When Forever Dies

Dir: Peet Gelderblom

Forever Him and Forever Her, the two lovers are inseparable over 120 years and more, travelling through light and shadows, from being passionately in love to entangled in hate. Made of more than 100 films, this archival fiction is a mixture of reedited fragments of footage, many of which come from the ‘Bits & Pieces’ Collection’ of the Eye Filmmuseum. The shots and scenes belonged to unidentified materials, including newsreels, animation, advertisements, experimental films and more. Among the precious compilation that spans a century’s moving images is Eadweard Muybridg’s The Horse in Motion, which dates back to 1878, and recent works like Skelehellavision (2002) by experimental filmmaker Martha Colburn. To best retain the footage in their original shapes and forms, the film shifts between aspect ratios according to their individual sources. Each frame is scanned and colour corrected digitally to restore the hand-painting, stencil coloring, tinting, toning and early Technicolor features.

Peet Gelderblom
Gelderblom is an award winning director and editor from the Netherlands with over 25 years of experience in films, commercials, documentaries, drama, television, video essays and online content. He’s a sharp visual storyteller and conceptual thinker. With his keen sense of style, mood, drama, musical timing and graphic eye for composition, Peet is an expert at giving audio-visual content the exact look and feel it needs.