directed by Tom Van Avermaet/
Stuck in a dark limbo between life and death, a deceased soldier Nathan Rijckx collects shadows of dying men and women to buy back his own second chance at life. Obsessed by a girl he met the moment before he died, the thought of seeing his beloved again drives the soldier to regain access to the world of the living. But when he discovers that she’s already in love with someone else, jealousy clouds his mind and pushes him toward a bitter decision, a decision not without its consequences…
“I think our shadows are our link between the light and our reflection on the world. Everyone has a shadow and it seemed like the logical connection between body and soul.”
– Tom van Avermaet, director of Death of a Shadow
Issue 8:Short Films at The Oscars 2013