🎬 The Ghost of Mr. Bawky (2025) + Cyriel (2024)

Two films that are intimate stories of connection, grief and loss. In the ghost of Mr Bawky, Esther revisits a fictional film that her father made about the death of his own father, while in Cyriel, Gustave, the best friend Cyriel left behind, spends a year closely following Cyriel’s parents in the idyllic setting of their rural home. The films will be accompanied by a new text by Mona Cornelis. 


The Ghost of Mr. Bawky
Esther Carlin | 2025 | 24’ | English, EN subtitles

A cinematic portrait of the director’s father that blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality to explore the role of silence in Australian life. Confronting the taboo of suicide, the film weaves together past and present, shedding light on the lingering ghosts that inhabit a family home.

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Cyriel
Gustave Demoen | 2024 | 39’ | Dutch, EN subtitles

Gustave, the best friend Cyriel left behind, spends a year closely following Cyriel’s parents in the idyllic setting of their rural home. As the seasons pass, we come to know Krista and Tom, who, full of love for their son and for each other, find ways to ease the weight of daily life through small everyday rituals.