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The Fruit Tree film image, director Isabelle Tollenaere

The Fruit Tree

Canadian Premiere

For Sharleece, looking out of the window of a house for rent in a desert town where she lives evokes unexpected memories of her childhood home in Los Angeles. The passing of time is ever-present.

Director
Cast

Sharleece Bourne, Alexis Bolden

Credits
Country of Origin

Belgium

Year

2022

Language

English

Film Contact
14 min

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Credits

Producer

Bo De Group, Hans Everaert

Screenwriter

Isabelle Tollenaere

Cinematography

Isabelle Tollenaere, Grimm Vandekerckhove

Editor

Isabelle Tollenaere

Original Music

Hendrick Lasure

Art Director

Nicklas Nilsson

Director

Isabelle Tollenaere headshot, The Fruit Tree director

Photo by Jana Coorevits

Isabelle Tollenaere

Isabelle Tollenaere is an independent filmmaker and artist from Belgium. Her work playfully moves between the codes and conventions of documentary and fiction, film, and contemporary art. Her films have been widely presented and awarded at the Berlinale Forum, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Centre Pompidou, Vienna International Film Festival, Visions du Réel, FID Marseille, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX).

Filmography: Battles (2015); Victoria (2020)