National Competition 8
31.08.2021 – 16.30 – Vendôme
04.09.2021 – 18.30 – Vendôme
To gather and discover films from North and South of the country.
From nearly 300 films received, 46 films will compete in the National Competition.
Mia
Christina Vandekerckhove
Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2020 - 24' - Couleur
We follow a home care nurse on what at first glance seems to be a weekday. The encounters throughout the day lead Mia to a confrontation with herself.
407 JOU
Eleonore Coyette
Pays Belgium
Genre Documentary
2020 - 7'09" - Couleur
The film portrays the Haitian puppeteer Paul Junior Casimir, better known as "Lintho". While he is quietly pursuing his career, the artist attracts the jealousy of his entourage and is arbitrarily arrested while proclaiming his innocence. He spent 407 days in prison without just cause.
Yaren and the sun
Joren Slaets, Renate Raman
Pays Belgium
Genre Documentary
- 09'01" - Couleur
“Yaren and the Sun” is a short documentary about grief, healing and friendship. Four years ago ten year old Yaren lost her mother. This summer she nervously leaves for a special kind of camp: a grieving camp. Here, all the kids have lost someone close to them. In five beautiful, intense days Yaren and the other kids at camp bond over that one thing they all have in common: their grief.
Rien Lâcher
Laura Petrone, Guillaume Kerbusch
Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2019 - 23' - Couleur
For a few months now, Laura is hosting her mother, Angela, who is being ill with cancer in terminal stage in her small flat in Brussels.The cautious young woman insists to take care of her mother by herself and tries to delay the inevitable moment when her mother will pass away. Laura throws herself in this battle because she doesn't want to give it up.
Beau Monde
Hans Vannetelbosch
Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2020 - 16'34" - Couleur
During an evening in a star restaurant, tensions run high and the masks threaten to fall off on the staff and their guests. A story about two social classes with their own secrets and facades.