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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.

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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