CRIP TIME

A short hybrid documentary about young people with PAIS (Post-Acute Infection Syndrome) who have been largely bedridden for years. Having crossed from the “normal” world into the realm of chronic illness, they now live in crip time.

From their bedrooms, they reflect on altered experiences of hope, time, creativity, and desire. Their conditions vary—some can still go outside, others can no longer speak. With medicine offering no clear answers or prognoses, the film collaboratively portrays their lives through interviews and poetic visual reconstructions.

The team:

Executive Producer: Jet van Schie
Director: Pien Van Grinsven, Lisa Groot Haar
Cinematographer: Teun Brock
Production Assistant: Fortunata Manenti