiere - IDFA Doclab
14/11/2025-22/11/2025 info & tickets
DocFest Brugge
22/11/2025-23/11/2025 info & tickets
Kortfilmfestival Leuven
28/11/2025-06/12/2025 info & tickets
Past events:
Belgian premiere - Film Fest Gent
9/10/2025-19/10/2025
World premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival
27/08 - 06/09/2025
Credits
Writers and directors Kate Voet & Victor Maes
Composer Joep Beving
Digital art studio Velvet Flare
Lead developer Polygoat
Sound studio Game Audio Squad
Producers An Oost & Emmy Oost
Co-producers Donato Rotunno for Tarantula (LUX), Richard Valk for Valk Productions (NL)
With the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Luxembourg Film Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, the Creative Europe MEDIA programme, The Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Pictanovo, deAuteurs
Awards
Venice Immersive Achievement Award 82nd Venice International Film Festival
Selections
Film Fest Gent '25
Venice International Film Festival 2025 Venice immersive Competition
IDFA Doclab Forum 2024
Venice Gap-Financing Market 2023
NewImages XR Development Market 2023
Stereopsia Booster program 2022
VR Days Immersive Funding Market 2021
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