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The Berry Picker
Directed by Pieter Coudyzer
Country Belgium
Year 2026
Runtime 38′
A man lives alone in a beautiful and vast land. He wants for nothing and feels happy. One day, he is visited by a lost traveler. He discovers that the world is larger than his own and that not everyone sees things the same way.
Pieter Coudyzer
Pieter Coudyzer (1978, Belgium) studied animation at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. In 2003 he graduated with the animated short film Moodswing, selected for over 100 festivals and winner of the Grand Prix at Anima in 2004. Since then he has made several short films, including The Wake (2011), Beast! (2016), Urge (2017), Our Spot (2017), and The Passerby (2020), the latter winner of more than 15 international awards.
