Meet Bertha, a 13-year-old Belgian girl fighting every day against her ultimate enemy: Wolfram. Wolfram is a rare disease that affects her nervous system with major consequences on her eyesight. To fight Wolfram, Bertha has her own secret weapon: creativity. Together with a renowned Belgian painter, they create inspiring paintings that they sell at the Eye Opener, a yearly fundraising art exhibition. When she paints, it’s as if her brush becomes a sword.
Bertha and the Wolfram
Bertha en de wolfram
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Tijs Torfs
- Script: Tijs Torfs
- Cinematography: Dries Vanderaerden, Tijs Torfs
- Editing: Lawrence Paul Foley
- Sound: Mathieu Van Den Driessche
- Music: Dave Martyn
- Production: Las Belgas
- Producers: Jurgen Buedts
- Executive producer: Jurgen Buedts
- Format: Digital File
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Belgium
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 15'
- Contact: Tijs Torfs
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Short Documentary – Chicago international Children’s FF Best Short Film, Best Short Film Children’s Jury – JEF Belgium Best Short and Mid-Length Film Festival – Olympia Children’s Film Festival
Animation Penelope Deltour, Gert Van Goethem
Age 11+
Tijs Torfs
Filmography
2020 Graven (short fiction)
2020 Bertha en en de wolfram | Bertha and the Wolves
2020 Bertha en en de wolfram | Bertha and the Wolves