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National Competition 7

05.09 – 20.30 – VENDÔME 1
07.09 – 13.00 – GALERIES
08.09 – 18.00 – VENDÔME 1

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.

So We Live

Rand Abou Fakher

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
- 15' - Color
A family living in a war torn country spends what seems to be a normal evening together. Their conversations shift between casual matters of daily life and survival. This ambiguous situation highlights the aches of how we take time for granted and live life.

Le Roi

Stefano Ridolfi

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
- 26' - Color
Antoine, a failed musician, lives with his sick old father, Gabriel, a loudmouth Elvis fan. Gabriel blames Antoine for his failures and professional precariousness. When Gabriel's health worsens, Antoine decides to participate in an Elvis look-alike contest, as much to please his father as to show him his talent. But nothing will happen as planned...

Suave

Aurian de Wouters

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2020 - 15' - Couleur
The end of the intermission rings. Tonight, the opera house presents the Marriage of Figaro. Laetitia, a young singer discovers a few minutes apart her pregnancy and the infidelity of Nicolas, her partner in life and on stage. She curses him...

Flash

Barney Frydman

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
- 18' - Color
A Police squad on a mission… A football match… Tension rises on either side… Shots fly and the team must face the pressure. When rivalry and betrayal slide onto the field, the team’s trust flies to bits.

CDD : Corpus Crisis

M. Tikal

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
- 24' - Color
As they coudn't find any summer jobs, two students are hired by a local crime lord as 'cleaners'. Their task ? Make corpses disappear before law enforcement arrives on the scene ! However, there will be trouble on the last day on the job, when one of their corpses is not completely dead...