National Competition 6
29.04.2023 – 21.00 – Vendôme
03.05.2023 – 19.15 – Vendôme
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.
Un bon garçon
Paul Vincent de Lestrade
Pays Belgium, France
Genre Fiction
2023 - 19'31'' - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO FR ST EN/NL
BEST ACTOR
PRESS MENTION
FEDERATION WALLONIA-BRUSSELS AWARD
[NATIONAL COMPETITION 2023]
Maxime is 16. A promising swimmer, he is about to enter a sport study program. One afternoon, the police interrupts a training session to question his coach, who has been accused of sexual abuse by one of the club's young swimmers.These accusations will crack the armour of silence that Max has built to survive the abuse he himself suffered years earlier.
PRESS MENTION
FEDERATION WALLONIA-BRUSSELS AWARD
[NATIONAL COMPETITION 2023]
Maxime is 16. A promising swimmer, he is about to enter a sport study program. One afternoon, the police interrupts a training session to question his coach, who has been accused of sexual abuse by one of the club's young swimmers.These accusations will crack the armour of silence that Max has built to survive the abuse he himself suffered years earlier.
Matapang
Léa-Jade Horlier
Pays Belgium, France
Genre Fiction
2022 - 23'00 - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO ST EN/FR/NL
Mary Ann, an eight-year-old child born to a prostitute mother and an unknown French father, survives in the slums of Angeles City, Manila. Stigmatized, she wears on her face and her too white skin the evidence of being a child of sex tourism. To free herself, she decides to do everything to find her father. But is she really ready for anything?
Society
Alex Verhaest
Pays Belgium
Genre Fiction
2022 - 14'31" - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO NL ST EN/FR
After a climate disaster, five find themselves forming a little society. They live a peaceful life until a sixth tries to join.
Binaud & Claude
Mélanie Laleu
Pays Belgium, France
Genre Fiction
2023 - 17'17' - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO FR ST EN/NL
Binaud would like to tell the story of his love for Claude, the slowest cashier in the world, but he is questioned by the police about the unfortunate robbery of a convenience store.