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National Competition 4

04.09 – 21.00 – VENDÔME 1
07.09 – 18.00 – VENDÔME 1
08.09 – 15.30 – GALERIES


Chosen from the 318 submissions, 34 films will compete in 7 programmes in the National Competition.

Winners of the Grand Prix in the International and National Competitions are considered for pre-selection of the Oscars® in the category of Best Fiction/Animation Short Film provided that the film complies with the Academy’s rules.

Shams

Pauline Beugnies

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
- 24' - Color
Eden, a 30-year-old Belgian woman, works in a cultural center a few thousand kilometers away from her home, in the bustling capital of Cairo. She learned to love the city thanks to Shams, a bubbly Egyptian girl almost 10 years her junior, who challenges her vision of the world. Fearing of what others may think, Eden has hard time accepting her feelings and this new relationship, until Shams brutally disappears following her coming out to her mother. Eden is forced to face her unconfessed love in order to find her. With the support and friendship of two valiant young Egyptians, Eden starts a fight against her own fears, denials and bias in the quest of Shams.

Lieve

Vincent Groos

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
- 17'10'' - Color
Starting out as a home nurse, Lieve braves the windy weather on her moped to assist her elderly patients. She has a big heart and tries her hardest to fulfill the wishes of all her patients to the best of her abilities. The biggest challenge she now faces is learning to respect her own boundaries.

Julia

Vincent Smitz

Pays Belgium, Luxembourg
Genre Fiction
2020 - 15'30'' - Color
Julie, a pretty young woman, receives an antique mirror on her birthday. She realizes that something living inside the mirror is trying to take hold of its beautiful reflection...

La Musique

Jean-Benoit Ugeux

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
- 28'35"" - Color
The father and son have not seen each other much in recent years. Time has passed, and the knots are difficult to tighten. Fortunately, there is still psychedelic rock. And Schubert.

Le Canapé

Baptiste Sornin, Karim Barras

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
- 14'25'' - Black & White
Baptiste got dumped. Alone, he waits for his friend Karim to help him get rid of the last piece of furniture in the apartment he shared with his girlfriend : A sofa. When he arrives, he tells him that he has been dumped too.