© Patxi Meerman

At once a deeply loving, handheld film and razor-sharp in its exploration of life's fundamental "why" — a question just as valid for a 3-year-old boy running through a Greek village as for an old man. It manages to tell a full story  in 3 minutes without explaining or oversimplifying.

The film is organic and follows the boy at a playful pace that lends the film the boy's own energy… The images portray the island small-town through a boys eyes as white light and contours — with the church bell as the distant goal.

Festivals

‘Hei Dong Dong’ (Dark Channel, China 2025) by Yu Zhe has won the Ecumenical Jury Prize in the International Competition at the 2026 Oberhausen Short Film Festival. The Ecumenical Jury in the Children’s and Youth Film Competition awarded its Prize to ‘Just Jools’ (Belgium 2025) by Ezra Verbist.

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