Spermaceti
Jacky De Groen
Spermaceti evokes the transitional space-time of a young man who finds himself on the threshold of an initiation. As we fluctuate between the underwater and the above, boundaries become slippery.
Screenplay, Animation : Jacky De Groen
Music et sound design : Craig Sutherland
Mixage et sound design : Jef Aerts
Music et sound design : Craig Sutherland
Mixage et sound design : Jef Aerts
Production : Sarah D'hanens et Barend Weyens (Cinnamon Entertainment)
International sales: Cinnamon Entertainment
International sales: Cinnamon Entertainment
Jacky De Groen is an animation artist based in Ghent, Belgium. His colourfully painted and atmospheric films Dieperik (2013) and Eclipse (2014) have been shown at film festivals internationally. After graduating from KASK School of Arts in 2014, he worked at animation studio Film Bilder in Stuttgart for some time. In 2016 he was invited as Animation Artist in Residence in Tokyo by JAPIC. Spermaceti (2018) is Jacky's first professional film.