Kate Voet

Kate Voet is a Belgian film director and screenwriter from Brussels, having studied English literature and linguistics, theater studies and film directing at the University of Amsterdam, LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and The New School in New York City. With her film projects in development, she participated in several workshops and markets such as Torino Film Lab, the Venice Gap Financing Market and IDFA Doclab Forum.

After her short films Les Homards Immortels and The Tears of Things toured festivals around the world, she wrote and directed A Long Goodbye together with Victor Maes — an interactive VR film which lets you step into the shoes of Ida, a 72-year-old pianist living with dementia. A Long Goodbye had its world premiere in competition at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, where the film was awarded a prestigious lion (Venice Immersive Achievement Prize). A Long Goodbye went on to screen at Film Fest Gent, Thessaloniki Film Festival, IDFA, FIPADOC, Clermont Ferrand, and SXSW, winning several more awards such as Best XR Film at Clermont Ferrand and the Agog impact award at SXSW. A Long Goodbye will continue to travel around the world in 2026. She is now working on various projects in development, among which two fiction feature films.