

21 minutes to break your heart—pack tissues, not luggage.
Can a mother and daughter truly say goodbye, especially when their final trip together feels destined to fail, haunted by the behaviors they can never seem to leave behind?
Acting
Decleir and De Graeve weaponize silence like pros.
Direction
Coene makes a car feel claustrophobically infinite.
Director
Lisa Coene
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Belgian cinema's 2024 short film renaissance—Almost There premiered at Clermont-Ferrand, the Sundance of shorts.
Coene based the script on her own mother's terminal diagnosis, filming during the final months. That rearview mirror wasn't scripted—De Graeve improvised.