First Run Features is proud to announce the U.S. theatrical release of Dimitri de Clercq’s award-winning debut feature YOU GO TO MY HEAD. The psychological thriller will open in New York City on Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2020) and in Los Angeles on February 21.
In a desolate stretch of the Sahara, a mysterious car accident leaves a young woman lost and alone. Jake, a reclusive architect, finds her unconscious. He drives her to the nearest doctor, to discover that she’s suffering from post-traumatic amnesia. Intoxicated by the woman’s beauty, Jake claims to be her husband. He names her Kitty and takes her to his remote desert home to recuperate.
As Kitty struggles to come to grips with who she is, Jake invents an elaborate life they can share – the life he has always yearned for. Little by little, Kitty begins to fall in love with him. But when shreds of her past begin to surface, Jake takes steps to ensure he will not lose the love of his life…
“It’s not hard to see why Dimitri de Clercq’s first solo feature as a director has become a film festival favourite: You Go To My Head is a psychological thriller that increasingly grips and unsettles… and also benefits from gorgeous Moroccan landscapes lovingly shot, and spectacular architecture.”
— Andrew Nickolds, Take One (UK)
“With echoes to the cinema of Antonioni, Hitchcock and Kubrick,
de Clercq seeks and manages to build an eminently visual and
sensorial experience.”
— Laura Riera Forteza, Peli o Manta (Spain)
“What stays on your mind is the film’s imagery. Painted like an abstract work of art on a huge canvas, every scene stands out like the perfect visual form.”
— Shilpa Sebastian R, The Hindu (India)
“★★★★★!
A film has to move me. And that is exactly what You Go To My Head did.
I loved this film, and will go to the ends of the earth to proclaim such sentiments. When you experience something this moving and gorgeous and unique, you can’t help but spread the word. And You Go to My Head is – from my perspective – a perfect film. It’s a memorable masterpiece.
In other words, it ‘went to my head’.”
— Michael Klug, Horror Freak News
SELECT LIST OF FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Aesthetica Short Film Festival – ASFF (York, UK)
Best Narrative Feature Award
Arizona International Film Festival (USA)
Festival Grand Prize
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Bogota Film Festival (Colombia)
Bronze Pre-Columbian Circle Award for Best Film
FIC AUTOR, Author’s International Film Festival (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Award for Best First Time Filmmaker
FilmQuest (Utah, USA)
Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature
Flagler Film Festival (Florida, USA)
Best International Production Award
Best Cinematography International Award
Glendale International Film Festival (California, USA)
Best International Feature Film Award
Best International Feature Film Director
Best Feature Film Cinematography Award
Best Feature Film Make Up
Golden Door International Film Festival (Jersey City, USA)
Award for Best Cinematography
Grenzland-Filmtage Selb (Selb, Germany)
First Prize: Audience Award For Best Feature Film
Houston International Film Festival – WorldFest (Texas, USA)
WorldFest Special Jury Remi Award for Best Theatrical Film Production
WorldFest Gold Remi Award for Best Directing (Dimitri de Clercq)
The Houston Broadcast Film Critics Best Picture Award
The Houston Broadcast Film Critics Best Actor Award (Svetozar Cvetkovic)
Ibizacinefest (Ibiza, Spain)
Award for Best Feature Film
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (South Carolina, USA)
Best Foreign Feature Award
New Jersey International Film Festival (USA)
Award for Best Feature Film
New Renaissance Film Festival (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Award for Best Director
Award for Best Actress (Delfine Bafort)
Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
New Renaissance Film Festival (London, UK)
Award for Best International Feature Film
Orlando Film Festival (Florida, USA)
Best Foreign Language Film Award
Salento International Film Festival (Tricase, Italy)
Award for Best Cinematography
Southampton International Film Festival (Southampton, UK)
Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Award for Best Editing in a Feature Film
The Valley Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA)
10 Degree Hotter Award for Best Foreign Feature
Twister Alley Film Festival (Oklahoma, USA)
Best Foreign Feature Award
Best Actress Award (Delfine Bafort)
West Coast Film Festival (California, USA)
Orson Welles Award for Cinematic Excellence – Director – Dimitri de Clercq
