Mirna Everhard

Cuviví is the Ecuadorean indigenous name for the upland sandpiper, a wading bird that has special significance for the communities living around the Ozogoche lakes in the middle of the Andes. Each year, these birds migrate south from North America. Around September they pass the Ozogoche lakes, where large numbers then “commit suicide,” plunging from great heights into the ice-cold water. A girl lives near the lake. Her uncle lives in the US, and she might be heading there herself. In the meantime, she awaits the arrival of the cuvivís, few of which have appeared in recent years. The lakes are drying up.

A bananaplant and a botanist meet in a glasshouse somewhere in Brussels. A pretty normal situation, if the banana plant didn't start talking. What follows is a strange encounter. A modern tale with deep roots in our history.

Helpful and idealistic couple Anneke (53) and Marian (49) are faced with the decision of giving up their beloved mobile home, which they have been going to for over twenty years, so that refugees may live there.