Sci-Fi Short Film '97 Percent' | DUST | #TT

Via an app on his phone, Bert discovers that a 97% love match is near. Will he find her before the subway reaches the end of the line?

"97%" by Ben Brand

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CAST
Lovelybertje83: Bert Hana
Reflection Girl: Thirsa van Til
Girl with boyfriend: Laura Branderhorst
Boyfriend: Floris Beijersbergen
Bear: Galed Hamed

CREW
Director: Ben Brand
Screenplay: Thomas van der Ree
Director of Photography: Max Maloney
Costume Design & Wardrope: Rianne Mertens
Sound Recording and Design: Dennis Kersten
Editor: Wietse de Zwart
Music Composed by: Christiaan Verbeek
1st Assistent Director: Boris Apituley
Creative Assistent Director: Ilse Ott
Head of production: Liesbeth Timmer
Producer: Rogier Dorant / Ben Brand
Production-manager: Marit Groenenboom
Production Coördinator: Eveline Bloemendal
Production Assistent: Robin Cats

Gaffer: Alban Riphagen
Focus Puller: David Boudestein Wardrobe: Nadine Rodenburg
Set Photography: Galed Hamed
97% App Design: Joost van der Ree
Storyboard and Artwork: Natasha van Ewijk
Casting: Groen Casting, Susanne Groen
Compositing / Grading: The compound, Tim van Paassen, Daniel Falkenhagen
End credits: Dennis Lubbers
With special thanks to the GVB, the city of Amsterdam, all the extra’s and everyone at Caviar.

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[yl]

I had thought he was going to be hit by a car and the app would then show “0 meter away”.

[markallen]

Excellent little film... Charming poignant and wryly amusing.

[startholdquit]

Wonderful short! The character was perfectly set in such a few time. A lot of messages given without a word. Wondering what the director could show us in a long film.

[HzHz]

Sad living vicariously through his phone, still a enjoyable short.
Thank you : ) .

[soerengerlach]

So true😂😂 One of the best shorts viewed the recent months on dust🎉 And excellent play. One of my favourite scenes is the guy at 2:15, this face play... incredible 😂

[RullVox]

A parable. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

[sectureverothoughtcriminal]

Algorithms already control too much of our lives.

[ruffrider]

Well done. Love how you showed the absurdity of that.

[dannyb]

The saddest thing about this, is it could almost be totally real. I think we have got to the point where dating apps treat people's need for intimacy as a game. A need to be toyed with. Its very cynical, because it started once dating apps had cornered the love market, and left people with no option but to be caught in an endless loop.

[JB_]

No matter what is going on, no matter where you think your supposed to be, when the right person looks you dead in your face and smiles you need to understand that at that time the planets align and you better get the message or you'll be searching and wandering without any notion or any destination!!

[scottmcshannon]

he found someone he liked and who liked him and he walked away because the game didnt agree. he didnt even try. he will never find anyone.

[fjdarling]

Kinda sweet. I hope he eventually finds her.

[WilliamKinsey-dxdn]

Love this
He's like the Spanish Mr Bean 😂

[judyariel]

I would have called out, "Who here loves Dean Martin's music?"

[maximumblackness]

These No dialogue stories are pretty cool!!

[timothywilliams]

I proposed to my wife the first night I met her. We are still together 47 years later. You learn to love once you make a commitment. I pity my students who are constantly staring blankly at their smart phones...

[paullevine]

A great reason to ditch your Cell phone. Seems gone are the days when we fell in love on our own.

[woodyspooner]

Today, we're so connected digitally, yet in many other ways, disconnected and alone.

[robert-yvyj]

Lovely film. conveys so much in so short a time. There's a moral there. Congratulations to everyone involved.

[mrheisemberg]

nice realistic science fiction short, we are a society stoned by digital technologies