"THE HIDDEN FACE" "A short film by Elbert van Strien" "Grandma's House always seemed a bit strange." "Always that familiar feeling when you came to visit." "That strange smell..." "And all those pictures of people you didn't know." "Those are the people who aren't there anymore, grandma said." "And that tree in the garden..." "If you climbed it, the birds sounded different." "Four 'o'clock was teatime." "Never a minute late." "Here you are, the pink cups are for the ladies." "And always those same cookies." "Grandma's house gave you the chills." "Like that creepy wallpaper that came to life at night." "Mum says that I have too much imagination." "That's why I get those nightmares." "Sometimes I want to disappear when she talks to me like that." "But Grandma allowed it." "Like that big clock that always stood still." "Today he doesn't feel like it, my grandma used to say." "But if you wind him up, you tickle his muscles and he will laugh." "With grandma I never wanted to disappear." "But this time, everything was different." "I immediately felt it." "Grandma's face was different." "She talked with a different voice." "Even the birds had noticed it." "The garden was completely still." "We went to the greenhouse that afternoon." "Grandma's hand felt strange." "It was not her hand." "This was someone else." "The way she took me to bed." "She didn't tell me stories." "She said nothing." "Lisa!" "Lisa!" "Come over here!" "Grandma fell." "You have to call the doctor." "On the phone there is a note." "Do you hear me, Lisa?" "It just didn't fit." "Grandma didn't like doctors." "She always used to say." "Danny Overbeeke." "It's me, Lisa." "Can I talk to mom?" "Are you afraid again?" "No." "Why do you call then?" "Well, just." "To say everything is all right." "Mum is in bed, she has no energy." "Okay." "Bye." " Bye." "Lisa?" "Lisa!" "Grandma?" "Grandma?" "Grandma!" "Did you ring?" "Where is grandma?" "What...?" "I am grandma." "Not." "Grandma is not completely herself." "Because she doesn't feel very well." "Do you understand?" "...Yes." "Call mom then." "Don't cry." "Grams will be back in a minute." "She is doing some shopping." "She will buy lots of nice things for us." "Candy and cookies." "Next morning she didn't move anymore." "Grandma...?" "Mum said I don't want to grow up." "Lisa!" "Come over!" "Lisa!" "Come over here!" "Lisa!" "Come over here!" "Grandma?" "Grandma!" "Come over here."