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National Competition 2

27.04.2023 – 19.00 – Flagey
30.04.2023 – 14.30 – Flagey


To gather and discover films from North and South of the country.
From nearly 300 films received, 37 films will compete in the National Competition.

Underdogs

Olivier Panier

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2022 - 20'00" - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO FR ST EN/NL
Karim, a homeless boy, and Gégé, his drug-addicted father, are finally eligible for social housing. Estranged from him, Karim finds him in a dreadful squat, sacrificing his dignity to afford drugs. Karim must make a drastic decision to turn things around.

Fais moi la bise

Film collectif : Manuel Hanot, Clara Thomine, Lancelot Hervé-Mignucci, Samuel Ab, Audrey Guibert, Maïka Larrue, Nikita Blauwart, Sylvain Dufayard

Pays Belgium
Genre Documentary
2022 - 12'10" - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO FR ST EN/NL
Disoriented by the extreme sanitary precautions, Clara goes looking for a lost gesture: the handshake. Amid the backdrop of a meticulous investigation, a fable told with mask and hand sanitizer.

Les yeux d’Olga (Olga’s Eyes)

Sarah Carlot Jaber

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2023 - 22'08" - Color/B&W - Sous-titres: VO FR ST EN/NL
REGARD CITOYEN AWARD
[NATIONAL COMPETITION 2023]

Olga, a music-loving octogenarian, is tired of killing humans. Could it be the vampire blues? For her daughter Simone, she’s just being picky! Olga is placed in a care home where she can deal with those “who have one foot in the grave”…

Un Grand Mur (A Big Wall)

Maarten Loix

Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2022 - 40' - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO FR ST EN/NL
A year after their father dies, a tormented astrophysicist and his brother, set out on a journey to sell a small piece of land they've inherited.