Synopsis

Sailors kill time under a blistering sun, awaiting a sign of their prey. A young mind turns inwards as it traces the wood grain. After bloodshed, a strong arm offers a moment of shelter. A boy gets his first tattoo. Spermaceti evokes the transitional space-time of a young man on the threshold of an initiation. As we fluctuate between the underwater and the above, boundaries become slippery.

Jacky De Groen

Jacky De Groen is an animation artist based in Ghent, Belgium. His films, Dieperik (2013) and Eclipse (2014), have been shown at film festivals internationally. He graduated from the KASK / School of Arts in 2014. He was selected by JAPIC as an Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo 2016.