Drifter
- Runtime15 min
- DirectorJoost Jansen
- GenreAnimation Short
- Released2023
DRIFTER, a metaphorical journey of human wandering.
The story of an astronaut detached from his space station, taken into an infinite drift throughout the universe.
Freed from time and space, DRIFTER is confronted with the void, he takes a dive into the unknown, in search of the ultimate freedom.
A film by JOOST JANSEN I Written by JOOST JANSEN & STEVEN DHOEDT I Additional dialogue JEROEN PERCEVAL I Narrated by MIKE LADD I Original Music by EXHAUST DRONE
Produced by STEVEN DHOEDT I Co-producer MARC THELOSEN I Character Animation & 2D VFX PAUL DE BLIECK WILLEM STESSENS JOOST JANSEN I Sound Design & Mix RAF ENCKELS I Foley & Voice Artist ELIAS VERVECKEN I Colorist CHIARA PONTUALI I DI supervisor ARNOUT DEURINCK I Post-Production Supervisor WIM DE RICK
A Co-Production with SERIOUS FILM (NL)
In Association with JJ STUDIO I FLANDERS TAX SHELTER
Supported by FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND I NETHERLANDS FILM FUND I BELGIAN TAX SHELTER
Festival Distribution URSULA VAN DEN HEUVEL I KABOOM DISTRIBUTION
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screenings
- 11/04/2025 20:00 Maastricht
- 02/12/2023 22:15 Leuven
- 01/12/2023 17:30 Leuven
- 27/11/2023 18:30 London
- 27/11/2023 17:15 Leuven
- 25/11/2023 22:00 Leuven
- 28/09/2023 20:00 Vigo
- 03/06/2023 16:00 London
- 30/04/2023 11:00 Miami
- 16/04/2023 12:00 Brussels
- 15/04/2023 12:00 Brussels
- 01/04/2023 20:50 Phoenix
- 31/03/2023 11:20 Phoenix
- 26/03/2023 13:30 Boston
- 24/03/2023 09:05 Phoenix
- 01/03/2023 00:00 Online
- 20/02/2023 19:00 Brussels
- 07/12/2022 17:30 Leuven
- 04/12/2022 14:30 Leuven
- 01/11/2022 21:30 Amsterdam
- 31/10/2022 10:30 Nantes
- 30/10/2022 16:35 Amsterdam
- 30/10/2022 14:00 Nantes
- 23/10/2022 17:00 Providence
- 16/10/2022 12:00 Cumberland
- 08/10/2022 12:00 Sitges
- 30/09/2022 18:00 Fargo
- 03/09/2022 13:00 Tuggerah
- 03/09/2022 13:00 Perth
- 03/09/2022 13:00 Adelaide
- 03/09/2022 15:30 Palmerston
- 27/08/2022 20:30 Melbourne
- 26/08/2022 20:30 Sydney
in the media
Toon Boom | Edward Hartley
Drifter is a stylish, space-faring short film from Joost Jansen, a talented Belgian animator, art director and director. Joost imagines a world where space travel has become commonplace, where the populace live out a humdrum existence working manual labor and service jobs throughout its vast expanse. Among these souls is the Drifter who, while going about his work, is cut adrift in “an ocean of stars.”
read the full articleLIAF | Malcolm Turner
Joost Jansen’s new film Drifter fires its lead character towards distant planets where as a child he dreamed he could be “truly free”. With adulthood comes the reality that, down here at least, he is just “staring at the edges of my life”. In space, eventually well free of even the hint of earth’s celestial neighbourhood, the changes and the challenges take their toll on the mortal, functioning body.
read the full articleCinergie – Malko Douglas Tolley
read the full review (in French)-
- 2023
- Kortfilmfestival Leuven
- Into Space! Program
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- 2023
- London International Animation Festival
- Official Selection
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- 2023
- Galician Freaky Film Festival
- Official Selection
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- 2023
- Sci-Fi London
- Official Selection
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- 2023
- Miami International Science Fiction Festival
- Official Selection
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- 2023
- BIFFF
- Grand Prix du Jury | Belgian Short Film Competition
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- 2023
- T-Short Animated Film Online Festival
- Storyline Competition
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- 2023
- Phoenix Int. Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival
- Official Competition
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- 2023
- Anima
- BeTV Award - Best National Short
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- 2022
- Kortfilmfestival Leuven
- Flemish Competition: Animation
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- 2022
- Utopiales – Festival Int. de Science-Fiction de Nantes
- International Short Film Competition
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- 2022
- Imagine Fantastic Film Festival
- Nieuw Nederlands Peil
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- 2022
- Flicker’s Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Fest
- Grand Prize - Best Animated Short
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- 2022
- Astrophobia Science Fiction & Horror Film Festival
- Audience Choice Award
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- 2022
- 55 SITGES Int. Fantastic Film Festival
- In Competition
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- 2022
- Fargo Fantastic Film Festival
- Official Selection
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- 2022
- Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival
- In Competition
- Runtime15 min
- DirectorJoost Jansen
- GenreAnimation Short
- Released2023
screenings
- 11/04/2025 20:00 Maastricht
- 02/12/2023 22:15 Leuven
- 01/12/2023 17:30 Leuven
- 27/11/2023 18:30 London
- 27/11/2023 17:15 Leuven
- 25/11/2023 22:00 Leuven
- 28/09/2023 20:00 Vigo
- 03/06/2023 16:00 London
- 30/04/2023 11:00 Miami
- 16/04/2023 12:00 Brussels
- 15/04/2023 12:00 Brussels
- 01/04/2023 20:50 Phoenix
- 31/03/2023 11:20 Phoenix
- 26/03/2023 13:30 Boston
- 24/03/2023 09:05 Phoenix
- 01/03/2023 00:00 Online
- 20/02/2023 19:00 Brussels
- 07/12/2022 17:30 Leuven
- 04/12/2022 14:30 Leuven
- 01/11/2022 21:30 Amsterdam
- 31/10/2022 10:30 Nantes
- 30/10/2022 16:35 Amsterdam
- 30/10/2022 14:00 Nantes
- 23/10/2022 17:00 Providence
- 16/10/2022 12:00 Cumberland
- 08/10/2022 12:00 Sitges
- 30/09/2022 18:00 Fargo
- 03/09/2022 13:00 Tuggerah
- 03/09/2022 13:00 Perth
- 03/09/2022 13:00 Adelaide
- 03/09/2022 15:30 Palmerston
- 27/08/2022 20:30 Melbourne
- 26/08/2022 20:30 Sydney
in the media
Toon Boom | Edward Hartley
Drifter is a stylish, space-faring short film from Joost Jansen, a talented Belgian animator, art director and director. Joost imagines a world where space travel has become commonplace, where the populace live out a humdrum existence working manual labor and service jobs throughout its vast expanse. Among these souls is the Drifter who, while going about his work, is cut adrift in “an ocean of stars.”
read the full articleLIAF | Malcolm Turner
Joost Jansen’s new film Drifter fires its lead character towards distant planets where as a child he dreamed he could be “truly free”. With adulthood comes the reality that, down here at least, he is just “staring at the edges of my life”. In space, eventually well free of even the hint of earth’s celestial neighbourhood, the changes and the challenges take their toll on the mortal, functioning body.
read the full article