Desert Island (Belgium, 2025, 21′)

National premiere

International title : Desert Island
Original title: Onbewoond Eiland
Director, screenplay : Greet Verhaert
Photography : Wilm Vanswijgenhoven
Edit : Jeroen De Jaeger
Music : Maxim Helincks
Sound : Mathias Van Gasse
Cast : Sara Debosschere, Roeland Fernhout, Lisah Adeaga
Production : Mieke Vanhoucke, Davy Bosschem, Boss’Em
Distribution : Agence belge du court métrage

Katrien, a long-time employee at the Innotector company, is summoned for a meeting with Ronald, the crisis manager, a renowned and ruthless downsizer. Their encounter quickly takes an unexpected turn: if Ronald can endure a 15-minute interview with Katrien in his office, he gets to fire her; otherwise, Katrien keeps her job and wins the manager’s Galapagos villa into the bargain. Who will have the strongest nerves?

Greet Verhaert. Born in Antwerp in 1992, Greet Verhaert studied historic-artistic sciences and journalism. For ten years, she worked as an editor and reporter producing documentaries, reportage and television shows. Thanks to the collaboration with Davy’ Bosschem’s Boss’Em production company and production support from the VAF (Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds), she made her directorial debut with her first short film, Onbewoond Eiland.

Filmography: Desert Island (sf, 2025).