Tom Van Gestel

Movies

Bim
Producer
Bim, a 7 year old winged bell, flies to Rome for the first time. Together with Bommel, Pi and the experienced Aurora, he is tasked with getting a magic elixir. This unique liquid brings an end to winter and allows spring to begin. The journey is a real challenge for Bim, who isn’t good at flying. Fortunately, he becomes best friends with Pi and Bommel and learns that he has other talents. It turns out Aurora has other plans for the Elixir. Will the three young bells be able to keep the magical substance out of her hands!?
Bim
Director
Bim, a 7 year old winged bell, flies to Rome for the first time. Together with Bommel, Pi and the experienced Aurora, he is tasked with getting a magic elixir. This unique liquid brings an end to winter and allows spring to begin. The journey is a real challenge for Bim, who isn’t good at flying. Fortunately, he becomes best friends with Pi and Bommel and learns that he has other talents. It turns out Aurora has other plans for the Elixir. Will the three young bells be able to keep the magical substance out of her hands!?
Mind My Mind
Producer
When relying on social scripts to survive the social world, it’s not easy to go off-script. Especially if you’re obsessed with German dive bombers and just want to date a girl.
Picnic with Cake - The Tale of a Brave Little Fox
Director
Animation with animals going for a picknick
The Monster of Nix
Set Designer
Life is good in the idyllic fairytale village of Nix... until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it. Alone.
The Monster of Nix
Production Design
Life is good in the idyllic fairytale village of Nix... until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it. Alone.
The Secret of Kells
3D Animator
Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?
Juul
Director
In the 1950s, Circus Kavaros suffers major financial difficulties. After a performance, it goes wrong: 17-year-old acrobat, Juul, falls into a coma. The doctor pronounces her brain dead. Her father, magician Bor, wanting to keep his daughter with him, kidnaps her from the hospital. When he performs with Juul as a living puppet, the general public rush back to fill the stands. Bor is convinced that he’s doing his little girl credit by allowing her to shine once more in the circus. But within Juul, the inner frenzy and despair grow. In silent protest against the humiliations and the loss of her own will, she slowly trans­forms into living porce­lain, until she falls apart into pieces.
The Girl
VFX Supervisor
In “The Girl,” art historical traditions of the panorama, landscape painting, and German-Romantic notions of melancholy and the sublime converge with the technological advances of cinema to create a powerful work that both unsettles and inspires.