DOCU/SHORT

bye-bye / doei

Year
2018
Country
Belgium, The Netherlands
Duration
18’33’’’
Director
Pien van Grinsven

One day the director and her two sisters receive a letter from their father, writing he doesn’t want to see them for 6 months. That letter is now 12 years ago, and their father has since refused to either come back or say goodbye. And when people leave without a proper farewell, you’ll have to construct your own endings. That is what happens in this short film: with miniature figures and paper-made decors different fantasies about a next meeting with an estranged father are played out.

CREW:
Director: Pien van Grinsven
Producer: Pien van Grinsven
Cinematographer: Teun Brock
Editor: Pien van Grinsven
Sound: Freek Vrijhof
Production
Doc Nomads
Sales:
Pien van Grinsven, [email protected]
Director
Pien van Grinsven

Pien van Grinsven was born in 1990. She studied Political Science before starting to work as a documentary researcher. This ultimately brought her to directing: she enrolled in the international workshop Doc Nomads and travelled to Lisbon, Budapest and Brussels, making a short film in every city. Now she works as an independent filmmaker, still based in Brussels.

Selected Filmography

bye-bye (2018)

Hall «KINOMAN»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
Hall «ANSHLAG»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
(re)dress
DOCU/SHORT
(re)dress
Year
2018
Director
Maryna Nikolcheva
Duration
17’
DOCU/SHORT
Biotope / Biotop
DOCU/SHORT
Biotope / Biotop
Year
2018
Country
Germany
Director
Paul Scholten
Duration
11’31’’’
DOCU/SHORT
Like Dolls, I'll Rise
DOCU/SHORT
Like Dolls, I'll Rise
Year
2018
Country
France
Director
Nora Philippe
Duration
28’35’’’
DOCU/SHORT
Resonances
DOCU/SHORT
Resonances
Year
2017
Country
Lebanon
Director
Nicolas Khoury
Duration
27’42’’’
DOCU/SHORT
That's The Way It Is / Tak kak je
DOCU/SHORT
That's The Way It Is / Tak kak je
Year
2018
Country
Croatia
Director
Arsen Oremović
Duration
25’53’’’
DOCU/SHORT
Time Is Out of Joint
DOCU/SHORT
Time Is Out of Joint
Year
2018
Country
Canada
Director
Victor Arroyo
Duration
25’
DOCU/SHORT
A Friendship in Tow/Toe / Até a pró/cima!
DOCU/SHORT
A Friendship in Tow/Toe / Até a pró/cima!
Year
2017
Country
Portugal
Director
Atsushi Kuwayama
Duration
10’08’’’
DOCU/SHORT
Above the Styx
DOCU/SHORT
Above the Styx
Year
2019
Country
Ukraine
Duration
29’
DOCU/SHORT
Blink
DOCU/SHORT
Blink
Year
2017
Country
Croatia
Director
Jakov Labrović
Duration
19’
DOCU/SHORT
Champion
DOCU/SHORT
Champion
Year
2017
Country
Hungary
Director
Máté Bartha
Duration
19’31’’’
DOCU/SHORT
Hamama & Caluna
DOCU/SHORT
Hamama & Caluna
Year
2018
Country
Switzerland, Germany, Italy
Director
Andreas Anuuk Muggli
Duration
22’39’’’
DOCU/SHORT
In Between / Në Mes
DOCU/SHORT
In Between / Në Mes
Year
2019
Country
Kosovo
Director
Samir Karahoda
Duration
13’40’’’
DOCU/SHORT
The Castle / Zamek
DOCU/SHORT
The Castle / Zamek
Year
2018
Country
Poland
Director
Tadeusz Kabicz
Duration
21'35’’’
DOCU/SHORT