Does a past fit in a Box?

Just like her German mother and grandfather Mirna (36) suffers from Insomnia. Searching for the origin of her condition, she opens -30 years after her grandpa passed away - the obscure archive he made especially for her and starts to film. Here she unravels the stories he constructed about his complicated life before, during and after World War II. Diving deeper and deeper, Mirna slowly starts to realize that trying to find answers in the past may well be another family trait.

'Does a Past fit in a Box?' is a bumpy and sometimes humorous exploration of three generations without sleep, in which each of them seems to be stuck in a painful past. How do you find a peaceful way forward when you are mainly looking back?

Length: 85 minutes — Phase: script phase — Language: Dutch, German — Director: Mirna Everhard — Partners: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)