what time is it?

Shortfilm

What Time Is It? is a experimental documentary about memory and identity in which the borders between reality and fiction blend together. Old super 8 films show carefree images of birthdays and holidays. The director talks to her grandmother who suffers from amnesia. Sometimes she shows a glimpse of recognition, sometimes there is some doubt and the past becomes just as hazy as the ever paler, fading images. What makes us who we are, if we cannot share our memories anymore with the ones with whom we experienced them?

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NOMINATION / AWARDS
— Nomination. Shortcutz Amsterdam Annual Awards, Amsterdam. 2018
— Honorable Mention. Experimental Forum, Los Angeles (US). 2017
— Winner Award of Merit. Canada Shorts (CA). 2017
— Nomination. Debut competition, Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht. 2016
— Winner Experimental Award. Short To The Point Filmfestival (RO). 2016

SCREENINGS — IDFA. Het documentaire Paviljoen. 2024
— Nutshuis, The Hague. 2018 — EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam. 2018 — Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ballymahon, Co.
Longford (IRL). 2017
— Filmhuis Den Haag, The Hague.2017
— 3FICAE, (Diseases International Short Film and Arts festival), Valencia (ES).2017
— Amsterdam Shortcutz, Amsterdam.2017
— South London Shorts, London (UK).2017
— Sunday Shorts Filmfestival, London (UK).2017
— Leiden International Short film Experience. Leiden. 2017
— Rotterdams Open Doek Filmfestival, Rotterdam. 2017
— Haverhill Experimental Film Festival, Haverhill (USA). 2017
— International Independent Film Fair of Bogotá, Bogotá (CO). 2017
— FECI-Bogotá, Bogotá (CO). 2017
— Ultra Cinema Festival, Cholula, Puebla (MX). 2017 — Short To The Point Filmfestival (RO). 2016 — Nederlands Film Festival Utrecht (premiere). 2016

REVIEW
“ The short documentary shows the implications of getting older (with an awful disease) and losing contact in a way that really touched me.
Karine Versluis made choices I admire very much: the chosen material, sound design and length perfectly fit together. ”
Claire van Daal, programmer at Nederlands Film Festival 

CREDITS
Production, director and editing Karine Versluis
Super8-Images Your Lost Memories
Music and composing Maxim Shalygin
Sound Design Karine Versluis, Pepijn van Dorst
Post Production (DCP) Rob Maas
Coaching Diana Toucedo
Financially supported by Stroom Den Haag