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30.08.2021 – 16.30 – Kinograph
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.
Respire
Paul Vincent de Lestrade
Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2020 - 25'44" - Couleur
After one of her teammates drops out, Nina, a 19-year-old athlete, is offered the opportunity to prepare for the national selection rounds in an attempt to compete in the European Espoir Athletics Championships. Her taste for challenge and her obsessive search for perfection will push her to accept a challenge that will take her beyond herself.
Trading Happiness
Duc Ngo Ngoc
Pays Germany
Genre Fiction
2020 - 24'35" - Couleur
The vietnamese Nghi has a bad feeling as she sees the foreign chinese groom for the first time on the day of her daughter’s wedding. Nghiand Phuong decided that the 17 years old should get married to relieve the family of their debts. But then the bride disappears after the ceremony and the mother faces the decision what she is ready to give for her family's happiness
Scaphoïde et Métacarpes
Théo Guyot
Pays Belgium
Genre Animation
2020 - 5'45" - Couleur
Fall. Fracture. Reconstruction. In a porous and fragile universe, we find ourselves following this character, drunk with alcohol, work and solitude, who, through the creation of this film, gradually finds himself.
Onderhuids
Emma Branderhorst
Pays Netherlands
Genre Fiction
- 20' - Color
Onderhuids tells the story of Keesje, an introvert 15 year-old. She and her friends, Lize and Dunja, swim together in a synchronized swimming team. From the outside it looks like the perfect friendship, but behind the surface hide continuous tensions between the girls. Keesje is constantly afraid of being rejected and longs to maintain her position in the group. She allows herself to be dragged into the vicious behavior of Lize and Dunja, but is gradually becoming alienated from herself. While the pressure for the National Competition increases, Keesje loses sight of who she is. Although she tries to suppress her frustrations, an outburst is the inevitable consequence.
Chistaya
Elena Kondrateva
Pays Russia
Genre Fiction
2020 - 23' - Couleur
Alina escapes from her mother, who is a hoarder, and her house. She naively hopes that the relationship with her first-ever crush will be healthy as opposed to her toxic life so far.