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Flash Forward, 2025

Reedland

리드랜드Rietland

Director Sven BRESSER

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Director Sven Bresser′s debut film, Reedland, is a mystery drama that follows the journey of an old man exploring evil after a murder occurs in his small rural village. Johan, a master reed cutter, discovers the body of a young girl on his land one day and is overcome by an inexplicable emotion. His search for the culprit, which begins out of a desire to protect his granddaughter or perhaps from a sense of guilt, gradually turns into an obsession, filling the closed-off community with an unseen tension. Reedland, which explores the evil hidden in a quiet village, cleverly utilizes the imagery of reeds as its title suggests. The reed bed, which conceals everything like a maze, is the perfect place to hide crime, ugliness, fear, and even the truth. As an eerie atmosphere continues, as if the reeds are whispering in the wind, the restrained performance of Gerrit Knobbe in the role of Johan dominates the entire film. Layered on top of its powerful subject matter and absorbing structure is an impressive poetic rhythm reminiscent of directors like Ingmar Bergman, Michael Haneke, and Thomas Vinterberg.

Programme note by SONG Kyung-won

Stills4

Reedland 1 — Viking Film

Reedland 2 — Viking Film

Reedland 3 — Viking Film

Reedland 4 — Viking Film

Screenings3

Thu, 09/18

13:0014:52

CGV Centum City 3

029KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Sat, 09/20

09:3011:47

CGV Centum City 6

197Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Mon, 09/22

16:0018:17

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 4

373Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: Sven BRESSER
Original title: Rietland
Country/Region: Netherlands, Belgium
Year: 2025
Length: 112min
Section: Flash Forward
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: Dutch
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Official selection
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb Wikidata TMDB Douban

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Sven BRESSER

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Director: Sven BRESSER
Producer: Marleen SLOT
Cast: Gerrit KNOBBE, Loïs REINDERS
Screenplay: Sven BRESSER
Cinematography: Sam DU PON, NSC
Editing: Lot ROSSMARK
Sound: Kwinten VAN LAETHEM
Music: Mitchel VAN DINTHER, Lyckle DE JONG
Production company: Viking Film
World sales: The Party Film Sales

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