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01.09.2021 – 19.00 – Vendôme
Each year, the Next Generation competition presents a selection of films made by students in Belgian and international film schools.
56 films were selected amongst more than 1700 films received (in 2020 + 2021).
In addition to the films selected in 2021, the 24th edition of the BSFF also welcomes the international films selected for the Next Generation Competition in 2020 which had to be postponed.
Wildflowers • The Children of Never
Ammen S. Ogedengbe
Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2020 - 25'14" - Couleur
During a boring summer vacation, new girl Willow tries to find her way in a very special boarding school. She is trying to come to terms with her traumatic past. As she meets the other residents and tries to make friends, she finds out that their dark past is exactly what ties them together.
Não Me Chame Assim
Diego Migliorini
Pays Brazil
Genre Fiction
- 15' - Color
Daniela is about to have her long-awaited gender reassignment surgery. Her lover Roberto tries to dissuade her from doing it, what reveals an unsettling relationship that awakes past traumas.
Jestem tutaj
Julia Orlik
Pays Poland
Genre Animation
2020 - 15' - Couleur
She is the centre of attention, but exhausted by life. An old woman in her final days, bedridden and too weak to speak to her husband and daughter. Her selfhood fades away while in the care of her relatives, who have problems of their own.
La Isola
Chloé Duval
Pays France
Genre Fiction
- 15' - Color
Elise (10) and Charlie (12) spend their holidays by the beach. They enjoy role playing a game between a seductive lord who holds his princess prisoner. Their game comes to life as Elise becomes fascinated with a man in a nearby villa, a mysterious figure that reportedly tosses a body around the island facing the beach, according to Charlie.
Les rois de la jungle
Victoria Jadot
Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2020 - 17'37" - Couleur
Micha is waiting for his older brother to come home from his military service.