Many thanks to everybody , your advice has been very helpful.
I thought maybe its a good idea to comment here on the current status of my situation with Bart.
A few days after my post here , he replied my emai saying that he had been really unwell and , if I'm not mistaken, hospitalised .
He said he remembered my reels and that i haven't lost them and he that i should have them in 2-3 weeks.
That was on October 7th 2015.
Needless to say i haven't received my reels yet.
Also his mail has gotten back to its previous status.. mails bounce back etc.
2 of the reels were surfing action inserts that i had to use for a small commercial..
I had to apologise to my client, go out and plan another shooting day , costs on me of course, and most likely i won't be getting any more gigs from this client.
The third reel was footage of my newborn daughter . I guess there is no need to explain the sentimental value of that reel.
I know its not a good thing to kick a man when he s down and i can understand that falling ill can cause delays etc . At the end of the day i knew i wasn't contacting a massive business that is not depending on one person to come through but , well , to put it as nice as humanly possible it is the most unprofessional behaviour i have ever encountered in the film emulsion world .
If anybody has figured out a way to contact him or his family to try and recover my reels i would be more than thankful!
Thanks guys!